MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) - There...
Maj. Gen. Lev Sotskov, who compiled a collection of recently declassified documents, entitled Polish Policy Secrets: 1935-45, told a news conference hosted by RIA Novosti that the Soviet General Staff had "never received any orders to start planning an operation against Germany."
"No such plans were ever developed," he said.
The collection includes Polish foreign and domestic policy reviews, letters and briefs from Polish ambassadors and military attaches, and a selection of telegrams from Polish diplomatic missions. It is timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, which began with Germany"s attack on Poland on September 1, 1939.
Sotskov said that declassification of the documents would help improve Polish-Russian relations.
Asked about Poland"s foreign policy ahead of World War II, he said "Poland could have done much more to help create a collective security system."