Martial law in Poland -ambassador seeks asylum

Title

Martial law in Poland -ambassador seeks asylum

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:05:15

Description

Andrew Manderstam reports on a request by Romuald Spasowski, Polish ambassador to Washington, for political asylum in the US following the imposition of martial law in his country on 13 Dec 1981. Includes speech excerpt by Romuald Spasowski; press statement by US Secretary of State Alexander Haig.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; Romuald Spasowski; Alexander Haig

Keywords

Revolutions; Trade unions; International relations; Diplomats; Communism; Poland; Solidarity; Political refugees; Military government; Asylum seekers; Romuald Spasowski

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