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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 11. december 2006 / Time Line December 11, 2006
Version 3.510. December 2006, 12. December 2006
12/11/2006
National Security Archive Update, December 11, 2006
Solidarity and Martial Law in Poland, 1980-1981
New Book Publishes Key Documents on 25th Anniversary of Crackdown
on Solidarity
Washington, DC, December 11, 2006 - Twenty-five years after Polish
authorities, on December 13, 1981, declared martial law and cracked
down on the Solidarity movement, the Washington DC-based,
non-governmental National Security Archive is publishing, through
Central European University Press, a collection of previously
secret documentation entitled "From Solidarity to Martial Law,"
edited by Andrzej Paczkowski and Malcolm Byrne. The documents from
inside Solidarity, the Polish leadership, the Kremlin as well as
the White House and CIA provide a vivid new perspective on one of
the most dramatic episodes in the Cold War.
Among many important details, the new collection shows that
although a crackdown of some kind against the union had long been
feared and anticipated (ever since Solidarity's founding in August
1980), it nonetheless took most observers outside of Poland,
especially the United States, by surprise. U.S. officials also
misread the Polish leadership, concluding earlier in 1981 that they
would use martial law only as a way to "maximize deterrence"
against Moscow, whereas internal Polish and Soviet records make
clear that Poland's leaders were intent on reasserting control over
society, a goal they fully shared with the Kremlin.
12/11/2006
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Raytheon Company, Precision Attack and Surveillance Systems,
McKinney, Texas is being awarded a Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF)
contract with a potential maximum value of $164,185,377.00 for
system design and development (including an option for six low rate
initial production units) of the Silent Knight Radar (SKR) in
support of the U.S. Special Operations Command. The work will be
performed in McKinney, Texas from Jan. 1, 2007 through Dec. 30,
2013. The contract number is H92222-07-C-0041.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being
awarded a $70,426,000 cost-plus-award fee contract modification.
This contract provides for Orbital Operating Support (OOS) for
satellite operations and sustainment of the Milstar and Defense
Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III programs. The contract
action exercises an existing option on the contract for the fourth
year of performance of the five year contract. The period of
performance for this effort is December 2006 through November 2007.
At this time $30,369,000 have been obligated. Headquarters Military
Satellite Communications Systems Wing, Los Angeles Air Force Base,
Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8808-04-C-0012/P00046).
Honeywell International Inc., Defense and Space Electronic Systems,
Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $9,800,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee
contract. This contract action is for repair of 96 each PIGA Float
assemblies used in the guidance system to support the Minuteman
Weapon System. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This
work will be complete May 2007. Headquarters 526th ICBM Systems
Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity
(FA8204-07-C-0007).
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