A file of documents concerning Poland's economic situation, and international financial assistance to Poland. Subjects discussed in the file include the level of Poland's international debt; Poland's trade imbalance; Polish inability to make debt repayments; Polish investment and agricultural policies; Polish economic reform; Polish requests for financial assistance from Western states; Western financial assistance to Poland; the organisation of meetings of Poland's main Western creditors to discuss economic assistance to Poland; and American concerns about these multilateral meetings. Other subjects discussed in the file include European Economic Community (E.E.C.) quotas on steel imports from Eastern European countries; economic aid to Poland from the Soviet Union and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance; Western contingency plans for a possible Soviet intervention in Poland; and an E.E.C. proposal for food aid to Poland. Documents in the file include a despatch from the British ambassador to Poland, Kenneth Pridham, on the Polish economy and its potential for recovery.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Canada Federal Republic of Germany France Hungary Italy Soviet Union Sweden United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
- Department Reference
- ENP 90/1 PART F
- Document Type
- Correspondence Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 28/4159
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.004159
- Note
- NATO documents in this file were removed in accordance with international agreements. The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Trybuna Ludu, 02.12.1980, From the Soviet Union to Poland Additional Credits and Supplies of Goods BBC, 02.12.1980, The European Council in Luxembourg: Poland.
- Pages
- 253
- Persons Discussed
- Jan Bisztyga Kenneth Pridham Lech Wałęsa Mieczysław Jagielski Pierre Trudeau
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Poland
- Themes
- Domestic Politics Economics and Trade International Relations
