Jugoslovenske partijsko-vladine posete Poljskoj i Poljske Jugoslaviji (1956–1970)
The Yugoslav authorities' visits in Poland and Polish authorities' visits in Yugoslavia in 1956–1970

Summary/Abstract: After the events of October 1956, when Wladyslaw Gomulka came to power, the significant changes occurred in Polish policy. Yugoslavia and Poland therefore could warm their political relations. The official parliamentary and governmental visits began to develop. Gomulka visited Yugoslavia for the first time in September 1957. Marshal Tito`s visit, thatwas to take place in 1958, was cancelled due to the announcement of so called „Yugoslav revisionism” by the KPZR and PZPR. Tito managed to visit Poland in June 1964. Then, Gomulka visited Yugoslavia again in November 1965. Those events, symbolically, were the apogee of mutual relations before their rapid deterioration after the intervention of five Warsaw Pact countries in Czechoslovakia. The purpose of this article is to discuss the political meetings of Polish and Yugoslav leaders at the highest level. Those meetings had a decisive influence not only on their political relations, but also on other areas of cooperation, including economy, culture and science. Their propaganda aspect was also significant. It had a slightly different character than in the case of other countries, including the "socialist" ones. The 1956-1970 period was dictated by the situation in the international communist movement, Gomulka's becoming the Secretary of the KC PZPR (1956), so called "December events" in Poland in 1970 and Gomulka` s resignation from the post. It is worth noting that Josip Broz Tito visited Poland when Wladyslaw Gomulka held the position of First Secretary of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR, until 1948)

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