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bythecommunists,andthiscouldbedangerousforthepeoplewhowere
involvedinthisactivity.
ProfessionalcautionwasnotonlyatraitChodackipracticed.Oneofhis
subordinates,LieutenantLudwikKarolLubicz-Orłowski,alsohadasimilar
charactertrait.In2002,atranslationofhismemoirs-writtenasKarolStefan
OrłowskiinArgentina,wherehesettledduringthewar-waspublishedin
Poland,withanintroductionbyKacperKrasicki1.Inthem,hedescribednot
onlyhisexperiences,butalsohisfamilyhistorysincethe18thcentury.Wegot
toknowaboutmanyeventsfromOrłowski)sfascinatinglife.
HewasborninFrancein1914,graduatedfromtheCadetSchoolofthe
CavalryReserveinGrudziądz[Pol.:SzkołaPodchorążychRezerwyKawalerii
wGrudziądzu]in1932andtookpartintheSpanishCivilWaronthesideof
GeneralFranco.AttheoutbreakofSecondWorldWar,OrłowskiwasinFrance,
whereheimmediatelyvolunteeredformilitaryservice.HewassenttoGreat
Britain,andfromtheretoSpainandPortugal,whereheledtheevacuation
ofPolishofcerstotheBritishIsles.In1944,hetookupajobinthePolish
MissioninArgentina,inthemilitaryattachesection.Again,notawordabout
thefactthathewastheheadofthe“Salvador”intelligencestationoperating
inArgentina,Paraguay,UruguayandChile.Teabilitytoliveintheshadows
fordecadesafertheendofhisintelligencework,evenwhentherealities
aroundhimhavechangedandthehostileempirehascollapsed,isoneofthe
advantagesthatdistinguishthemostoutstandingintelligenceofcers.
TeimportanceofthearchivessavedbyChodackiisillustratedbyafragment
ofthethanksthatGen.WincentyKowalskisubmittedtoSisterMedard,the
ProvincialSuperioroftheSistersofNazarethatthetime:
OnbehalfoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheJózefPiłsudskiInstituteinAmerica,
Ihavethehonortoexpressmymostheartfeltthanksandgratitudeforkeepingthe
archivaldocumentsoftheInstituteforsomanyyears.Theyhavebeenpreserved
inexcellentconditionthankstothisgenerouscare.
Inthefaceofthebarbaricdestructionofarchivesandlibraries,carriedoutin
Polandbytheinvaders-GermanyandthenSovietRussia-eachsaveddocument
isaprecioushistoricalsourceforresearchersofthePolishnation’sandState’s
past.Therefore,fromthebottomofourhearts,wesendourwordsofsincere
thanksandexpressionsofdeepgratitudeforthecareoverthem.
1
K.S.Orłowski,Orłowscy.Historiajednejrodziny[TheOrłowskis.TheHistoryofOne
Family],WydawnictwoAg/Art,[Ag/ArtPublishingHouse],Warsaw2002.
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