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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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Eastern Europe

Hungary

Warsaw Pact Military Planning

Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

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April 26, 1981	Report on the "Hopeless" Situation in Poland Letter from Kuklinski to his CIA contact indicating that the situation in Poland is militarily hopeless.
September 3, 1980	CPSU CC Politburo Report "On Theses for the discussion with representatives of the Polish leadership" Cable to the Polish leadership regarding the position of the Soviet leadership in regard to the agreements reached earlier in 1980 between the Polish Government and the Inter-Factory Strike Committee. The Soviet leadership expresses its concerns with the consequences of the agreements on the role of the Party in Polish society.
December 1980	Report Warning of Soviet intervention "Jack Strong" [Ryszard Kuklinski] shares an urgent message relating contents of a secret Soviet meeting that outlined plans to bring USSR, East German, and Czechoslovak forces into Poland.
December 1, 1981	The Anoshkin Notebook on the Polish Crisis Notebook of General Victor Anoshkin, aide of Marshal Victor Kulikov. Anoshkin kept records of Kulikov’s meetings, phone calls, and conversations in Poland in December 1981.
December 5, 1980	Werner Krolikowski, "Comment on the Report of the PB to the 13th Plenum of the SED CC, which was prepared and submitted by Günther Mittag," handwritten, [excerpt] Excerpt of set of notes written by Werner Krolikowski; includes his fourth point, which discusses the effects of the changes taking place in Poland; addresses socialist development in Poland and counterrevolution.
October 8, 1981	Record of a Meeting between Representatives of the CPCz CC and SED CC International Relations Department in East Germany (excerpt)
November 25, 1980	Record of a Meeting between CPCz CC General Secretary Gustáv Husák and HSWP CC First Secretary János Kádár in Bratislava, (excerpt from Kádár) Excerpts from a discussion between Czechoslovak leader Husak and Hungarian leader Kadar on the situation in Poland. Janos Kadar suggests that the source of the crisis rests with mistakes made by the Polish leadership regarding economic policies. However, he still supports Polish leader Gierek, and believes that he should not have been removed from his position of responsibility.
November 25, 1981	Supplement No. 2 Planned Activity of the Interior Ministry
March 26, 1981	Session of the CPSU CC Politburo, 26 March 1981 (excerpt) Soviet leaders discuss the results of negotiations with a delegation from the Polish People's Republic, where Poland requested increased import of raw materials.
April 2, 1981	Session of the CPSU CC Politburo, 02 April 1981 (excerpt) Brezhnev and the Politboro grow frustrated with the Polish leadership. They express fear of the Polish crisis spreading to Belorussia and Georgia, and question the health of Polish leaders.