Details

Subject(s)

• International relations [Browse]
• World politics [Browse]
• Diplomatic and consular service [Browse]
• Politics and government [Browse]
• Poland—Foreign relations—Great Britain [Browse]

Related name

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

Series

• Northern Department and East European and Soviet Department (and succeeding departments): Registered Files (N, EN and ES Series). ; FCO28-004499. [More in this 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). ; FCO28-004499

Data source

• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1947-1982
• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1976-1982: Module 4
• History Commons

Summary note

A file of documents concerning relations between Britain and Poland. Subjects discussed in the file include the Polish view on developments in East-West relations -- relations between the Polish government and the Solidarity movement -- a call by the Polish government for a ninety-day strike-free period -- the appointment of Wojciech Jaruzelski as the Polish prime minister -- economic reform in Poland -- and the introduction of martial law in Poland. Other subjects discussed in the file include the British response to the crisis in Poland -- British economic assistance to Poland -- the exchange of high-level visits between Britain and Poland -- Polish requests for Władysław Sikorski's remains to be returned to Poland from Britain -- the granting of visas to British journalists in Poland -- a possible agreement between the Polish Archive Organisation and the British Public Record Office -- and arrangements for the Anglo-Polish roundtable. Documents in the file include a record of Anglo-Polish planning talks.

Notes

• File date: 1981.
• Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 2014.
• Title from Cold War Eastern Europe Module IV.

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