Editing B. Carroll Reece (section)

====International controversy====
During the [[Cold War]], Reece's statement that "The citizens of [[Gdańsk|Danzig]] are [[Germans|German]] as they always had been" caused a reply from [[Jędrzej Giertych]], a leading Polish emigrant in London and writer, publicist, and publisher of [[National-Democratic Party (Poland)|National Democratic]] background.<ref>Jędrzej Giertych, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tg4gAAAAMAAJ&q=danzig+1308 Poland and Germany: A Reply to Congressman B. Carroll Reece of Tennessee]''. (1958). p. 15</ref> Danzig was separated from Germany and had been established as the [[Free City of Danzig]] in accordance with the [[Treaty of Versailles]] following [[World War I]]. It was annexed by [[Nazi Germany]] in 1939 and subsequently grouped with [[Poland]] in the [[Potsdam Conference|Potsdam Agreement]].

Reece was opposed to the [[Oder–Neisse line|Oder-Neisse line]], advocating the return to Germany of its [[Former eastern territories of Germany|former Eastern territories]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Allen|first=Debra J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LRuWXPmqxMC&q=Reece&pg=PA300|title=The Oder-Neisse Line: The United States, Poland, and Germany in the Cold War|date=2003|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32359-1|pages=186|language=en}}</ref>