LETTER TO TIMOTHY P. SHEEHAN FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Publication Date: May 11, 1956
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Honorable Timothy P. Sheehan
House of Representatives
Washington 25. D. C.
a :;ear Mr. Sheehan:
Thank you for Your thoughtful letter of Z6 April 1956,
concerning the Katyn Forest massacre and recent develop,.
rnents within Poland.
I can assure you that vigorous actions have been taken
to acquaint the Polish people with the findings of the Select
Committee's excellent report on the Latyn Forest massacre,
particularly since the denunciation of Stalin began. For
reasons I am sure you will understand. I cannot divulge the
details of these actions. I can state, however, that we agree
fully with you that. recent developments behind the Iron Curtain
are of great significance, and provide new and considerable
opportunities for exposing in its true light the nature of the
Communist leadership which presently dominates these areas.
Your interest in this matter is greatly appreciated.
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April 26, 1956
Mr. Allen W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street, Northwest
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Dulles:
COMMITTEES:
MERCHANT MARINE
AND FISHERIES
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
SMALL BUSINESS
As you are aware, the various Communist-controlled
governments of Europe are busily denouncing the former dictator
Stalin for his misrule and purges of the Russian people.
The daily papers reported that the present military
powers in Russia are criticizing Stalin regarding his purge of
5,000 Soviet officers before World War II. In a similar manner,
Stalin is responsible for the Katyn Forest Massacre, wherein an
estimated 4,243 of a total of 15,400 Polish Army officers and
intellectual leaders captured by the Russians were found murdered.
A Select Congressional Committee, formed as a result of my intro-
duction of a resolution calling for an investigation of the Katyn
Forest Massacre, established that the Russian Government was
responsible for this atrocity.
In view of the present denunciations of Stalin by the
present Warsaw Polish Government, has your Agency attempted to
use these facts in such a manner as to embarrass the present
Communist regime in Poland, or to obtain an admission from it that
Stalin ordered the mass execution of the intelligentsia of Poland?
I am sure that such action, properly handled, would
have a desirable effect on the Polish people, causing them to
increase their contempt for the Russian leaders and the Russian
sponsored rulers of Poland.
Very truly yours,
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TPS:MF
Timothy P. Sheehan
Congressman Eleventh District
Illinois
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr.Ielms
Would appreciate your advice as
to how this should be handled,
Norman S. Paul
Legislative Counsel
30 April 1956
(DATE)
FORM NO. REPLACES FORM 10.101
1 AUG 54 IVI WHICH MAY BE USED.
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