Report on the Meeting of the Committee of Defense Ministers in Moscow1 Dec 1981 |
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This document is a report on the December 1981 meeting of the Warsaw Pact Committee of Defense Ministers. The main topic at the meeting was the proposal by US President Ronald Reagan for a zero option on medium-range missiles in Europe. Soviet Marshal Dmitry Ustinov declares that the correlation of forces is not in the Warsaw Pact's favor, except in the area of nuclear weapons; therefore, the US proposal is unacceptable. The situtation in Poland is discussed on the third day of the session. Polish Defense Minister Florian Siwicki asks the group to approve a draft communiqué regarding the declaration of martial law in Poland, in order to ensure the security of the entire Socialist community. After a contentious discussion, the communiqué remains unsigned. Collection: A Cardboard Castle?
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Report Language of Original Document: English Translators: Leo Gluchowski Number of Pages: 5 Cold War Period: 1980s Persons: Ustinov, Siwicki, Jaruzelski, Czinege, Ograkov |
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Document Source: Andrzej Paczkowski and Andrzej Werblan, On the Decision to Introduce Martial Law in Poland in 1981, Cold War International History Project Working Paper No.21, November 1997, pp. 37-43. Call Number: Document No. 93 |
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