From Solidarity to Martial Law

Foreword by Lech Wałęsa
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 Wyszyński 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 Gdańsk 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 Kukliński 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 Wałęsa’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 No. 40:
CIA Alert Memorandum, “Poland,” April 3, 1981

Document No. 41:
East German Report of Discussion with Marshal Viktor Kulikov, April 7, 1981

Document No. 42:
Brezhnev Speech to the CPCz CC Politburo, April 7, 1981

Document No. 43:
Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, April 9, 1981

Document No. 44:
Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, April 16, 1981

Document No. 45:
Extract from Protocol No. 7 from the CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, April 23, 1981

Document No. 46:
Message from Ryszard Kukliński to CIA, April 26, 1981

Document No. 47:
Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, April 30, 1981

Document No. 48:
Informational Memorandum from the L’vov District Secretary to the CPUkr Central Committee, May 7, 1981

Document No. 49:
Memorandum of Meeting between Leonid Brezhnev, Erich Honecker, Gustáv Husák et al, in Moscow, May 16, 1981

Document No. 50:
CPSU CC Letter to the PUWP CC, June 5, 1981

Document No. 51:
Transcript of PUWP CC Politburo Meeting during Break in CC Session, June 10, 1981

Document No. 52:
Memorandum from Ronald I. Spiers to the Secretary of State, “Polish Resistance to Soviet Intervention,” June 15, 1981

Document No. 53:
Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting on Brezhnev-Kania Conversation, June 18, 1981

Document No. 54:
CIA National Intelligence Daily, “USSR-Poland: Polish Military Attitudes,” June 20, 1981

Document No. 55:
Information on Andrei Gromyko’s Talks with the PUWP Leadership, July 3–5, 1981

Document No. 56:
Report to HSWP CC Politburo with Verbatim Transcript of July 21 Telephone Conversation between Kania and Brezhnev, July 22, 1981

Document No. 57:
Notes of Solidarity National Coordinating Commission Conference in Gdańsk, July 24, 1981

Document No. 58:
Record of Brezhnev-Honecker Meeting in the Crimea, August 3, 1981

Document No. 59:
PUWP CC Assessment of Public Attitudes toward Solidarity, August 17, 1981

Document No. 60:
Information on Brezhnev Meeting with Kania and Jaruzelski on August 14, 1981, August 22, 1981

Document No. 61:
Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, September 10, 1981

Document No. 62: Protocol No. 002/81 of Meeting of the Homeland Defense Committee, September 13, 1981

Document No. 63:
CPSU CC Communication to the PUWP CC, “Intensifying Anti-Soviet Feelings in Poland,” September 14, 1981

Document No. 64:
Information on Brezhnev-Kania Telephone Conversation, September 15, 1981

Document No. 65:
Message from Ryszard Kukliński to CIA, September 15, 1981

Document No. 66:
Letter from HSWP CC signed by Kádár to PUWP CC via Kania, September 17, 1981

Document No. 67:
Excerpt from CPSU CC Politburo Meeting regarding Brezhnev-Kania Conversation, September 17, 1981

Document No. 68:
Report to the HSWP CC Politburo by the Hungarian Ambassador to Warsaw, September 18, 1981

Document No. 69:
PUWP CC, “Instructions on the More Important Activities of the Party, Organs of Power and State Administration,” September 18, 1981

PART FIVE – FINAL PREPARATIONS

Document No. 70:
Czesław Kiszczak Notes for October 5 Politburo Meeting, October 4, 1981

Document No. 71:
Notes of Brezhnev-Jaruzelski Telephone Conversation, October 19, 1981

Document No. 72: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting on Rusakov Trip to Eastern Europe, October 29, 1981

Document No. 73: Extract from Protocol No. 37 of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, November 21, 1981

Document No. 74: Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, “Supplement No. 2: Planned Activity of the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” November 25, 1981

Document No. 75: Memorandum from Alexander Haig to President Reagan, “U.S. Assistance Program for Poland,” December 1, 1981

Document No. 76: PUWP CC, “Excerpt from Motions at meeting with CC Members on November 27, 1981,” December 2, 1981

Document No. 77: Notes of Meeting of the Presidium of Solidarity’s National Coordinating Commission in Gdańsk, December 2, 1981

Document No. 78: Solidarity NCC Presidium, “Position Taken by the Presidium of the National Coordinating Commission and Leaders of the NSZZ,” December 3, 1981

Document No. 79: Report on the Committee of Ministers of Defense Meeting in Moscow, December 1-4, 1981

Document No. 80: Protocol No. 18 of PUWP CC Meeting, December 5, 1981

Document No. 81: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, December 10, 1981

Document No. 82: Notebook Entries of Lt. Gen. Viktor Anoshkin, December 11, 1981

PART SIX--CRACKDOWN

Document No. 83: Telegram to Directors of Voivode Police, circa December 12, 1981

Document No. 84: Communication from Czesław Kiszczak to Florian Siwicki, December 12, 1981

Document No. 85: Protocol No. 19 of PUWP CC Politburo Meeting, December 13, 1981

Document No. 86: Extract from Protocol No. 40 of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, December 13, 1981

Document No. 87: Speech by Pope John Paul II concerning Martial Law, December 13, 1981

Document No. 88: CIA National Intelligence Daily, “Poland: Test of Government’s Measures,” December 14, 1981

Document No. 89: Memorandum from Lawrence Eagleburger to Secretary of State, “General Wojciech Jaruzelski,” December 16, 1981

Document No. 90: Appeal from Pope John Paul II to Wojciech Jaruzelski, December 18, 1981

Document No. 91: Protocol No. 16 of PUWP CC Secretariat Meeting, December 19, 1981

Document No. 92: Hot Line Communication from Leonid Brezhnev to Ronald Reagan regarding Martial Law in Poland, December 25, 1981

Document No. 93: Report to HSWP CC Politburo on Hungarian Delegation’s Talks with Wojciech Jaruzelski, December 30, 1981

Document No. 94: Transcript of CPSU CC Politburo Meeting, January 14, 1982

Document No. 95: Notes of Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Defense Meeting on Implementation of Martial Law, January 15, 1982

Main Actors
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index