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Surveillance in Poland during communism [29]
I think Poland handled the opening the of the SB files very clumsily. It would have been better to follow the German example.
But this for sure suited the Catholic Church which was infiltrated into the higher levels, and have no interest whatsoever to disclose old sins. 1. Who was corrupted between the men of the frock 2. And what made them do it.
Now we have the situation that PIS set up an organization just to discredit its opponents...disclosing files on convenient (election) election times. And conveniently overlook for example one of the prime commie collabos, the ducks' father.
No it would not have been in the interest of the episcopate, nor the smolenkists to open the files at once to everybody. Too many would have been very embarrassed.
No chance for blackmail in the long-run as well.