A file of correspondence and reports concerning the economic situation in Poland. The documents include a review of the economic results for 1978 and the first six months of 1979; and a draft budget resolution for 1980, covering industrial production, market supplies, agriculture, investment, construction, transport, communications, and foreign trade. The file also covers rises in energy prices and food prices in Poland; discussions on Polish hard-currency indebtedness; and discussions with Polish officials and diplomats on the current state of the Polish economy. Other documents in the file include a background paper on the political and economic situation in Poland; a review of the Polish economy, covering industrial production, foreign trade, energy, transport, and agriculture; and a paper on private enterprise in Poland, examining private property, the formation of cooperatives, the growth of small enterprises, and the black market in currency-trading.