A book to be published by historians from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) attempts to prove that Lech Walesa collaborated with the Communist secret services in the 1970s.

The authors of the book, historians Slawomir Cenckiewicz and Piotr Gontarczyk want to show beyond doubt that the legendary Solidarity leader and former Polish President collaborated with the Communist Security Service (SB) under the nickname ‘Bolek’ from 1970 to 1976, as reported by RNF FM radio.

Head of the Institute of National Remembrance, Janusz Kurtyka has revealed that the publication to be released within several weeks, will present all of the available documentation regarding Lech Walesa’a alleged collaboration with Communists, writes Dziennik daily.

According to the radio, after Walesa’s alleged cooperation came to an end in 1976, he was loyal to his colleagues from the anticommunist opposition, although the authorities would keep reminding him of his previous commitments as agent ‘Bolek’. 

The book will also present copies of some fake documents against Walesa that the SB forged.

‘I wasn’t Bolek’, Lech Walesa has said many times and has often denied that he had signed any cooperation agreements with the Communists. (mj)