PUBLIC REACTION TO POLITICAL EVENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01035R000100020002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 22, 1947
• Content Type: REPORT

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(b) The UB did not abide by the terms of the amnesty. It released the
innocuous prisoners but r;,ta.ined those who are important in their
parties or organizations., Persons whose cases are under investigation
also are kept in prison.
(c) The people have lost all confi?"-ice in the authorities and. their
ability to keep ;3romises.
6. Politically, the people have three alternatives:
(a) to join one of the recognized "democratic" sacrificing personal
opinions and concepts of independence in return for physical and
economic security;
(b) to abide by personal opinions, remain with the ?SL, and as a connecsuence,
risk imprisonment; or
(c) to join the Underground and assist in the fight against illegalities by
public exposure of the P?R's aims and activities.
Although it is difficult to )redict the nation's choice among these alternatives,
It is apparent that few people will choose to risk violence by adherence to
personal convictions. Poles rant leadership in their opposition, but not if
it means civil war and a divided nation.
7. High mortality; the s)read of venereal disease brought by the Red Army;
tuberculosis caused by famine; lack of respect for life, property, and
individual rights-. these constitute a serious threat to Poland's physical
and moral well-being.
8. Poland's economic situation is growing steadily worse. Prices are soaring,
confidence in the currency is decreasing, and fiscal authorities are imposing
drastic restrictions. These trends not only have an enervating effect on the
public but are a source of alr?rm to the ?olish Government, the PPR, and the
USSR. Meanwhile, the USSR publicly treats .t ola.nd like a. colony, taking her
food, consumer goods, and raw m=!.aerials, and giving nothing in return.
9. The Polish people demonstrate their growing hatred of the USSR by boycotting
Soviet filria., Another example of anti-Soviet feeling may be witnessed at
the Parsaw stations, oarticulary :.Gt the V'arszawa Wschodnia, where Polish
children sing songs ridiculing the Soviet Union.
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