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End of the Cold War

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Walesa, Lech

1943-

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Jaruzelski, W. (Wojciech)

1923- 2014

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Kania, Stanislaw

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Ryszard Kukliński Collection

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Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

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Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

George H.W. Bush and Lech Walesa

CIA Reports on the Collapse of Communism in Europe

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October 2, 1986	Letter of Lech Walesa to the Council of State Letter of Lech Walesa to the Council of State calling for the end of martial law and the establishment of union pluralism
September 4, 1988	Memorandum by Lech Walesa, 'On Starting the Roundtable Talks' Memorandum by Lech Walesa, “On Starting the Roundtable Talks,” regarding topics for negotiations
November 25, 1980	Activities of Opposition Elements at the Gdansk Shipyard - On the Conditions of the New Social-Political Situation Report on the situation in the Gdansk Shipyard. Also discusses the opposition's methods, and individual members of the opposition.
March 11, 1983	Letter from Gen. D. Stoyanov to Gen. C. Kiszczak on Intelligence Materials on RFE and a Solidarity Group in Paris
December 11, 1953	National Security Council, NSC 174, Draft 'United States Policy Toward The Soviet Satellites In Eastern Europe' This report by the National Security Council discusses Soviet control over Eastern Europe, barriers to Soviet control of the satellites, and the power threat that consolidation poses to the United States. As a result, the NSC recommends that United States pursue a policy of resistance towards Soviet domination of its Eastern European satellites, and should impose pressure and propaganda to weaken Soviet influence.
March 17, 1981	Information regarding the meeting between Karel Hoffmann, President of the Central Unions' Council and Member of the CPCz CC Presidium, and Stanislaw Kania, PUWP CC First Secretary, Warsaw, (excerpt) Information regarding the meeting between Karel Hoffmann, President of the Central Unions' Council and Member of the CPCz CC Presidium, and Stanislaw Kania, PUWP CC First Secretary, Warsaw, (excerpt), criticizing Kania’s leadership of the PUWP
April 9, 1981	Speech of CPSU General Secretary Leonid Iliyich Brezhnev before the CPCz CC Presidium in Prague, (excerpt) Speech of CPSU General Secretary Brezhnev before the CPCz CC Presidium in Prague, (excerpt) regarding the situation in Poland and criticizing Polish leadership
September 6, 1988	Report from Andrzej Stelmachowski to Lech Walesa Report from Andrzej Stelmachowski to Lech Walesa regarding his meeting with Czyrek and their conversation on Czyrek’s vision of the Roundtable discussions including questions about Solidarity’s position in the political system if it were to be legalized
October 1, 1988	Letter from Andrzej Stelmachowski to Lech Walesa Letter from Andrzej Stelmachowski to Lech Walesa discussing the proposed Roundtable talks, and the promise that subsequent meetings would not lead to arrests
October 24, 1988	Letter from A. Stelmachowski to Józef Glemp, Primate of Poland Letter from A. Stelmachowski to Józef Glemp, Primate of Poland, discussing problems with the proposed Roundtable Talks, including false charges against Solidarity and changes to previously determined plans. Stelmachowski requests an explanation from Glemp of the prospects of realizing the goals of the proposed reforms.