July 11-14, 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet (Parliament), pays an official friendly visit to the Polish People's Republic. He is seen here with Wojciech Jaruzelski, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Party and Chairman of the State Council of the Polish People's Republic, left, during the welcoming ceremony at the airport.