By the PolishSoviet agreement of July 30. 1941. Poland was to receive territory which had been taken away by the GermanSoviet treaties in 1939. and the liberation of Polish citizens held as prisoners of war or otherwise by the Soviet Government was to be effected. At first the understanding with the Communists looked hopeful. but as time went on and since no list of Polish deportees was submitted by the Soviet authorities. serious doubts of Soviet good faith began to arise. Subsequently these doubts were verified as Polish citizens of Jewish faith and of Byelorussian and Ukrainian origin were jailed. Others were conscripted into the Soviet Army.
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