From the history of Polish-Austrian diplomacy in the 1970s. Visits of Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky Cover Image

Z historii dyplomacji polsko-austriackiej w latach 70. XX w. Wizyty kanclerza Austrii Bruno Kreisky’ego
From the history of Polish-Austrian diplomacy in the 1970s. Visits of Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky

Author(s): Agnieszka Kisztelińska-Węgrzynska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: Bruno Kreisky; Austria; Polish People’s Republic; diplomacy

Summary/Abstract: Federal Chancellor Dr. Bruno Kreisky overcame the peculiar isolation in Warsaw – Vienna contacts. The first major event in the history of mutual relations after World War II was a visit of the then Foreign Minister in Warsaw on 1-3 March, 1960. In the following years this politician paid four more visits in Poland as Chancellor in June 1973, January-February 1975, September 1976 and November 1979. The course of the visits and assessment of their effects provide insight into the role of Austria in the diplomatic activity of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 1970s. The basic source of information on the assessment of Kreisky’s motives as a social democratic politician and a commentary on Austria’s foreign policy towards Poland is in the archives of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the years 1972-1980.

  • Issue Year: 354/2015
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 139-156
  • Page Count: 18