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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf9w1007h9 No online items Register of the Poland. Poselstwo (Portugal) Records Prepared by Zbigniew L. Stanczyk Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] © 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Register of the Poland. Poselstwo 65010 1 (Portugal) Records Register of the Poland. Poselstwo (Portugal) Records Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California Contact Information Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-6010 Phone: (650) 723-3563 Fax: (650) 725-3445 Email: [email protected] Prepared by: Zbigniew L. Stanczyk Date Completed: 2001 Encoded by: ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications © 2003 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Poland. Poselstwo (Portugal) records, Date (inclusive): 1919-1957 Collection number: 65010 Creator: Poland. Poselstwo (Portugal) Collection Size: 43 manuscript boxes(17.2 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, relating to foreign relations between Poland and Portugal between the two world wars, and to foreign relations between Portugal and the Polish Government-in-Exile in London during and after World War II. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Language: Polish. Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Poland. Poselstwo (Portugal) records, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1965. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Register of the Poland. Poselstwo 65010 2 (Portugal) Records Alternative Form Available Also available on microfilm (48 reels). Historical Note Polish legation in Portugal and consulate in Lisbon. Scope and Content Note The Polish legation in Lisbon was established three years after Poland regained its independence in 1918. It played a rather marginal role in the Polish diplomatic network until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, when it supplied Warsaw with vital news on political developments on the Iberian Peninsula, which was especially important because of the participation of a large contingent of Communist Poles. After September 1939, Portugal no longer recognized General Sikorski's government in London, but the legation was able to survive thanks to the support of General Salazar, and its operations continued uninterrupted. Throughout the war, the legation contributed to the humanitarian efforts in favor of refugees under the direction of Stanislaw Schimitzek, Delegate of the Ministry of Social Welfare. Like other neutral countries during World War II, Portugal became a center of political maneuvering and exchange of information between the various parties involved in the conflict. Poles were very active as well, particularly in their efforts to establish an alternative alliance in Central Europe, which would counterbalance the Western Powers. This is an aspect of Poland's foreign policy that remains largely unknown, into which this collection gives a good insight. From Lisbon, Poles also directed their espionage and subversive activities against Germany. The head of the so-called Akcja Kontynentalna was Colonel Jan Kowalewski, whose political agenda remained in conflict with London's official line. Some interesting examples of his initiatives can be found among these records. However, most of the documents relating to intelligence were destroyed after the war, not only to keep them from the communists but also from former allies, mainly the British. The full story of what they may have contained has to be reconstructed from other sources. One also gets the impression that sensitive documents on the failed post-war plans were removed from the records as well. The most significant figure in the legation's history was Karol Dubicz-Penther (1937-1944). Among his closest associates was Jozef Potocki, one of the most highly regarded Polish diplomats. Dubicz-Penther was succeeded by Gustaw Potworowski, who remained in his post until 1951, at which point the legation was handed over to Jan Tomaszewski. It operated until the death of the last Honorary Consul, Martin Leslie, in 1977. The collection was received by the Hoover Institution in 1965, so those last years aren't covered here and the fate of those records is not known. The records were filed according to the system established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before World War II. For the full list of that classification system, please see the register to the Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych collection, also at the Hoover Institution Archives. