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...intervene directly, except as a last resort. If the Kremlin did decide on an armed response, it would probably rely first on Polish security units. If that effort failed, the Soviets might ultimately be forced to move in. Observed a top State Department official: "If there is a major crackdown internally, I think there would be fighting, and if there was fighting, you know what comes next...
Crimson: What if the crackdown came from Polish internal security forces...
Warsaw's leaders got the message. Less than 24 hours after Kania's Moscow meeting, the first signs of a new crackdown began to emerge. Shortly before 6 a.m. on Thursday, police arrested Jacek Kuron, 46, a leader of the KOR dissident group and a regular adviser to Solidarity, the independent union federation. Officials at the state prosecutor's office released Kuron seven hours later, after informing him that he was under investigation for slandering the state. He was also told to report to his local police station every Tuesday and Thursday-the days he is usually...
...reluctance to use force against strikers, predict that he will support Kania's relatively moderate policy toward the unions. If that happens, Kania will have gained a valuable counterweight in his struggle against extreme hard-liners like Politburo Member Stefan Olszowski who have been arguing for an immediate crackdown. Finally, Jaruzelski is trusted by the Kremlin; thus his entry into the government may reassure the Soviets that Warsaw intends to move firmly and effectively to restore order. Says one West German expert: "Jaruzelski is the last chance Moscow is prepared to give Warsaw...
...move follows the recent bannings (virtual three-year house arrests) of three prominent black journalists, and the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate the press. The latest crackdown provoked an immediate outcry. "An invitation to confrontation and disaster," said South Africa Society of Journalists President John Allen. Added Opposition Leader Dr. Fredrik Van Zyl Slabbert: "The reality of black feelings, demands, aspirations and reaction will not disappear because people cannot read about them. They will simply be communicated underground." Even the staunchly pro-National Party Die Transvaler objected...