Post-WWII - 1952, USA Television: Longines Chronoscope w/ Arthur Bliss Lane re Katyn Massacre

Cold War - 1952, USA Television Discussion: 1940 Katyn Forest Massacre by Soviets Titles. 08:17:58 Frank Knight introduces journalists William Bradford Huie, Editor of American Mercury, Henry Hazlitt, Editor of Freeman & Contributing Editor Newsweek magazine. MCU Arthur Bliss Lane, former US Ambassador to Poland. Hazlitt questions Lane about the Katyn Forest & disappearance of 15,000 Polish officers & 4,000 bodies found massacred by Soviets. 08:19:12 MCU Lane says it occured ca. April or May, 1940 when Soviet was in control of the area; graves not discovered until 1943. 08:19:43 Huie: “...why is it so enormously important in 1952...to go back & establish the importance of this massacre... 08:20:00 Lane: “...people behind the Iron Curtain..shows what Soviet criminal methods are”. 08:20:35 Huie: “...shows to the American people the nature of their enemy...” Back & forth discussion continues mentioning Ukraine. Hazlitt asks what evidence that the Russians did it. Bliss presents a number of reasons pointing to Soviet guilt. Discusses German finding bodies & USSR explanation. 08:23:19 Huie repeats time-line as presented by Bliss & asks “Why did the Russians murder these...” 08:23:41 Lane: answers re “Soviet policy is always to stamp out the roots of intellectualism in every country, in other words the roots of nationalism”. Russians blaming Germany was believed by US government OWI & told to the American people. Hasn’t been denied up to this day...US dropped it at Nuremberg Trials. 08:26:16 Lane: “Well, in Korea today a ghastly repetition of Katyn has taken place. I don’t know the numbers because the numbers have not been admitted by our government.” 08:26:31 Hazlitt: “In the middle of last November Colonel James Hanley revealed that 6,270 American Prisoners of War had been murdered by the Chinese & North Korean Communists. Now what happened after his announcement?” 08:26:46 Lane: “...those boys were found in mass graves just the way those Polish officers were found & they were found w/ hands tied behind backs....it concerns the security of the United States!” 08:27:15 Hazlitt talks about the political row stirred up by Lane’s investigations into the Katyn matter. 08:28:41 Knight: gives closing introduction to panelists & Lane. 08:29:00 Sponsor’s advertisement for Longines-Wittnauer watch company inc. CU various watches moved past camera. CBS logo. WW2; Post-WW2; WWII; Post-WWII; Korean War POWs; War Crimes / Atrocities; Cover-ups; Polish Government; USA; USSR; Accusations; Blame;