The Temporary Coordinating Commission of Confederated Independence Parties ( pl, Komisja Tymczasowa Skonfederowanych Stronnictw Niepodległościowych, KTSSN) formed on 10 November 1912 in the

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on the eve of

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. It was an alliance of Polish political parties from Galicia in

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and their paramilitary wings existing in the form of legal Riflemen's Associations. Created in

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, KTSSN was later renamed as ''Komisja Skonfederowanych Stronnictw Niepodległościowych'' (KSSN, or the Commission of Confederated Independence Parties). On 1 December 1912 KTSSN chose

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to head its military arm, based on Riflemen's Association ("Strzelec"). Its goal was to coordinate the pro-Polish independence activities and support Austro-Hungary in the expected war. In case of the war its aim was to create a unified government for the territories liberated from the Russian partition of Poland. It was created by the following parties:

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, ''Związek Patriotów'', ''Związek Chłopski'', ''Narodowy Związek Chłopski'',

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(after 1913 ''PSL Lewica''), National Workers' Union (until May 1914), ''Związek Niepodległości'' (from May 1914 known as ''Organizacja Niepodległościowa Inteligencji''). Its main activists were:

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, Witold Jodko-Narkiewicz,

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, Hipolit Śliwiński, and

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. Commeettee's ties with the Austrian government and Anti-Russian policies were unpopular. In May 1914 KSSN some of the parties left KSSN; Riflemen's Association "Strzelec" also withdrew its support. On 16 August 1914 KSSN was replaced by the interim government of the re-emerging sovereign Poland, the Supreme National Committee (''Naczelny Komitet Narodowy'').

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