1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
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March 30, 1981
Translated document discusses possible military and Soviet intervention to deal with political unrest in the wake of implementing martial law.
March 16, 1981
Translated memorandum focuses on the power industry in Poland, future measures, and requests for military assistance with power plants.
Translated memorandum reports the coordinated efforts of the Ministries of Internal Affairs, Defense, and Central Committee Propaganda Department to implement martial law in Poland.
Translation discusses public unrest after implementing martial law, including a rise in robberies and participation in resistance groups such as Solidarnosc. It also lists the military members involved in the decision making exercise.
Translation discusses the preparation for martial law through appointing Defense Council and committee members, martial law paperwork, increasing the defense budge from Soviet loans, and expanding military exports.
March 12, 1981
Translation reveals new economic controls from the Minister of Domestic Trade and Services such as rationing, temporary price controls, and restricted deliveries.
Translation discussing how to keep telecommunications and the postal service up during strikes.
Translated document outlines an exercise for both the government and military of Poland to prepare for the implementation of martial law.
February 24, 1981
Translated document outlines a conversation with Brezhnev where he expresses his concerns over counterrevolutionaries. The threat of young people joining the Solidarnosc movement and GDR & Czechoslovakian propaganda to peace in Poland.
February 13, 1981
Translation of an address made by Polish General Wojciech Jaruzelski. He discusses how Poland's problems are a result of leadership not adhering to Socialist-Leninist ideology and the need for peaceful intervention in Poland.