Political Consultative Committee ( pl, Polityczny Komitet Porozumiewawczy, ''PKP'') was the beginning of the political arm of the
Polish Secret State
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in
occupied Poland
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during
World War II
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. It was formed on 26 February 1940 by several Polish political parties continuing their activities underground (
Socialist Party
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,
People's Party,
National Party and
Labor Party). The parties wanted to tighten the cooperation so that they could have more influence over the newly created
Association of Armed Struggle (ZWZ) meant by the
Polish government in exile as the main unified organization of the
Polish resistance. In April 1940 the government in exile recognized the Committee as the country's political representation.
In 1943 it was reformed into the
Home Political Representation (''Krajowa Reprezentacja Polityczna'') which in turn in 1944 would become the basis of the
Council of National Unity (''Rada Jedności Narodowej'').
Defunct political party alliances in Poland
Poland in World War II
Political history of Poland
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