Chapter 19 - Taking on Soviet Imperialism in Poland and Eastern Europe

• 1. Historical Context: Poland and Eastern Europe in Centuries of Conflict and a Central Front in the Cold War

  Brest-Litovsk Treaty

  Treaty of Versailles

  Munich Agreement

  Hitler-Stalin Pact

  Yalta Conference

  U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights

  Helsinki Agreement

  Pope Paul’s Address to the Polish People

  2. Reagan’s Freedom Strategy and the Mounting Polish Crisis: 1980 Platform; Early NIE and NSC Meetings/Decisions—1980 to December 1981

  Republican Campaign Platform—1980

  Poland—A Season of Light, and of Darkness

  SNIE 12–6–81—Poland’s Prospects Over the Next Six Months

  NSC 1—Caribbean Basin and Poland

  Reagan Letter to Brezhnev—April 24, 1981

  Brezhnev Doctrine

  Brezhnev Letter to Reagan—May 27, 1981

  NSPG 19—Poland; East-West Trade; Pakistan; China

  NSPG 20—Poland Corn; Soviet Grain

  NSC 21—Further Economic Aid to Poland

  NSC 31—Aid to Poland

  3. The Crisis Erupts: Poland’s Martial Law; Soviet Invasion Threat and Reagan’s Response—December 1981

  NSC 33—Poland

  NSC 34—Poland

  Reagan Letter to Brezhnev—December 23, 1981

  Brezhnev Letter to Reagan—December 25, 1981

  4. Reagan Increases Diplomatic and Economic Pressure: NSC Discussions and Directives; Reagan Public Statements; and Freedom Speeches—1982

  NSC 36—Poland

  NSSD 5–82—U.S. Policy Toward Eastern Europe

  Statement on the Situation in Poland

  Address to the British Parliament

  Statement on the Situation in Poland

  Address to the United Nations, General Assembly

  NSC 56—U.S. Policy Toward Eastern Europe

  SNIE 12–6–82—Poland’s Prospects Over the Next 12 to 18 Months

  Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Speakes on Violence in Poland

  NSDD 54—Policy Towards Eastern Europe

  NSC 62—Polish Debt [and Latin American Debt]

  Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Speakes on the Situation in Poland

  Radio Address to the Nation on Solidarity and United States Relations with Poland

  NSPG 46—Poland, Latin America

  NSC 65—East-West Trade and Poland-related Sanctions

  Statement on the Second Anniversary of Solidarity

  NSDD 66—East-West Economic Relations and Poland-Related Sanctions

  Remarks on Signing the Proclamations on Human Rights and the Day of Prayer for Poland

  Proclamation 5003—Bill of Rights Day, Human Rights Day and Week—1982

  Proclamation 5004—A Day of Prayer for Poland and Solidarity with the Polish People

  5. A Major U.S. Public Diplomacy Publication on Poland and Four Communist Myths—1982

  Poland: A Season of Light and of Darkness

  6. Reagan Continues to Step Up the Pressure—Decisions; Speeches; Public Diplomacy; and Turning Points—1983 to 1987

  NSPG 61—Poland

  Reagan on Freedom Throughout Europe

  Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Solidarity Movement in Poland

  Following a Meeting with Solidarity Movement Representative Jerzy Milewski

  Statement on the Lifting of Economic Sanctions Against Poland

  Address at the Vienna Economic Summit

  Meeting with Pope John Paul II

  Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate

  7. Beyond Poland: Helsinki Accords; Eastern European Freedom; and the Special Case of the Baltics—1985 to 1989

  Proclamation 5334—Helsinki Human Rights Day

  Proclamation 5352—Baltic Freedom Day

  Proclamation 5501—Baltic Freedom Day

  Proclamation 5772—Lithuanian Independence Day

  8. The Path to Freedom in Poland; Eastern Europe; and the Soviet Union in Reagan’s Last Year and Beyond—1988 to 1991

  NIE 11/12–9–88—Soviet Policy Toward Eastern Europe Under Gorbachev

  Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty