Kulisiewicz

Warsaw Poland: Sztuka Publications, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 32 Pp + 176 Plates. Beige Cloth, Gilt. First Edition. Near Fine, No Marks, Bumping To Lower Tip Of Cover And Lower Tip Of Second Half Of Pages. Dust Jacket With Wear, Short Tears And Small Losses. With An Official Season's Greetings Card From Bohdan Lewandowski, Permanent Representative Of Poland To The United Nations, To The Social Artist William Gropper, Who Had Been Highly Supportive Of Eastern European Art And Western European Leftist Art For Many Decades. Bohdan Lewandowski (Born June 29, 1926 In Ostroleka [1] , Died March 25, 2013 [2] ) - Polish Diplomat, In 1960-1966 Permanent Representative Of The People's Republic Of Poland To The United Nations , Deputy Secretary General Of The United Nations In 1972-1983. Bohdan Lewandowski Date And Place Of Birth June 29, 1926 Ostroleka Date Of Death March 25, 2013 Un Deputy Secretary General Period From 1972 To 1983 Decorations Officer's Cross Of The Order Of Polonia Restituta Gold Cross Of Merit Silver Cross Of Merit Order Of The Banner Of Labor, 2Nd Class Table Of Contents Curriculum VitaeEdit Son Of A Teacher From Ostroleka. In The Years 1945-1948 He Was A Member Of The Polish Workers ' Party , From 1948 He Belonged To The Polish United Workers' Party [3] . In 1946 Employed At The Consulate Of The Polish People's Republic In Pittsburgh, Then As A Consular Attaché At The Embassy In Washington. After Returning To The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, He Specialized In British And American Issues. A Collaborator Of Minister Adam Rapacki, He Promoted Rapacki's Disarmament Plan On The International Forum. After The Events Of March 1968, He And Rapacki Resigned From Work At The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs And Became An Advisor For Foreign Affairs At The Central Committee Of The Polish United Workers' Party. After Gomulka Left Power, He Was Appointed Director General At The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs. In 1972, At The Request Of Kurt Waldheim, Un Secretary General, He Became His Deputy. He Held This Position Until 1983. On December 17, 1981, Bohdan Lewandowski, In Contact With The Deputy Prime Minister Of The Polish People's Republic, Mieczyslaw Rakowski , On The Initiative Of Richard Pipes , Advisor To The Us President, Met With Pope John Paul Ii In The Vatican. The Purpose Of The Meeting Was To Provide John Paul Ii And Western Politicians With Information About The Situation In Poland After The Introduction Of Martial Law . It Resulted In A Letter From John Paul Ii To Wojciech Jaruzelski Of December 18, 1981, In Which The Pope Appealed For "A Return To The Methods Of Peaceful Dialogue" And "Ending The Martial Law".