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'''Geoffrey Wladislas Vaile Potocki de Montalk''' (10 June 1903 – 14 April 1997) was a New Zealand-born author of Polish descent. 

In 1943, informed by Poles living in London about the [[Katyn massacre]] by Britain's ally, the Soviet Union, Potocki published what he considered to be his most important writing, his ''Katyn Manifesto''. The British government had been keen to keep the atrocity quiet, which the Soviet Union blamed on National Socialist Germany. Potocki was arrested by the Special Branch and imprisoned. Later, he was sent to an agricultural camp in Northumberland. His arrest and conviction was reported as due to a violation of the blackout regulations by showing a light and due to allegedly having said in court "Heil Hitler".

==External link==
*[https://codoh.com/library/document/count-potocki-de-montalk-and-the-katyn-manifesto/en// Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk: New Zealand Poet, "Polish King," & "Good European"]

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