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COLD WAR 22/3
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Transcript of interview with trade union activist and historian Karol Modzelewski, 1997
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- 1997 Jun (Creation)
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18pp
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Typescript transcript of interview with Karol Modzelewski, Polish Solidarity trade union activist, and historian, relating to the role of the trade union and the Polish opposition movement, including protest against the treatment of dissidents by the Polish communist authorities; the strikes of 1980, the nature of Solidarity and its influence; the declaration of martial law in Poland, Dec 1981; effect of the workers strikes 1988; and the talks between Polish President Gen Wojciech (Witold) Jaruzelski, and Lech Walesa, Chairman of the Solidarity Union, Jan 1989. 18pp
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