Polish Institute Says Walesa Worked With Communist Police
- Walesa signed `declaration to collaborate,' institute says
- Ex-president and pro-democracy activist denies the accusations
Lech Walesa in 1981.
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Polish pro-democracy activist and former President Lech Walesa signed a collaboration pact with communist-era secret services in the 1970s, according to documents recovered this week, the head of a government agency said on Thursday. Walesa denied the accusations.
“The documents contain an envelope, where there is a declaration to collaborate with the security services signed by Lech Walesa, codename ‘Bolek,’” Lukasz Kaminski, who heads the National Remembrance Institute, a body that tracks communist- and Nazi-era crimes, told reporters in Warsaw. “The documents include hand-written receipts for receiving money, signed by Bolek.”