GB 0369 ASC
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1975-1985
Papers of (Chalrles) Neal Ascherson relating to Eastern Europe, comprising:
files of news cuttings, press releases and other papers mainly re Poland taken from West European, American and Polish sources. Some files are arranged chronologically and others by subject and they document the rise of Solidarity in Poland, 1979-1984, the imposition of martial law and Poland under martial law, papers on the Church in Poland, 1978-1981, the visit of Pope John Paul II to Poland, June 1983, the Polish economy, 1980-1985. Also contains single files on Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe in general - arranged by subject.