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Appeals for posthumous promotion R. Kuklinski 07.08.2006 Polish war veterans want the late colonel Ryszard Kulinski, the man who had warned the US about plans to impose martial law in Poland back in 1981, to be posthumously promoted. This may happen already on August 15, when President Lech Kaczynski will present nominations to newly appointed generals. The president’s chief of staff Aleksander Szczyglo confirmed in a radio interview that many war veteran organizations are calling for the promotion of Ryszard Kuklinski. He added that such a promotion would be absolutely justified because “colonel Kuklinski deserves to be a general in...

Museum of Polish CIA spy declared national hero 03.05.2006 A museum devoted to colonel Ryszard Kuklinski has been opened in Warsaw’s Old Town district. The ceremony has been hosted by Defense Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who stressed the need to cherish the memory of such patriots as the late colonel Kuklinski. He belonged to that group of Poles who put moral obligations toward their nation above duties to the state, said minister Sikorski. Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski had been one of the top officers of the General Staff in the Polish armed forces during the 19 Seventies in communist Poland, during which...