HRES 1323
111th Congress
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Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.
Introduced: May 4, 2010
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May 4, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 4, 2010
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Honors the lives of the approximately 22,000 Polish prisoners of war and intelligentsia who were massacred by the Soviet People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) in and around the Katyn Forest 70 years ago.
Expresses: (1) sympathies to the families of the Katyn victims; and (2) support for the Polish people as they continue to investigate crimes committed against them.
Urges the government of the Russian Federation to fully disclose all official records and cooperate with any investigation pertaining to the Katyn massacre.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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