In order to find on the latest pages of Polish past the figure of a man who did not hesitate to sacrifice life and everything that was dear to him, in the name of saving the good of the nation and the country, it is undoubtedly essential to point to the character of Colonel Kukliński. His life, subjected to the service of the country, fell into hard post-war times, erstwhile the Polish People's Republic remained a strictly subordinate state of russian Russia. besides the military, intended theoretically to defend Polish citizens, remained in practice on russian orders, thus defending russian interests. From the paradoxes flowing from here and the necessity to make morally questionable choices, any military part was aware, but only Ryszard Kukliński made a courageous decision to actively and cleverly fight the arrogant plans of the Soviets. During the Cold War, he decided to work with an American intelligence agency, the CIA.
Difficult Times
The full life of Ryszard Kukliński was marked by the difficulties which were recorded in the 20th century past of Poland. Born in 1930, he experienced the horrors of the war: he lost his father, who was murdered in a concentration camp, expelled from his family's Warsaw home, he had already worked as a 15-year-old. Shortly later, he began studying at the Wroclaw officer school. His later military career led him to the ranks of Polish counterintelligence and military intelligence. Kukliński became known to his colleagues as an intelligent, hardworking and reliable man. Among the tasks entrusted to him was the preparation of plans for Operation Danube, i.e. the military intervention of the Warsaw Pact in Czechoslovakia to suppress revolutionary moods, now known as the Prague Spring. Both this and the request to rise arms at the protestors of the People's Workers in Poland effectively prompted the military to question the legitimacy of military service. It became clear that as long as the full country remained under the authority of a abroad state, having its own priorities and plans, the uniforms of Polish soldiers will stay an ironic substitute for what they should be.
Jack Strong
The post-war reality of Europe and the planet was primarily formed by the cold war between the major powers: russian Russia and the United States. In a peculiarly hard situation Poland remained, treated by the USSR as a tool for achieving higher goals. erstwhile Colonel Kukliński gained access to plans to build anti-atomic shelters dedicated to russian command, he gained assurance that the Russians would sacrifice everything to win in their conflict with the Americans and gain the title of a planet hegemon. The imagination of another war, in which atomic weapons are likely to be used, and many countries, including Poland, will be sentenced to destruction, prompted Colonel Kukliński to make a heroic decision. He remained in contact with American intelligence for 10 years, providing U.S. command with secret russian military plans. As Jack Strong, he was the most valuable associate the West gained in the fight against the erratic russian Union. Kukliński's activity contributed to the dissolution of the USSR from the inside, and thus Poland's regaining so desired independence. The colonel himself paid a advanced price for his election – just by the introduction of martial law he was forced to flee the country. He and his household were hiding in the United States, knowing that in the country he wanted to save, a traitor's patch was attached to him, demoted and sentenced to death by chance. Although in 1997 the military court rehabilitated the colonel, he was honoured and able to return to the country, it did not change the fact that his private life suffered the worst from erstwhile actions. Although Kukliński himself avoided being exposed and deprived of life, in unexplained circumstances they died, already in the US, his 2 sons.
