A file containing documents relating to the domestic political situation in Poland. The principal subject covered in the file is the unrest that followed a series of food price rises in June 1976, referred to as the "Polish prices crisis". Aspects of this subject discussed include the need for price rises due to an elaborate subsidy system and the lack of income for farmers; a strike and fighting at the Ursus tractor factory near Warsaw; reports of disturbances in Szczecin, Gdynia, Gdańsk, Łódź, and Radom; the abrupt withdrawal of the price rises in a "humiliating defeat" for the prime minister, Piotr Jaroszewicz; speculation as to why the government had miscalculated the public mood so badly; and comparisons with the protests of 1970. Also discussed in the file is the European Youth and Students Meeting, which took place in Warsaw at the same time.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- Content from The Guardian © Guardian News & Media.; Content from Polish Press Agency © Polska Agencja Prasowa SA and Polish News Bulletin Company Sp. z o.o..; Every effort was made to contact the rights holder for content from Trybuna Ludu. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this items to contact us.; Material reproduced with the permission of Duma. Duma cannot guarantee that it holds the copyright over the content, so we invite anyone with different information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us.; The rights holder for "Poland's summer storm" could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us. Content from The Guardian © Guardian News & Media. Content from Polish Press Agency © Polska Agencja Prasowa SA and Polish News Bulletin Company Sp. z o.o.. Every effort was made to contact the rights holder for content from Trybuna Ludu. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this items to contact us. Material reproduced with the permission of Duma. Duma cannot guarantee that it holds the copyright over the content, so we invite anyone with different information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us. The rights holder for "Poland's summer storm" could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us.
- Department Reference
- ENP 11/1 PART B
- Document Type
- Correspondence Financial Records Meeting Minutes Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 28/2890
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.002890
- Note
- Documents or parts of documents in this file were retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958. The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Népszabadság, 25.06.1976, Report on Thursday Session of the National Assembly Continued Népszabadság, 26.06.1976, Session of the National Assembly Concluded Népszabadság, 27.06.1976, Appointment of Professors Népszabadság, 27.06.1976, National Economists' congress concluded Trybuna Ludu, 24.06.1976, Edward Gierek Receives the US Secretary of the Treasury BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 05.07.1976, EE/5251/C1/1-9 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 07.07.1976, EE/5249/C1/1-4 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 07.07.1976, EE/5253/B/1-6 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 26.06.1976, EE/5244/C/1-12 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 28.06.1976, EE/5245/C/1-14 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 29.06.1976, EE/5246/C/1-7 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 30.06.1976, EE/5247/C2/1-2 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 30.06.1976, EE/5247/C3/1-3.
- Pages
- 209
- Persons Discussed
- Anthony Crosland Artur Starewicz Bryan Cartledge Edward Gierek Goronwy Roberts Piotr Jaroszewicz
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Poland
- Themes
- Dissent, Resistance, and Human Rights Domestic Politics Sport, Leisure, and Tourism
