"Ambassadeur de soldes Pologne aux Etats-Unis." Jan Ciechanowski signé TLS daté 1926 certificat d'authenticité

Up for auction the "Polish Ambassador" Jan Ciechanowski  Signed TLS Dated 1926. This item is

certified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate of

Authenticity.  

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When the Soviet Union took control

of the Warsaw Government in 1945 and Mr. Ciechanowski was forced out of his

post as Ambassador, he wrote “Defeat in Victory,” the inside diplomatic story

of what he called “the betrayal of Poland.” The hook detailed the pattern of

power politics and showed how Britain and the United States yielded to the

Soviet Union in recognizing the new Warsaw Government.Mr. Ciechanowski, a

disciple of Ignace Jan Paderewski, the Polish patriot, statesman and concert

pianist, had served his country for many years in Washington. He was Poland's

Minister here from 1925 to 1929.He was a graduate of the University of

Karlsruhe in Germany and the University of Birmingham, England. He completed

his diplomatic studies in Warsaw and began his career in 1918 as chief of the

British section in the Polish Foreign Office.Mr. Ciechanowski was chief

secretary to Mr. Paderewski and head of the Polish secretariat at the 1919

Paris Peace Conference. He was also counselor to the Polish Legation in London

for five years before his appointment to Washington.A son, Ladislaus, was

killed in 1942 while flying with the Royal Air Force.