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Kania, Stanislaw

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Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906 - 1982

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Jaruzelski, W. (Wojciech)

1923 - 2014

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914 - 1984

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Leonid Brezhnev Collection

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End of the Cold War

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January 2, 1982	Untitled report from Leon Tomaszewski, Polish Ambassador in Pyongyang, describing his conversation with Kim Il Sung that took place on December 30th, 1981 In conversation with Com. Tomaszewski, Kim Il Sung analyzed Poland's declaration of martial law.
July 15, 1989	Minutes from a Meeting of the Presidium of the Citizens’ Parliamentary Club, 15 July 1989 The Citizens’ Parliamentary Club formed by Solidarity deputies in June 1989 meets to discuss preparations for the future of Poland’s political system and election of a president.
April 7, 1981	Report, Discussion with Supreme Commander of the Combined Military Forces of the Warsaw Pact on 7 April 1981 in Legnica (PR Poland) German military commanders meet with Marshal Kulikov following the evaluation meeting by the joint operative-strategic Command Staff Exercise "SOYUZ-81." Kulikov states that the military exercise was called to support Polish leaders Jaruzelski and Kania and so "a certain pressure should also be exerted upon the leadership of 'Solidarity.'"
November 25, 1980	Activities of Opposition Elements at the Gdansk Shipyard - On the Conditions of the New Social-Political Situation Report on the situation in the Gdansk Shipyard. Also discusses the opposition's methods, and individual members of the opposition.
December 13, 1981	CPSU CC Politburo Protocol (extract), "On Information about the Polish question for the leaders of the fraternal countries" Soviet ambassadors are informed that martial law has been declared in Poland.
December 10, 1981	Session of the CPSU CC Politburo The Soviet Politburo discusses the Polish Solidarity movement and the possibility of imposing martial law in Poland to restore order and the communist party's authority.
November 21, 1981	CPSU CC Politburo Protocol (extract) and Text of Oral Message from Brezhnev to Jaruzelski
October 6, 1981	Memorandum of Conversation between Bulgarian foreign Minister P. Mladenov and Polish ambassador Vl. Naperaj
January 14, 1982	CPSU CC Politburo transcript, 14 January 1982 (excerpt) Brezhnev discusses Soviet talks with Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czyrek. Brezhnev also informs the Politburo about the state of the PZPR, the Polish economy, the newly instituted Polish martial law, and the leadership of Jaruzelski.
July 22, 1981	Report to the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Politburo containing verbatim transcript of 21 July 1981 telephone conversation between Stanislaw Kania and Leonid Brezhnev Brezhnev and Kania discuss the new composition of the Politburo and the dangers of counterrevolution in Poland.