Lech Walesa, Solidarity leader, visits UK

Title

Lech Walesa, Solidarity leader, visits UK

Genre

Interview

TX Date

29 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:04:16

Description

Nigel Dearing interviews Marek Garztecki, former director of the Solidarity information office in London, about the first visit of Solidarity leader, Lech Walesa to the UK, in his unofficial role as ambassador for Polish industry. Although he holds no official position in the Polish Government, he is to be treated in the manner of a visiting head of state, meeting the Foreign Secretary, John Major, the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, and the Leader of the Opposition, Neil Kinnock. Lech Walesa, a guest of the TUC, will be guest of honour at a dinner to mark the fourtieth anniversary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions.

Contributors

Nigel Dearing; Marek Garztecki

Keywords

Trade unions; UK; Great Britain; State visits; Poland; Solidarity; Lech Walesa

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