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Poland: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Visit to Poland") ["The Foreign Office letter attached argues that perhaps Gdansk is not so well worth visiting after all, given that Solidarity's recent efforts have been redolent of the worst sort of British trade unionism. To my mind, that is close to sacrilege"] [declassified Jul 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2432 f193
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 6pp
Themes: Trade unions, Strikes & other union action, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Religion & morality, Charles Powell minutes, British relations with the Soviet Union