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December 7, 1989	Information Note from the Romanian Embassy in Berlin to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Note from the Romanian Embassy in Berlin to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the resignation of Egon Krenz, the scheduled Extraordinary Congress of the SED and its planned break with Stalinism, the beginning of ‘warning’ strikes, and the general movement of the GDR towards forming a federation with the FRG
December 7, 1989	Telegram from the Romanian Embassy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Telegram from the Romanian Embassy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the special plenary session of the CC of the CPB to deal with demands by the ‘Bulgarian Democratic Forces Association’ to have free elections and a multi-party system
December 10, 1989	Information Note from the Romanian Embassy in Sofia to the [Romanian] Ministry of Foreign Affairs Note from the Romanian Embassy in Sofia to the [Romanian] Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding street protests in Bulgaria due to disapproval with the measures adopted by the special plenum of the CC CPB
November 21, 1989	The Civic Forum’s Position on the Negotiations of its Representatives with Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec, Prague The Civic Forum’s Position on the Negotiations of its Representatives with Prime Minister Ladislav Adamec, Prague
November 21, 1989	Letter from the Civic Forum to US President George Bush and USSR General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev Letter from the Civic Forum to US President George Bush and USSR General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev calling for condemnation of the 1968 events
November 23, 1989	Declaration of Civic Forum Representative Václav Havel on Wenceslas Square, Prague The Declaration of Civic Forum Representative Václav Havel on Wenceslas Square, Prague calling for a general strike
November 24, 1989	Draft Thesis of the Program of the Civic Forum, Prague Draft thesis of the program of the civic forum, Prague advocating a market economy to help remedy the ‘vassal’ system of the Communist Party and the crisis facing Czechoslovakia
October 18, 1986	Memorandum of Conversation of Polish Officials Concerning a Proposed Consultative Council Memorandum of conversation regarding the proposed Consultative Council and its goal to increase trust and develop recommendations and the inclusion of non-party people and members of the Catholic church
August 28, 1987	[Polish Government] Report, 'A Synthesis of the Domestic Situation and the West’s Activity,' Warsaw [Polish Government] Report, “A Synthesis of the Domestic Situation and the West’s Activity,” regarding the economic crisis, liberalization measures, growing discontent, American support of Solidarity and opinions from the West on the situation in Poland
May 11, 1988	Speech by Mr. Józef Czyrek at a founding meeting of the Polish Club of International Relations A speech by Mr. Józef Czyrek at a founding meeting of the Polish Club of International Relations discussing the objectives of the Club – social support, dialogue and public evaluation