Wizyta Willy Brandta w Warszawie w grudniu 1985 roku. Okoliczności i fakty
Willy Brandt’s Visit to Warsaw in December 1985. Circumstances and Facts

Summary/Abstract: Translation: Zbigniew Szułczyński. The article describes the course of Willy Brandt’s visit to Poland in December 1985 and the circumstances that accounted for his not meeting Lech Wałęsa. W. Brandt did not strive very hard to talk to the Nobel Prize winner as most of the leadership of the SPD was convinced that all opposition movements in the East Block were doomed to failure. Moreover, SPD leadership was critical of the activity of ‘‘Solidarność’’. The goal of W. Brandt’s meeting with the East European leaders was to reactivate the policy of détente. The agenda of the visit included meetings with the leadership of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR), and talks with Church authorities and representatives of the Club of Catholic Intelligentsia (KIK). It was only after his return to Germany that W. Brand exchanged letters with L. Wałęsa.

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