1893-1976
Eastern Europe
(372) documents
1906- 1982
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1923- 2014
August 28, 1980
Suslov describes the "tense" situation in Poland and proposed steps to use military and police force to quell the protest movement.
December 10, 1981
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
September 15, 1981
Brezhnev worries the Polish Solidarity movement will undermine communist authority in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe.