Original sentence: It resulted in the sentencing of 139,835 people, and execution of 111,091 Poles, as well as those accused of working for Poland.It was ordered by the Politburo against the "Polish spies" and customarily interpreted by the NKVD officials as relating to "absolutely all Poles".The Polish Operation of the NKVD security force in 1937–1938 was a top secret mass operation of the NKVD against purported Polish agents in the Soviet Union during the period of the Great Purge
Edited sentence: It resulted in the sentencing of 139,835 people, and execution of 111,091 Poles, as well as those only accused of working for Poland.It was ordered explicitly against the "Polish spies", but interpreted by the NKVD as relating to "absolutely all Poles".The Polish Operation of the NKVD in 1937–1938 was a top secret mass operation of the NKVD against purported Polish agents in the Soviet Union during the period of the Great Purge