Ruch Prometejski

Promethean Movement attained by Poland during the interwar period implied supporting movements for independence in countries forming the Soviet Union. This document contributes to the research on intelligence collaboration between Polish military forces and Georgian Government in Exile. It discusses the origins, the course and results of intelligence operation in Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic organised by Second Department of Polish Army General Staff and Georgian Military Organisation in 1930.

The mission made up of Georgian emigrants: David Erkomaishvili, Artimon Kikvadze and Shalva Berishvili, went to Georgia. They completed their objectives by establishing connection with Georgian anti-Soviet organisations and passing necessary information. On their way back, after they had crossed the Georgian-Turkish border, the unit placed themselves in the hands of Turkish authorities. After a series of adventures, they returned through Warsaw to Paris.

The initiative was a success, earned with great logistic and financial effort from the Polish side. Completion of this mission exposed also the shortcoming of intelligence operations of both, Polish and Georgian entities.

Detailed description of the event was reconstructed based on the research among Second Department of Main Staff of Polish Armed Forces acts gathered in Russian State Military Archive in Moscow.