A file containing documents relating to the domestic political situation in Poland following the crisis of December 1970. Subjects covered in the file include reports of politburo meetings appearing in Polish newspapers; the efforts of the Polish United Workers' Party (P.Z.P.R.) to improve its image through self-criticism; speeches by the Polish president, Edward Gierek, and the prime minister, Piotr Jaroszewicz; renewed strikes at the shipyards in Gdańsk and Szczecin; and discussion on the policy of "rotation of cadres", involving officials stepping down after set periods of time. Other subjects discussed in the file include the annulment of food-price increases following a generous credit from the Soviet Union; discussion of the Soviet attitude to the situation in Poland; the eighth plenum of the Central Committee of the P.Z.P.R., which included extensive discussion of the "ten-day crisis"; and comparisons with the events of the "Polish October" in 1956.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- Content from Le Monde © Agence France-Presse.; Content from Pravda © Polska Agencja Prasowa SA.; Content from Trybuna Ludu © Polska Agencja Prasowa SA.; Every effort was made to contact the rights holder for Dziennik Ludowy. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us.; Content from G?os Wybrze?a was created by the government of the Polish People's Republic and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material.; Content from Trybuna Ludu was created by the government of the Polish People's Republic and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material. Content from Le Monde © Agence France-Presse. Content from Pravda © Polska Agencja Prasowa SA. Content from Trybuna Ludu © Polska Agencja Prasowa SA. Every effort was made to contact the rights holder for Dziennik Ludowy. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us. Content from G?os Wybrze?a was created by the government of the Polish People's Republic and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material. Content from Trybuna Ludu was created by the government of the Polish People's Republic and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material.
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Department Reference
- ENP 1/5 PART A
- Document Type
- Correspondence Press and Media
- File Reference
- FCO 28/1431
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.001431
- Key Events
- Polish protests of December 1970
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: G?os Szczeci?ski, 13 January 1971, From proceedings of PZPR voivodship committee penum in Szczecin consolidation of party forces; G?os Wybrze?a, 19 January 1971, Yesterday in Gdansk Shipyard; Le Monde, 10 February 1971, La repartition des taches au secretariat; Le Monde, 10 February 1971, Pologne: M. Girek a presenté une programme pragmatique; Trybuna Ludu, 07 January 1971, Minister S. Jedrychowski's visit of friendship to the GDR; Trybuna Ludu, 07 January 1971, The work of the PZPR KC politburo; Trybuna Ludu, 10 February 1971, Warsaw - the heart of socialist Poland will develop through our joint effort; ?ycie Warszawy, 06 January 1971, National congress of economists in Warsaw; ?ycie Warszawy, 10 February 1971, Believers and Unbelievers; ?ycie Warszawy, 11 February 1971, A general YES for the eighth plenum's resolutions; ?ycie Warszawy, 11 February 1971, Warsaw Meeting.
- Pages
- 195
- Persons Discussed
- Edward Gierek Władysław Gomułka Nicholas Henderson Piotr Jaroszewicz Stefan Jędrychowski Stefan Olszowski
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Poland
- Themes
- Dissent, Resistance, and Human Rights Domestic Politics
