Vizita generalului Jaruzelski în România, 1982
General’ Jaruzelski visit in Romania, 1982. Significance and outcomes

Summary/Abstract: The political crisis in Poland from 1980 to 1981 ended up with the introduction of martial law and Jaruzelski’s new regime. This political change in Warsaw put both countries closer and seemed to be leading them to a similarly political vision towards the Soviet bloc development, after a period of decline in their bilateral relations. Even though the general’s visit to Romania from June 1982 was researched by Adam Burakowski, our paper continues his work and investigates the Romanian archives to see its perspective about this event. That implies to analyze how the Romanian leadership perceived the visit and its outcome and then to compare with the Polish archives to create a thorough understanding of this subject. For doing that, I will use the Romanian diplomatic correspondence from Warsaw as well as the Romanian Communist Party archives and its official newspaper, The Sparkle – Scînteia.

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