Details

Subject(s)

• Human rights [Browse]
• Poland—Politics and government [Browse]
• Poland—Foreign relations [Browse]

Related name

• Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office [Browse]
• Coherent Digital (Firm) [Browse]

Series

• Cold War Eastern Europe. [More in this series]
• FCO28: Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Northern Department and East European and Soviet Department (and succeeding departments): Registered Files (N, EN and ES Series) ; FCO28-1431. [More in this series]
• FCO28 : Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Northern Department and East European and Soviet Department (and succeeding departments): Registered Files (N, EN and ES Series) ; FCO28-1431

Data source

• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1947-1982
• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1967-1975: Module 3
• History Commons

Summary note

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.

Notes

• File date: 1971.
• Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 2002.
• File was closed until January 1, 2002, under the Public Records Act 1958.
• Title from Cold War Eastern Europe Module III.

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