PROBLEM WYCOFANIA RADZIECKICH WOJSK Z NIEMIEC I Z POLSKI W OBRADACH KOMISJI SPRAW ZAGRANICZNYCH SENATU 25 STYCZNIA 1991 R

In January 1991, an impasse in Polish-Soviet negotiations regarding the evacuation of the Soviet army from Poland and their transit from Germany through Polish territory occurred. Therefore, on 25 January 1991, the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Senate met to hear the government's relation and decide on the role of the Senate in this crisis. The meeting was an opportunity for government members and senators to discuss the tactics of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the negotiations with the Soviet Union and evaluate it. The discussion revealed a critical assessment of the negotiations, including the fixed date of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Poland and making the consent to transit the troops from Germany subject to their prior evacuation from Poland. During the meeting, the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Senate decided to organise an information campaign regarding the Polish position, particularly in Germany. In the following months of 1991, Poland gradually mitigated its position in its negotiations with the USSR, increasing its flexibility in the matter of both evacuation and transit