I would like to quote the great Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz who wrote of his oppressed country 100 years ago: Poland. you will be taken out of the tomb. because you are believing. loving. and full of hope. Those words ring equally true today as we see constant evidence of the spirit of freedom and love of liberty which still exists behind the Iron Curtain. We have read news accounts and heard testimony of escaped Polish refugees as to how their determination to be free has led these courageous people to go hungry and in hiding. to steal airplanes. trucks. and trains. and to risk their very lives to break through to freedom. During my own 2 years of experience with Radio Free Europe I met hundreds of Polish patriots who by one means or another escaped the Communist slavery which has befallen their beloved homeland. These brave men and women. many of whom know they will never return to the place of their birth. live each day with but one purpose in mind. one burning determination in their souls: The liber* ation of Poland and the freeing of their 26 million unfortunate countrymen from Communist shackles.
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