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20: 103:, Sikorski on 5 July 1941 opened negotiations with the Soviet ambassador to London, Ivan Mayski, to re-establish diplomatic relations between Poland and the Soviet Union. Sikorski was the architect of the agreement reached by both governments that was signed on 30 July 1941. A further military alliance was signed in Moscow on 14 August 1941. Later that year, Sikorski went to Moscow with a diplomatic mission (including the future Polish ambassador to Moscow, 79:. That resulted in the arrest and imprisonment of approximately 2 million Polish citizens (including a quarter of a million prisoners-of-war and 1.5 million deportees) by the 123:, to invalidate the September 1939 partition of Poland and to release tens of thousands of Polish prisoners-of-war held in Soviet camps. Pursuant to an agreement between the 335: 373: 71:
and took part in its dismemberment. The Soviet authorities declared Poland to be nonexistent, and all former Polish citizens from the areas annexed by the
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began to seek help from other countries opposing Germany. Strongly encouraged by British Foreign Secretary
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on 30 July 1941. Its name is taken from its two most notable signatories: the prime minister of Poland,
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Stalin agreed to declare all previous pacts that he had with Nazi Germany
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The Fate of Poles in the USSR 1939~1989 by Tomasz Piesakowski
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The Fate of Poles in the USSR 1939~1989 by Tomasz Piesakowski
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When the international situation changed in 1941 with
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Polish-Soviet Union Agreements : July 30, 1941
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Soviet Union
Poland
London
Władysław Sikorski
United Kingdom
Ivan Mayski
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
Soviets invaded Poland
Soviet Union
Soviet citizens
NKVD
Operation Barbarossa
Joseph Stalin
Anthony Eden
Stanisław Kot
Zygmunt Szyszko-Bohusz
null and void
Polish government-in-exile
amnesty
Anders Army
Polish II Corps
Władysław Anders
whereabouts of thousands more Polish officers
Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union
Polish contribution to World War II



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