Estezet

Its operational area was the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru, and Bolivia.

The goals of the agency were to observe the military, political situations and the development of the Polish diaspora in countries in the Americas.

The agency paid particular attention to agitation and penetration by Communism and its agents with special regard to the United States, Canada and Polish affairs.

It also concerned itself with the state, development and political situation of Ukrainian communities and the analysis of Central and Eastern European immigrant press (Polish, German, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, and Jewish).

It was given to the Institute by Marian Chodacki, a former Estezet operative, after he entrusted it in the care of at the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in Phildadelphia in the event of his death.

Site of former "Estezet" headquarters in New York City(1941-1945)