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Celowe niszczenie czy przepisowe brakowanie? Glosa w sprawie nieistniejących materiałów po Głównym Zarządzie Informacji i Wojskowej Służbie Wewnętrznej
Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, No. 11 (2018), pages: 33–48
Publication date: 2023-04-05
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Abstract
The article discusses both the legally regulated discarding of files conducted by the Main Directorate of Information of WP (Polish Army) and the Military Internal Service in the period of 1958–1991, as well as the deliberate destruction of materials in the years 1989–1990 which was carried out on the orders of the last head of military counterintelligence, General Edmund Buła. The rules for discarding files throughout the existence of the WSW (Military Internal Service) were subject to archive management provisions. Owing to changes made to the instructions, the officers were able to misinterpret them, so that the local military administration bodies were allowed to discard valuable materials independently – without any control. The destruction of documents belonging to the military counterintelligence was also carried out from a pragmatic point of view – to reduce the archival holdings and leave only the most valuable materials. However, its main goal, after both GZI (The Main Directorate of Information) and WSW had been dismantled, was to get rid of materials showing the true face of the military apparatus of repression.
