In Poland, spy claims reemerge against Lech Walesa
The hero of Polish independence, Lech Walesa, has rejected renewed accusations of working for the Communist-era secret police in the 1970s. Polish officials found documents that might be linked to the issue.Former Polish President Walesa fought back against the allegations on Thursday, in the latest chapter of a long-running debate about his past.
"You can't change the facts with your lies, allegations and counterfeits," wrote the 72-year-old Nobel Peace laureate and the former leader of the Solidarity movement.
Walesa published a blog in response to a statement from Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), a body tasked with investigating crimes under Nazi and Communist rule.On Tuesday, IPN said they found a handwritten piece of paper from 1974, describing a conversation between an agent named "Bolek" and a secret police official. The codename "Bolek" is often mentioned as Walesa's alleged alias.
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