In a conversation with Central Committee economics secretary Günter Mittag, Philipp Jenninger, secretary of state in the West German chancellery, stresses "that Chancellor Kohl is interested in further developing relations between the two German states. The Chancellor has reaffirmed that the policy of the FRG in relations between the two German states will remain predictable and reliable and that existing agreements and treaties will be upheld.more
16 December
1982
Underground stamp of "Solidarity" from the detention camp in Strzebielinek near Gdansk (Source: Information bulletin published by panel of the committees and initiatives "Solidarität mit Solidarnosc" ("Solidarity with Solidarnosc"), 1981)
In Warsaw and Gdansk, thousands of Poles commemorate the Gdansk shipyard workers killed in 1970. Church services are accompanied by a massive deployment of state security forces; there is, however, no escalation.
RIAS telephone report on events commemorating the victims killed during strikes in Gdansk in 1970, 16 December 1982 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Die Spätausgabe, Reporter: Gerd Baumgarten)
RIAS documentation of the undelivered speech by Lech Walesa, 16 December 1982 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Die Spätausgabe)