Belka's IPN file is made public - the debate rumbles on

The key document in the file is the "Instruction", confirming "acceptance of tasks to be performed for the benefit of the Security Services (SB) of the Interior Ministry", signed by Belka prior to his departure to the U.S. on an academic scholarship. However, although his lead officers initially considered him to be a very promising asset, Belka's achievements for the benefit of SB consist of the delivery of two commonly available academic brochures. In 1985 Belka was found to be of no use for the SB and his file was moved to the archives. Also on several occasions he firmly refused to provide any services to the SB while in Poland. Opposition politicians are nevertheless calling on Belka to resign, claiming that he had lied to the Parliamentary commission investigating the Orlengate affair, when responding to a very specific question of whether he had signed any documents to cooperate with the SB, to which Belka said "No." (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) T.J.