141 Dariusz Magier (Uniwersytet Przyrodniczo-Humanistyczny w Siedlcach Archiwum Państwowe w Siedlcach) Zadania Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej w województwie bialskopodlaskim na czas stanu wojennego i pierwsze efekty ich realizacji (grudzień 1981 – marzec 1982) Tasks of Polish United Workers’ Party in the voivodeship of Biała Podlaska during mar- tial law and irst results of their implementation (December 1981 – March 1982) Key words: communist party, martial law, Poland, Polish United Workers’ Party Annotation: At the moment of introducing martial law in Poland, local structures of com- munist party were in the state of internal decay due to the lack of ideals, indiscipline, contra- dictions and conlicts. Therefore it provided a perfect opportunity to consolidate the party and redress the situation within it. The plan of its repair had been worked out earlier, long before introducing the martial law. On December 10, 1981, the secret instruction on how to manage the party during martial law was directed to the PZPR’s local structures. The leading instrument included in the instruction was directive management, which involved an absolute obedience to the orders of higher courts. Additionally, a number of other solutions were pro- vided to restore discipline within the party. The presented documents show actions aiming at repairing the situation within the communist party in the Biała Podlaska Voivodeship and their results over the period from December 1981 to March 1982. З П С Р П Б ( 1981 – 1982) К : , , П, П С Р П А: В П К , , . П- - WSCHODNI ROCZNIK HUMANISTYCZNY TOM XV 2018 No 1