The mission of Col. Kukliński was the most important intelligence mission of the 20th Century. The Americans state that it was their most important intelligence mission ever. The outcome of this mission prevented the start of the Third World War that would employ the use of nuclear weapons. During the 70s and 80s, it was the only plausible outcome [of such a military confrontation].

Such questions as “Why did the Russians want to overtake the entire Europe”, “Why did they want to reach the Atlantic”, or “Why did they want to conquer the entire World” are rhetorical. It was their nature. One could ask a wolf, even the mildest one, at that: “Why do you have to eat meat, hunt for deer and rabbits, or steal sheep, and other animals?” The simple answer is that it is his nature. The problem is that while the Russians never kept it a secret, various useful idiots, and naive people thought that it was unthinkable.

Let us remind you what the State Emblem of the Soviet Union looks like. The Soviet national emblem was not the hammer and sickle, or the red star alone, but rather, the entire globe under the hammer and sickle. It symbolized their communist aspirations to rule the entire world on a global scale.

What took place on August 15, 1920, at the outskirts of Warsaw, was neither the “Battle of Radzymin", nor the “Battle for Ostrów, near Wołomin”, or the “Battle for Warsaw”, nor was it the “Miracle at the Vistula"12. The goal of the Soviet Army was to conquer Europe. Lenin, then leader of the Soviet Union, and its Bolshevik dictator, explained it precisely in his May 5, 1920 speech: “[March] forward to the West, through the carcass of White Poland to the heart of Europe!” We, this “White Poland”, were only in their way. One has to march through this “carcass of White Poland” to reach the heart of Europe, France, or Germany. Their goals were clear and precise. The official Soviet national anthem in use until the 1990’s, spoke of conquering the entire world. Of course, it didn’t use the exact word “conquer”, but encouraged the “Proletarians of all countries [to] unite!” under Moscow’s banner to do exactly that.

Intelligence activities as such are neither good nor bad by themselves. Just like in the case of the police, military, or judiciary, it all depends on the purpose they serve. When Kukliński decided to carry out his mission, he was motivated by something important. Kukliński’s three basic reasons were:

One - that he was part of a very small elite that knew there were nuclear weapons in Poland. Beginning with [Władysław] Gomulka13 - who said that there never were, and never will be nuclear weapons in Poland - the communists were deceiving the nation for several dozen years. Edward Gierek14 was saying the same thing. And so did Jaruzelski. Notably, the first Soviet brigade armed with nuclear weapons, the so-called SS18 [“Satan”], and after that the improved SS24 [“Scalpel”] shown in this photo, arrived in Poland in 1964. Kukliński not only knew that nuclear weapons were deployed in Poland, and that the communists were lying about it, but he also knew where these weapons were deployed. These weren’t stationary [delivery systems], but rather mobile systems. The Russians were [constantly] moving these brigades from one part of Poland to another. By the end of 1980s, there were five brigades stationed in Poland that were equipped with SS24A. These had a striking range of 1,800 kilometers. That is, their range was over 2,000 km, and the effective range was slightly lesser. So, this was the first reason that forced him to undertake his risky mission.

The second reason was the aggression of the Warsaw Pact against the “Prague Spring”; the Czech [anti-communist] uprising of August 1968. He saw how inexplicably, the Polish army along with the Soviet army is forced to invade its neighbors.

The third reason was the shipyard workers massacre [in 1970]. It was not some sort of pacification operation carried out by the People’s Militia, ZOMO, secret police, or ORMO. Let us call a spade a spade! It was a cold-blooded murder of innocent and defenseless people by the regular line units of the Polish army. An army that opened fire from their tanks with machine guns. In the case of what took place at the plac Orła Białego, in Szczecin, those protesting were fired upon from the assault helicopters flying at low altitude.

Here, at this very desk that Col. Kukliński sat at, reports about what took place began to arrive. These described not only how many people were murdered, but also how many pieces of ammunition were spent; or, how many projectiles were fired from these tanks; live and blanks. No one in Poland, not even Jaruzelski, knew what the accurate number of these victims was. At this moment Kukliński told himself: “this is an inhuman regime.” The communists are forcing soldiers to fire at their own fathers, brothers, and mothers. The soldiers are told that they gave an oath … an oath to murder those who were most dear to them.

At this moment Kukliński told himself that a Polish soldier cannot, and will not, be a mercenary. The Polish soldier is also a citizen, and as such cannot be a mercenary. He decided to cooperate with the American intelligence services, because only America could help Poland. Later on, he will say: “It wasn’t the Americans that recruited me. It was me who recruited America to fight for Poland”. Today, the most important statement made by Col. Kukliński, and one that describes his motivations so succinctly, is also a historical statement. Why? Fortunately, today we are living in a different Poland. It still isn’t the Poland of our dreams. It still isn’t the kind of Poland we would like. But, things have changed, because we can meet today at this get-together you organized for me.

In 1998, Kukliński said about himself:

“The Soviet Army was the most powerful, largest, and most inhuman military machine known to man. I knew the very aspirations of Soviet marshals and generals. I knew some of them personally. The Soviet marshals and generals with whom I dealt were true professionals in the art of war. There were many among them for whom the prospect of invading the West was very enticing. I knew that only the United States could counter these murderous, genocidal plans, as a part of NATO. The efforts made by America helped to avoid the nuclear holocaust that was part of Moscow’s strategic plans. The knowledge of what will happen when the war begins was terrifying. For years I would affix symbols of nuclear mushrooms atop of large operational maps: “blue”, indicated strikes that came from the West, and “red” were ours [reaching their targets]. After all, how could I not think what these mushrooms symbolized? Surely, I could not do it devoid of imagination. I saw this war in its entire cataclysmic precision. I saw Poland under the flood of steel as it flows towards the West, breaks through after the first drop of the Soviet troops, and reaches the Atlantic. My worst fears were confirmed in Moscow. At the same time, Europe shouted, ‘it’s better to be dead than red’. I had to do something. All that I did, I did thinking of Poland. Even if my undertaking itself was a small one, I stood on the right side. Even if it wasn’t much, while taking under consideration the broader context of what was taking place, it was all I had. In essence, it was my entire life.”

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