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Walesa Cleared of Collaboration Charges

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From Times Wire Reports

Poland’s historical institute cleared Solidarity founder and former President Lech Walesa of allegations that he collaborated with the communist-era secret police, formally declaring him a victim of the feared intelligence apparatus.

In 2000, a court cleared Walesa of collaboration with authorities during Poland’s communist era. But Walesa requested in March that the National Remembrance Institute investigate his files anew after a participant in a debate on the ultraconservative station Radio Maryja alleged he had cooperated with communist officials.

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