The Archive · 1939

Official Polish View

Warsaw, Sept, 1.

Germany's aggression against Po: land was launched a few hours after M. Joseph Lipski, Polish "Am bassador in Berlin,' had informed the German Government of the Polish Government's approval of the British Government's efforts to save peace, an oficial note stated hhere today. 5 "This aggression, unequalled its brutality, will' meet the frm determination to resist of the en~ tire Polish nation, which will defend its freedom, rights and honour, to the very end," the Note added.

At dawn, on September 1, the German radio stations sent out the Fuehrer's proclamation to the Army, state ing that the Reich would resist force with force and a few hours later they announced Herr Albert Foerster's Proclamation regarding Danzig's incorporation into the Reich.

At 930 -pm, the French ambassador to Poland informed the French Government that German troops hed The report spread In Germany regarding the alleged attack against Geliwite by Polish "Insurgents" Is a sheer lie, the note continued. "Nobody in the civilized world has any doubts as to who the Teal aggressor is;" it concluded, "The agency termed a lie the German reports alleging that Polish {foope hed eneral German Sitecia—

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