Anti-Communism attitudes were commonplace in inter-war Poland, present both in the circles of the left-wing independence movement, people’s parties, Christian democratic parties, and in the conservative or national political groups. To a great extent, this widespread dislike for Communism and Communists was a result of social antiCommunist initiatives in Poland that had recognized the Communist threat, e.g. the Central Office of Anti-Communist Agreement. Thanks to their activities, especially those of journalistic nature, the citizens of the Second Polish Republic were able to see the true nature of the Communist party. The acquisition, analysis, and dissemination of information that revealed the real identity of the Communist International were some of the key elements in the process of recognizing the Communist movement. Showing the Comintern as a subordinate center of the Communist movement controlled by the rulers from the Kremlin made it possible to understand what the Comintern was and whose commands and orders it followed unconditionally, as well as to understand particular communist parties. This article presents the scope of information on the Comintern at the disposal of the Polish anti-Communist factors.

Party apparatus of the Voivodeship Committee (hereinafter: KW) of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR) in Lublin entered into force. Modeled on an analogous norm developed for use by state administration offices, it was a complex regulation of party activities in this sphere. It defined, among other things, procedures, physical security measures, and tools for accounting documents containing confidential information and the rules for their qualifications. Its resolutions were extended outside the KW PZPR apparatus, to the county committees (hereinafter: KP) of this party in Lublin province. They had to develop their own regulations adapted to their organizational structure. The application of these provisions was subject to a one-off inspection, which revealed the incomplete compliance with them. Further KP inspections were probably not effected by the termination of this party structure in 1975. These provisions retained the force.

The goal of this article is to present the main aspects concerning cultural and historical determinants of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s political systemas they were described in selected Polish foreign policy documents from the 1980s. Amongst everything else, the article describes the great importance of the Juche (selfreliance) ideology and Kim’s personality cult (including the “Great Leader” theory) to the Communist regime, which did not develop in a cultural void, but adapted to the so-called “local specificity.”