Kazimierz Maciej Smogorzewski
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LOCATION: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Freelance writer on contemporary history. London Correspondent, Kurier Polski (Warsaw), 1957–81. Founder and Editor, Free Europe, 1939–45. Author of Joseph Pilsudski, soldat de la Pologne restaurée; Poland's Access to the Sea; and others.
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Latvia, country of northeastern Europe and the middle of the three Baltic states. Latvia, which was occupied and annexed by the U.S.S.R. in June 1940, declared its independence on August 21, 1991. The U.S.S.R. recognized its sovereignty on September 6, and United Nations membership followed shortly…
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