1981 Aug 12 - 1981 Dec 18
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/561
Poland (Internal situation; economic assistance to Poland; state of emergency - martial law, December 1981) (Part 4)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2011 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 279 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Nov 11 We | Major | Poland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Economic Aid for Poland (OD(81) 51 and 52)") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 17 Th | Major | Poland: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Food for Poland") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 18 Fr | Major | Poland: Carrington minute to all members of Cabinet and OD Committee ("Poland") [state of emergency: assessment of the situation so far] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 16 We | Major | Poland: Carrington minute to MT ("Food for Poland") [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 12 We | Major | Poland: FCO letter to No.10 ("Poland") [assessment of political and economic aspects of Polish crisis] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 18 Fr | Major | Poland: FCO to UKE Warsaw ("Poland: Walesa's Appeal") [Lech Walesa issues underground appeal requesting that food aid continues but financial assistance to Poland should cease] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 18 Fr | Major | Poland: FCO to UKE Warsaw ("Polish Crisis") [state of emergency: "You may find it helpful to have a brief review of how the situation looks from this end"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 4 Fr | Major | Poland: MT letter to TUC General Secretary Len Murray (economic and food assistance for Poland) [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 23 Mo | Major | Poland: TUC General Secretary Len Murray letter to MT ("Poland: European Council") [urges food aid for Poland and support for Solidarity] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 10 Th | Major | Poland: UKDEL NATO to FCO ("Quadripartite Dinner 9 December: Poland") [French, US, German and British views on Poland and Eastern Europe] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 14 Mo | Major | Poland: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Poland") [Soviet involvement in, and response to, Polish declaration of state of emergency] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Aug 17 Mo | Major | Poland: UKE Moscow to FCO ("Soviet Polish Crimean Summit") [report on Kania/Jaruzelski meeting with Brezhnev] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 7 Mo | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("BBC TV Team") [BBC team ordered to leave Poland by authorities] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 3 Th | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Conversation with Polish Vice-Premier Rakowski") [situation in Poland, position of Solidarity] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Nov 5 Th | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Meeting Between Jaruzelski, Glemp and Walesa") ["This was obviously a very important meeting"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 18 Fr | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Poland - Internal Situation") [state of emergency: "Eye witnesses have reported a major incident between the population and the police in the middle of Warsaw this afternoon"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Sep 23 We | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Poland") ["The Party and Government are continuing their attempts to drive a wedge between the mass of Solidarity members and their leaders"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 13 Su | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Poland: Internal Situation") [state of emergency declared] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 13 Su | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Poland: Internal Situation") [state of emergency: Mazowsze Solidarity headquarters building raided by Polish authorities: "a carefully planned swoop on the Solidarity leadership"] [declassified 2011] |
| 81 Dec 17 Th | Major | Poland: UKE Warsaw to FCO ("Poland: Internal Situation") [UK Ambassador to Poland calls on Deputy Foreign Minister Olechowski to discuss state of emergency: first deaths] [declassified 2011] |