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September 1980 crisis in Poland

1980-81 Polish Crisis

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Eastern Europe

Poland

Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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Kania, Stanislaw

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Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC). Politburo

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Soviet Foreign Policy

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

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Jaruzelski, W. (Wojciech)

1923- 2014

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Warsaw Pact

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

Eastern Europe

East Germany

Ryszard Kukliński Collection

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Leonid Brezhnev Collection

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Eastern Europe

Czechoslovakia

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Hungary

Warsaw Pact Military Planning

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August 28, 1980	Note, M. Suslov et al to the CPSU Central Committee Suslov describes the "tense" situation in Poland and proposed steps to use military and police force to quell the protest movement.
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.
September 13, 1981	Protocol No. 002/81 of the Meeting of the Committee for the Defense of the Homeland Meeting of the Committee for the Defense of the Homeland on the implementation of martial law in Poland. Committee members discuss where to increase militarization to be prepared for martial law, and how best to protect martial law through propaganda.
October 22, 1980	Proposals Regarding the Introduction of Martial Law for Reasons of State Security and the Underlying Consequences of Introducing Martial Law. A proposal for instituting martial law in Poland, in response to the protest movement there. The document breaks down the powers granted to the government through martial law, and notes that the powers of some government organs will need to be broadened.
December 1981	Information [for Gustav Husak] on the Progress and Outcome of the 14th Meeting of the Defense Minsters Committee, 1 and 4 December 1981 in Moscow (Excerpt) Summary of the 14th meeting of the Warsaw BlocDefense Ministers Committee. The ministers discuss the Solidarity movement and protests in Poland, and how to handle the issue in the media.
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.
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.