Philip K. Dick: Stanisław Lem Is a Communist Committee

But passports were not easily obtainable in Poland under the communist regime. In 1982

Passports in Poland in 1982, were simple to obtain: just bribe the right person, after which you just needed the right friend (like, a General's family member) to put in a good word for you, and voila, a "you'll get a passport when you get it" quickly turned into "here are your passports".

The rest... oh well, Mozart didn't exist either 🫠