I flew together with general Anders to Griazovets. [...] We are passing through a dirty, neglected little town where our arrival becomes a real sensation. [...]
Finally, we reach the POW camp: three rows of tall barriers made of barbed wire, characteristic towers manned by NKVD guards armed with machine guns, a few solid buildings for the guards outside the wires and low barracks inside the camp. We can see from afar an excited, gesticulating crowd of prisoners in the camp's square, who are obviously filled with great joy. [...] many of these men were moved to tears. The general stopped in the middle of the quadrangle and said in a strong, resonant voice: "Hullo Colleagues!" They replied as one man. It seemed as if one of the pre-war units in Poland had just returned from exercises and responded to the greeting of its commander. [...] Many shouts were raised to cheer Poland, our top-ranking officials and general Anders. [...]
There were several officers in the camp who had earlier been imprisoned in Starobelsk and who had seen successive groups of our officers being transported out of the camp to an unknown place. [...] They knew nothing about the fate of their colleagues. [...]
Griazovets, August 29, 1941
Katyń. Relacje, wspomnienia, publicystyka (Katyn. Relations, Reminiscences, Press Publications), ed. A. L. Szcześniak, Warsaw 1989