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COLD WAR 22/5
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Transcript of interview with President Lech Walesa, 1997
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- 1997 Jun (Creation)
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15pp
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Typescript transcript of interview with Lech Walesa, Chairman of Solidarity, 1981-1989, and President of Poland, 1990-1995, relating to the role of Solidarnosk (Solidarity) and the trade union movement in the abolition of the communist regime in Poland, including Solidarity's tactics, their 21 demands; the imposition of martial law, 1981; the impact of the visit of Pop John Paul II to Poland, 1979; the impact of the Soviet policy of perestroika, on the government of Poland; and the talks between Polish President Gen Wojciech (Witold) Jaruzelski, and Lech Walesa, Chairman of the Solidarity Union, Jan 1989. 15pp
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