Ambassadors, October 19, 1921, following a plebiscite held in accordance   
with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, plus several local districts   
to the west of the plebiscite area.  It is now claimed for Poland both   
by the Polish Government-in Exile and by spokesmen of Polish groups   
               sponsored by the Soviet Union.               
 
                                                            
 
 
This territory has an area of 3,750 square miles and had a population of   
1,483,000 in 1933.  The industrial district in the extreme east had   
one-tenth the area and one-third the population of the territory in   
question.  In  1925 the exclusively German-speaking element made up 57   
percent of the total population in the territory which formed part of   
the plebiscite zone, 72 percent of the population in the industrial   
district.  The western districts outside of the plebiscite zone, with a   
 population of about 323,000, are almost soldily German spea
 
                                                            
 
 
11. EASTERN POLAND BETWEEN THE RIGA LINE AND CURZON LINE.-- This area   
includes pre-1914 Austro-Hungarian and Russian territory.  Eastern   
Galicia was renounced by Austria-Hungary in the treaty of St. Germain,   
September 10, 1919, and was awarded to Poland on March 15, 1923 by the   
Principal Allied Powers acting under Article 87 of the Versailles   
Treaty.  The former Russian territory was acquired by Poland by the   
treaty of Riga, October 12, 1921.  A somewhat larger area wa occupied   
from September 1039 to June 22, 1942 by Russia under agreement with   
Germany.  In January 1944 the Soviet Government proposed the Curzon Line  
           as the future  Polish-Soviet Frontier.           
 
                                                            
 
 
This part of former Poland has an area of 70,049 square miles.  Its   
total population, according to the Polish census of 1931, was 10,574,785,   
of whom 3,841,90,,8 were Polish-speaking, 3,925,108 were Ukrainian-  
speaking, 910,462 were White Russian Speaking, 10,737 were Russian-  
speaking, 707.088 were listed as "local" inhabitants of the Province of   
Polesie, 889,225 were Yiddish-speaking, 79,385 were German-speaking, and   
              75,917 were Lithuanian-speaking.              
 
                                                            
 
 
12. SUBCARPATHIAN RUTHENIA.-- Formerly a part of the Kingdom of Hungary,   
this area was renounced in the treaty of Trianon, June 4, 1920, and   
awarded to Czechoslovakia as an autonomous provice by the treaty of   
Sevres, August 10, 1920.  Subcarpathian Ruthenia lost 612 square miles   
                       to Hungary on                        
 
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