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945--Poland. Lisbon (Portugal) Poland. Poland--Foreign relations--Portugal. Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945. Portugal. Portugal--Foreign relations--Poland. Other Index Terms Related to this Collection Poland. Konsulat (Lisbon, Portugal) Register of the Poland. Poselstwo 65010 3 (Portugal) Records Series 1-886 (with many gaps) Box 1-42 Series 1-886 (with many gaps) Scope and Content Note of bulletins, circulars, communiqués, correspondence, printed matter, questionnaires, receipts, reports, telegrams, arranged numerically Box 43 Photographs, 1931-1939. Scope and Content Note Seventy-two prints depicting various personalities and events Box 43 Scores, n.d. Scope and Content Note Scores entitled "Partytura Pierwszej Brygady. Partitura de Banda. Partitura de Grande Orquestra," sent from Warsaw before Marshal Jozef Pilsudski's trip to Portugal Box 43 Annex. Scope and Content Note Samples of original folders Box 1 SERIES NO. 1. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES, NOT INVOLVING POLAND Box/Folder 1 : 1 1934 - Portugal-Germany Box/Folder 1 : 2 1934-1936 - Portugal-League of Nations Box/Folder 1 : 3 1935 - Portugal-Great Britain Box/Folder 1 : 4 1935-1938 - Portugal-Spain 1936 Box/Folder 1 : 5 France-Spain Box/Folder 1 : 6 Portugal-Spain Box/Folder 1 : 7 1936-1938 - Spain-Soviet Union 1937 Portugal Register of the Poland. Poselstwo 65010 4 (Portugal) Records Container List Box/Folder 1 : 8 Czechoslovakia Box/Folder 1 : 9 France Spain Box/Folder 1 : 10 Germany Box/Folder 1 : 11 Italy Box/Folder 1 : 12 Soviet Union. Scope and Content Note Includes reports on the Spanish Civil War by the intelligence unit of Oddzial II SERIES NO. 3. POLITICAL REPORTS Box/Folder 1 : 13 1934 Box/Folder 1 : 14 1935 Box/Folder 1 : 15 1936 Box/Folder 1 : 16 1937 1938 Box/Folder 1 : 17 General Box/Folder 1 : 18 British diplomatic sources on the Spanish Civil. Scope and Content Note Reports Register of the Poland. Poselstwo 65010 5 (Portugal) Records Container List Box/Folder 1 : 19 War Intelligence unit of Oddzial II. Scope and Content Note Reports Box/Folder 1 : 20 1939 Box/Folder 1 : 21 1940 Box/Folder 1 : 22 1941 Box/Folder 1 : 23 1942 Box/Folder 1 : 24 1943 Box/Folder 2 : 1 1944 Box/Folder 2 : 2 1945 SERIES NO. 7. POLITICAL SYSTEM, GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Box/Folder 2 : 3 1922 Box/Folder 2 : 4 1923 Box/Folder 2 : 5 1925 Box/Folder 2 : 6 1926 Box/Folder 2 : 7 1927 Box/Folder 2 : 8 Register of the Poland. Poselstwo 65010 6 (Portugal) Records Container List 1928 Box/Folder 2 : 9 1929 Box/Folder 2 : 10 1930 Box/Folder 2 : 11 1931 Box/Folder 2 : 12 1932 Box/Folder 2 : 13 1933 Box/Folder 2 : 14 1934-1935 Box/Folder 2 : 15 1936-1937 1938 Box/Folder 2 : 16 General Box/Folder 2 : 17 Soviet Union Box/Folder 2 : 18 Spain Box/Folder 2 : 19 SERIES NO. 9. ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS, 1931 Box/Folder 2 : 20 SERIES NO. 11. NATIONALIST AND SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS, 1936 SERIES NO. 12. COMMUNIST MOVEMENTS Box/Folder 2 : 21 1935-1937 Box/Folder 2 : 22 1937 Register of the Poland. Poselstwo 65010 7 (Portugal) Records Container List Box/Folder 2 : 23 SERIES NO. 13. MINORITIES OUTSIDE POLAND'S BORDERS, 1938 Box 3 SERIES NO. 14. COLONIAL POLICY Box/Folder 3 : 1 1924 Box/Folder 3 : 2 1927 Box/Folder 3 : 3 1929 Box/Folder 3 : 4 1930 Box/Folder 3 : 5 1931 Box/Folder 3 : 6 1932 Box/Folder 3 : 7 1933 Box/Folder 3 : 8 1934 Box/Folder 3 : 9 1935 Box/Folder 3 : 10 1935-1937 Box/Folder 3 : 11 1937 Box/Folder 3 : 12 1938 Box/Folder 3 : 13 1939 Box/Folder 3 : 14 SERIES NO. 17. PANSLAVISM, 1939-1940 Register of the Poland. Poselstwo 65010 8 (Portugal) Records Container List SERIES NO. 19. ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES, NOT INVOLVING POLAND Box/Folder 3 : 15 1933 Box/Folder 3 : 16 1934 Box/Folder 3 : 17 1935 Box/Folder 3 : 18 1938 Box/Folder 3 : 19 1939 SERIES NO. 20. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OF COLONIES, PROTECTORATES, MANDATE COUNTRIES Box/Folder 3 : 20 1937 Box/Folder 3 : 21 1938 SERIES NO. 21. FINANCES AND CREDITS Box/Folder 3 : 22 1937 Box/Folder 3 : 23 1938 Box/Folder 3 : 24 1939 Box/Folder 3 : 25 1940 Box/Folder 3 : 26 SERIES NO.
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