Polish FilesMain MenuHomepageWelcome to this curated selection of digitized archival materials on Poland housed in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Archive and digitized by the UT Libraries.Box 200Below you can find short descriptions of each of the folders in this box. Click on each folder to see a more detailed description.Box 201Below you can find short descriptions of each of the folders in this box. Click on each folder to see a more detailed description.Key DocumentsA curated selection of key documents from Box 200 and Box 201 of the Polish Archive.UT CREEESf1567cf04c35a5383a1e5c6f992ee20ec474e210
Memorandum Regarding Anti-Semitism in Poland
1media/3. Memorandum Regarding Anti-Semitism in Poland_thumb.jpg2022-04-05T18:58:12-07:00UT CREEESf1567cf04c35a5383a1e5c6f992ee20ec474e210400641Memorandum to the President from Katzenbach concerning rising anti-Semitism in Poland and recommendation of parole provisions of Immigration and Nationality act to admit refugees from religious persecution in Poland.plain2022-04-05T18:58:13-07:00UT CREEESf1567cf04c35a5383a1e5c6f992ee20ec474e210
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12022-02-20T20:56:24-08:00Folder 57Contains documents on anti-semitism in Poland and U.S. response, and Poland’s military relationship with North Vietnam.plain2024-03-08T10:36:40-08:00Folder 5 (11 documents) - July 1966 - Sept. 1968"
This folder covers topics such as Nick Katzenbach’s recommendation that the President condemn anti-semitism in Poland, Jewish refugees from Poland, reports about Soviet troop movements in Poland, concerns that economic retaliation against Poland for government anti-semitism would damage U.S.-Poland relations and make situation worse for Jews in Poland, the reopening of a U.S. exhibit upon the removal of North Korean photographs, an appeal to the Polish government to persuade the North Korean government to allow captured Pueblo crewmen to receive mail. The folder also contains a lengthy (103 pages) translated report from eight “Polish Army specialists” on North Vietnam. The specialists’ primary missions were to assess the suitability of Polish equipment for service in Vietnam and to obtain samples of U.S. military equipment for the purpose of military research in Poland.