Lech Walesa Was ‘Paid Communist Agent’ – Poland’s History Institute

 

By Alasdair Sandford | With AP, REUTERS

Polish historical investigators say newly uncovered documents show Lech Walesa – the former President and hero of the Solidarity movement that famously challenged communist rule – had previously been a paid informant for the Soviet-era security services.

Walesa, now 72, has repeated his long-standing denials over the claims of collaboration.

Documents examined

But Poland’s state Institute of National Remembrance has inspected documents seized this week from the home of the communist era’s last interior minister, the late General Czeslaw Kiszczak. It says they include a signed pledge to provide information from 1970 to 1976.

The institute says an expert has authenticated the documents, which the ex-minister’s widow reportedly tried to sell. 

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Source: Euronews