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Speech by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev at the Meeting of the Party and State Leaders of the Warsaw Treaty States

5 Dec 1980
Description: This document is a transcript of a speech given by the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev at the meeting of the Warsaw Pact party leaders. Brezhnev expresses his concern about the situation in Poland. He refers to earlier negative tendencies in Poland and stresses that the fighting capacity of the Polish Communist Party must be re-established. He mentions his unease regarding the creation of a Christian Democratic Party and the increasing power of the Catholic Church.

Collection: Romania and the W'Pact

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Document Type: Speech
Language of Original Document: Romanian
Translators: Viorel Buta
Number of Pages: 5
Cold War Period: 1980s
Persons: Brezhnev, Gierek, Kania, Wałęsa
Document Source: National Central Historical Archives (ANIC), Bucharest
Call Number: Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, chancellery, no.5257, 9.12.1980. DR, vol.2.

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