Ryszard Kukliński - Polish hero CIA spy durring cold war

Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930 – February 11, 2004) was a Polish colonel and Cold War spy. Motivated by the desire to promote the Polish national interest, he passed top secret Warsaw Pact documents to the CIA between 1971 and 1981.

After the December 1970 massacre of Polish workers in Gdynia by communist forces, Kukliński contacted the CIA and offered his services as a spy. (According to another version, he was approached by the CIA in Vietnam as early as 1967.) Between 1971 and 1981 he passed 35,000 pages of mostly Soviet secret documents to the CIA. The documents described Moscow's strategic plans regarding the use of nuclear weapons, technical data about the T-72 tank and Strela-1 missiles, the distribution of Soviet anti-aircraft bases in Poland and East Germany, the methods used by the Soviets to avoid spy satellite detection of their military hardware, plans for the imposition of martial law in Poland, and many other matters.

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07	Edited by: Lukasz Jul 24, 08, 05:58 / #
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Kukliński Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930 – February 11, 2004) was a Polish colonel and Cold War spy. Motivated by the desire to promote the Polish national interest, he passed top secret Warsaw Pact documents to the CIA between 1971 and 1981. After the December 1970 massacre of Polish workers in Gdynia by communist forces, Kukliński contacted the CIA and offered his services as a spy. (According to another version, he was approached by the CIA in Vietnam as early as 1967.) Between 1971 and 1981 he passed 35,000 pages of mostly Soviet secret documents to the CIA. The documents described Moscow's strategic plans regarding the use of nuclear weapons, technical data about the T-72 tank and Strela-1 missiles, the distribution of Soviet anti-aircraft bases in Poland and East Germany, the methods used by the Soviets to avoid spy satellite detection of their military hardware, plans for the imposition of martial law in Poland, and many other matters.

Bratwurst BoyThreads: 11 Posts: 14,563 Joined: Apr 2, 07	Jul 24, 08, 06:05 / #
Lukasz: After the December 1970 massacre of Polish workers in Gdynia by communist forces "communist forces"??? Russians??? Poles???

ConstantineKThreads: 35 Posts: 1,949 Joined: May 10, 07	Jul 24, 08, 06:05 / #
Bratwurst Boy: Lukasz: After the December 1970 massacre of Polish workers in Gdynia by communist forces "communist forces"??? Russians??? Poles??? Sure enough Poles.

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07	Jul 24, 08, 06:09 / #
Bratwurst communism was imposed on Poland I like one of famous Stalin quotations. " Stalin said that imposing Communism on Roman Catholic Poland was as absurd as putting a saddle on a cow" There were Polish commies ... the same as eastern German commies. Still this system wasn't our ... and without Russians we wouldn't have communism in Poland.

Bratwurst BoyThreads: 11 Posts: 14,563 Joined: Apr 2, 07	Edited by: Bratwurst Boy Jul 24, 08, 06:10 / #
Well, like in East Germany it wouldn't had worked for so long without enough of natives... Stop selling them as martians from outer space! Hey Luki! :) waves

ConstantineKThreads: 35 Posts: 1,949 Joined: May 10, 07	Jul 24, 08, 06:12 / #
Lukasz: and without Russians we wouldn't have communism in Poland. Lets procced the logic chain, thus you should blame Karl Marx or just Germans and Jews!

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07	Jul 24, 08, 06:19 / #
Bratwurst Boy: Hey Luki! :)waves http://www.polishforums.com/zygmunt_szendzielarz_polish-34_21396_0.htm l It is how Russians introduced this system. Bratwurst Boy: Stop selling them as martians from outer space! I agree with this point. There is communist party in France and Italy ... there were commie terrorists in western Germany ... still it is miniority.

Bratwurst BoyThreads: 11 Posts: 14,563 Joined: Apr 2, 07	Jul 24, 08, 06:30 / #
Lukasz: still it is miniority THANKFULLY! Prost! :)

celinskiThreads: 83 Posts: 2,800 Joined: Nov 14, 07	Jul 24, 08, 16:09 / #
Lukasz: Stalin said that imposing Communism on Roman Catholic Poland was as absurd as putting a saddle on a cow" Stalin tried like heck, I didn't know he had cows? ;)

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Jul 24, 08, 16:44 / #
Bratwurst Boy: Well, like in East Germany it wouldn't had worked for so long without enough of natives... But without enough natives there would be enough non-natives...

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Jul 24, 08, 16:51 / #
Łukasz back, welcome. Is this guy really thought of as a hero in most circles?

LukaszThreads: 73 Posts: 2,396 Joined: Sep 1, 07	Edited by: Lukasz Jul 24, 08, 17:31 / #
celinski: Stalin tried like heck, I didn't know he had cows? ;) Poland was his cow ;) Seanus: Is this guy really thought of as a hero in most circles? IMO yes. Majority of Poles wanted Soviet defeat. In nuclear conflict there was no difference between American or Soviet nuclear bombs. There would be no Poland.