Walesa was a police informant, book claims

Article reports that Lech Walesa, the leader of the Solidarity labour union in Poland, who helped overthrow communism, has been accused of being an informant for the secret police in the early 1970s and of trying to doctor his police files in the 1990s. The accusations come in a book published June 2008 by two right-wing historians.

Polskie Radio, 26.8.08: New chapter in Walesa-IPN conflict http://www.thenews.pl/radio/news/artykul90015_new-chapter-in-walesa-ipn-conflict.html

The Economist, 28 June 2008: Lech Walesa: History's tentacles http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11632772

Wikipedia: Lech Walesa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa

Spiegel Online International, 23.6.08: 'Positive Proof' Lech Walesa was a Communist Spy http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,561414,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 24.6.08: New Book Claims Polish Icon Walesa Was Communist Spy http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3435993,00.html

Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 23.6.08: Was Walesa a Communist spy? http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/europe/080623-walesa-spy-bolek

Website: Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) http://www.ipn.gov.pl/portal/en/

Wikipedia: Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_National_Remembrance

Polskie Radio: The News.pl, 24.6.08: Poles unclear on Walesa’s past http://www.thenews.pl/radio/news/artykul85472_poles-unclear-on-walesas-past.html

BBC News, 30.3.09: Walesa threatens to leave Poland http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7972907.stm

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