The article shortly presents Poland’s relations with France from the ending of World War II up to the year 1970, the death of general Charles de Gaulle. The ending of war actions brought major changes to the Polish-French relations. Poland was able to make alliances and international connections under strict surveillance of USRR. Of course it had an impact on Poland’s relations with France, which depended on the French-Soviet relationships. International politics have major influence on current relations between Warsaw and Paris. At this moment Polish-French relations have worsen. Unless both countries work towards agreement, Poland’s relationship with France will not get better. Only thing that is left, is to have hope that both Paris and Warsaw will come to a conclusion that rapprochement may bring mutual benefits.

„J’ai des yeux de Cracovien”. Jean Van Ghele (1912–1985), French consul in Cracow in the sight of Polish Security Service

The article is a biographical sketch of the biograpy of French consul in Krakow, who served as in the years 1956–1961. The background is the life of Krakow at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as the extended and complicated operation of the communist secret police. The text presents broad aspects of counterintelligence activities in the system of an authoritarian state. The context is also the warming in Polish-French relations, which was significant after the turn of October 1956, bringing cultural, scientific and regulatory effects.