Preparing for martial law : through the eyes of Col. Ryszard Kuklinski.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Information Management Services, issuing body.

Center for the Study of Intelligence (U.S.), sponsoring body.

National Clandestine Service (U.S.), sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kukliński, Ryszard Jerzy, 1930-2004--Sources.

Kukliński, Ryszard Jerzy.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History--20th century--Sources.

United States.

Kukliński, Ryszard Jerzy, 1930-2004.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Spies--United States--Biography.

Spies.

Martial law--Poland--Sources.

Martial law.

Poland--Armed Forces--Officers--Biography.

Poland.

Poland--Politics and government--1980-1989--Sources.

Espionage, American--Poland--Sources.

Espionage, American.

Cold War--Military intelligence--Sources.

Cold War.

Armed Forces--Officers.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies

History

Sources

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 unnumbered paged, 33 pages) : illustrations, map

Other Title:

Through the eyes of Col. Ryszard Kuklinski

Martial law : preparing for martial law : through the eyes of Col. Ryszard Kuklinski

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency, Chief Information Officer, Information Management Services, [2008]

Summary:

Between July 1980 and December 1981, Poland stumbled through the most serious political crisis faced by a Warsaw Pact member since the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia in 1968. The resolution of this crisis through the declaration of martial law by the Polish authorities provided only a temporary respite. The rise and suppression of the trade union Solidarity, followed by the inability of Polish communist authorities to restore political credibility or economic activity, were key developments that created the conditions that led to the eventual collapse of the Warsaw Pact by the end of the decade. In 1972, Ryszard Kuklinski, a senior officer on the Polish General Staff, volunteered his services to the United States at a time of increased friction between the Soviet Bloc and the Free World. During the Polish crisis, from the initial outbreak of labor unrest in July 1980, until the declaration of martial law in December 1981, Col. Kuklinski provided periodic reporting and commentary on the chaotic progression of events. He focused on the increasing refinement of the plans for introducing martial law, the internal political debates surrounding these preparations, and the almost constant pressure from Moscow for the Poles "to do something" to contain and destroy Solidarity.

Contents:

Sponsors

Overview

Timeline

The vilification and vindication of Colonel Kuklinski / by Benjamin B. Fischer

Texas A & M University memorial ceremony

Statement on the death of Col. Kuklinski.

Notes:

"Sponsors: The National Clandestine Service (NCS), the Historical Collections Division (HCD) of the Office of Information Management Services, Center for the Study of Intelligence"--Unnumbered page iii.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (CIA, viewed Sept. 9, 2022).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2019.

Other Format:

Print version: Preparing for martial law.

OCLC:

1101048990

Access Restriction:

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