Henri Le Rond (9 October 1864 – 29 May 1949) was a French General, officer of the Deuxième Bureau and Head of the Inter-Allied Administrative and Plebiscite Commission in Upper Silesia ("C.I.H.S"; French: ''Commission interalliée de gouvernement et de plébiscite de Haute-Silésie''). The commission suggested a plan to divide the region of

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in the aftermath of

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, which led to the cession of East Upper Silesia. Le Rond was born in

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as ''Henri Louis Edouard Le Rond''. In 1921, he became Grand Officer of the French

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, received 1926 the Grand Cross. Later he was awarded with the Czechoslovak Order of the White Lion, the Polish Order of the White Eagle and Order Virtuti Militari, and the

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of Monaco. Le Rond died 1949 in

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Literature

* Jadwiga Liponska-Sajdak: ''General Henri Le Rond: W 75 rocznice III Powstania Slaskiego'' (polish) * Dziennik Personalny, R.3, nr 27, s. 616

References

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