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1959
 * March
 * At Third Polish Party Congress Gomulka reaffirms consolidation of his regime and restoration of party control over national life.


 * July
 * Khrushchev's first official visit to Poland results in full Soviet endorsement of Gomulka regime and its autonomy in domestic affairs.

1960
 * June
 * Gomulka backs Soviet stand in developing Sino-Soviet ideological rift but begins mediation attempts.


 * November
 * United States restores most-favored-nation treatment to Polish exports, which had been withdrawn in 1952.

1961
 * April
 * Regime-sponsored candidates receive over 98% of the vote in elections marked by public apathy and disillusionment.

1963
 * March
 * Polish-West German trade agreement signed, providing for exchange of trade missions with semi diplomatic status.

1964
 * June
 * At Fourth Polish Party Congress Gomulka reasserts leadership over diverse party factions and continuation of conservative-moderate line.

1965
 * February
 * Deeper US involvement in Vietnam strains relations with Warsaw, but wide US "presence" in Poland is maintained.


 * April
 * Renewed 20-year Polish-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Alliance stresses formulation of common foreign policy objectives by mutual consultations.


 * May
 * Fifth postwar elections result in virtual carbon copy of 1961 balloting.

1966
 * May
 * Polish-West German trade agreement is renewed.


 * May-June
 * Public disturbances mark church-state crisis brought on by rival celebrations marking the millennium of Christianity in Poland and of Polish statehood.

1967
 * June
 * Impact of Arab-Israeli conflict kindles new intraparty discord with anti-Semitic overtones; officially encouraged emigration of Polish Jews begins.

1968
 * March
 * Student demonstrations are repressed but spark acute party crisis and anti-Semitic purges lasting most of year.


 * August
 * Poland participates in Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.


 * November
 * At Fifth Party Congress Gomulka reasserts his leadership but yields some influence to young pragmatic elements.

1969
 * May
 * Gomulka publicly opens door to dialog with West Germany by proposing negotiations on treaty to formalize Poland's western border; diplomatic approaches to West on European security are intensified.


 * June
 * Sixth postwar elections produce results identical to 1965 balloting.
 * Gomulka leads Soviet bloc condemnation of Chinese Communist leadership at International Communist Conference in Moscow.


 * October
 * Polish-West German economic negotiations are initiated; Polish goals include new trade treaty and credits.

1970
 * February
 * Polish-West German political talks start in Warsaw.


 * June
 * New Polish-West German 5-year trade agreement concluded.

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