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1981 Mar 2 - 1981 Aug 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/560
Poland (Internal situation; economic assistance to Poland) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 293
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81 Mar 4 We Major Poland: Biffen minute to MT ("Poland: Possible Sanctions") [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 5 Th Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Polish Soviet Meeting") ["the language used to describe both the Polish crisis and the steps necessary for its resolution has become noticeably more extreme"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 5 Th Major Poland: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Polish Debt") [details of participation in multilateral debt settlement with Poland] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 6 Fr Major Poland: Lord Chancellor's Office letter to No.10 ("Poland: Possible Sanctions") [Hailsham believes trade sanctions unlikely to be effective: "He asks me to convey this to his colleagues, most of whom have not lived so long"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 9 Mo Major Poland: Carrington minute to MT ("Contingency Planning About Poland") [possible Soviet intervention in Poland: "We must be ready with our Allies to take concrete steps going well beyond those taken after the invasion of Afghanistan"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 10 Tu Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Polish Situation Round-up") [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 12 Th Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Polish Situation") [UK Ambassador calls upon Polish Vice-Minister Dobrosielski: "[His] admission that there were differences of emphasis between [Soviets and Polish] I take to be code for a pretty serious row"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 17 Tu Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Polish Situation") [Scandinavian Ambassadors believe "Soviet intervention in Poland might be imminent"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 17 Tu Major Poland: Biffen letter to Carrington ("Contingency Planning About Poland") [planning for possible Soviet intervention] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 20 Fr Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Bydgoszcz") [clash between Polish authorities and members of Solidarity] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 20 Fr Major Poland: Carrington minute to Biffen ("Contingency Planning About Poland") [planning for possible Soviet intervention] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 24 Tu Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Bydgoszcz") [following clash between authorities and Solidarity members, "Poland is now in its most serious crisis since last August"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 24 Tu Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Bydgoszcz") ["it appears that at this morning's meeting of the Solidarity National Commission, Walesa was overruled and once again walked out"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 26 Th Major Poland: UKE Washington telegram 1015 to FCO (2142Z) ("Poland") [US Administration believes "that the proclamations of a state of emergency and martial law are imminent" in Poland] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 27 Fr Major Poland: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Poland") [Bullard meets with Soviet Foreign Ministers] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 27 Fr Major Poland: UKDEL NATO to FCO ("Poland") [NATO Council meets to discuss developments in Poland: US representative argues that "the crisis [has] reached the most serious stage since last August"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 27 Fr Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Warning Strike") [100 per cent turn out in Warsaw for strike] [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 1 We Major Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Polish Situation") [Solidarity calls off general strike; Walesa comes under fire] [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 1 We Major Poland: FCO to UKE Peking ("Poland") ["The threat of a general strike [in Poland] has receded, but the roots of the problem remain"] [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 1 We Major Poland: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Soviet Policy Towards Poland") [general assessment] [declassified 2011]