ABSTRACT
Michal Goleniewski is universally portrayed as a Polish intelligence officer. Polish intelligence’s ongoing interest in Goleniewski can be seen in remarks by Marceli Wieczorek. Polish intelligence’s ongoing interest in Goleniewski can be further seen in remarks by Marceli Wieczorek. Following Goleniewski’s 1964 Romanov proclamation, Polish intelligence arranged for the distribution of information about his family living in Poland. Polish intelligence was playing psychological manipulation games with Goleniewski by dangling the possibility of a family reunion. Wieczorek said Polish intelligence organized an elaborate surveillance operation on Goleniewski that involved ‘technical’ devices, presumably bugs, phone taps, and other listening equipment. Szlachcic presents Goleniewski less as a defector and more as a foreign-trained intelligence operative. Wieczorek said Polish intelligence organized an elaborate surveillance operation on Goleniewski that involved ‘technical’ devices, presumably bugs, phone taps, and other listening equipment.
