Malcolm Byrne is Director of Research at the National Security Archive where he coordinates a program involving Russian and East European scholars in documentary research, conference preparation and publications relating to the Cold War.Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski is a Polish historian. Professor of Collegium Civitas, director of Modern History Studies in the Political Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences, member of Collegium of Institute of National Remembrance.

• Foreword by Lech Walesa Preface and Acknowledgments “The Polish Crisis: Internal and International Dimensions” by Andrzej Paczkowski and Malcolm Byrne Acronyms and Abbreviations Chronology of Events Documents PART ONE – THE BIRTH OF SOLIDARITY Document No. 1: Protocol No. 13 of PUWP CC Politburo Meeting, July 18, 1980 Document No. 2: Extract from Protocol No. 210 of the CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, August 25, 1980 Document No. 3: Cardinal Wyszynski Sermon at Jasna Góra following the Outbreak of Strikes, with Reactions, August 26–28, 1980 Document No. 4: Protocol of PUWP CC Politburo Meeting, August 27, 1980 Document No. 5: CPSU CC Politburo Commission Order to Enhance Readiness of Military Units for Possible Use in Poland, August 28, 1980 Document No. 6: The Szczecin Agreement, August 30, 1980 Document No. 7: The Gdansk Agreement, August 31, 1980 Document No. 8: President Carter Letter to Allies on Poland, September 1, 1980 Document No. 9: CPSU CC Politburo Report on Topics for Discussion with the Polish Leadership, September 3, 1980 Document No. 10: Special Coordination Committee, Summary of Conclusions, “Meeting on Poland,” with attachment, September 23, 1980 PART TWO – FRATERNAL ASSISTANCE Document No. 11: Transcript of Bulgarian (BCP CC) Politburo Meeting, October 21, 1980 Document No. 12: Solidarity National Coordinating Commission Statement on Union Registration, October 24, 1980 Document No. 13: Protocol of PUWP CC Secretariat Meeting, October 25, 1980 Document No. 14: Transcript of Bulgarian (BCP CC) Politburo Meeting, October 25, 1980 Document No. 15: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, October 29, 1980 Document No. 16: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, October 31, 1980 Document No. 17: Letter from Leonid Brezhnev to Erich Honecker, November 4, 1980 Document No. 18: Letter from Erich Honecker to Leonid Brezhnev, November 26, 1980 Document No. 19: Report of the Czechoslovak Army Chief of Staff to the Minister of National Defense, December 3, 1980 Document No. 20: CIA Alert Memorandum, December 3, 1980 Document No. 21: Message from Ryszard Kuklinski on Impending Warsaw Pact Invasion, December 4, 1980 Document No. 22: Minutes of Warsaw Pact Leadership Meeting in Moscow, December 5, 1980 Document No. 23: Minutes of U.S. Special Coordination Committee Meeting, December 7, 1980 Document No. 24: CIA Situation Report, “Poland,” December 8, 1980 Document No. 25: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, December 11, 1980 PART THREE – FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS Document No. 26: Protocol of Meeting of Leading Aktiv Members of Ministry of Internal Affairs, January 5, 1981 Document No. 27: CPSU CC Instructions to the Soviet Ambassador concerning Lech Walesa’s Visit to Italy, January 14, 1981 Document No. 28: PUWP CC Report on Leonid Zamyatin Visit to Katowice, January 16, 1981 Document No. 29: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, January 22, 1981 Document No. 30: Supplement No. 1 to PUWP CC Politburo Protocol No. 657 Analyzing the Intentions of Solidarity, January 26, 1981 Document No. 31: National Intelligence Estimate (NIE 12.6–81), “Poland’s Prospects over the Next Six Months,” January 27, 1981 Document No. 32: Solidarity National Coordinating Commission, “Statement on the Current Social and Political Situation,” circa February 1981 Document No. 33: Supplement No. 2 to PUWP CC Politburo Protocol No. 69, February 6, 1981 Document No. 34: Memorandum of Conversation between Erich Honecker and Fidel Castro, February 28, 1981 Document No. 35: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, March 12, 1981 Document No. 36: Ministry of Internal Affairs Duty Report on Preparations for Martial Law, March 16, 1981 Document No. 37: Protocol No. 82 from PUWP CC Politburo Meeting, March 25, 1981 Document No. 38: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, March 26, 1981 PART FOUR – SEARCH FOR A “POLISH SOLUTION” Document No. 39: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, April 2, 1981 Document ....

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