Word: glemp
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Dates: during 1981-1981
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...Walesa, Jaruzelski and Cardinal Glemp hold an unprecedented "domestic summit" in hopes of paving the way for a broad front of national accord to solve the nation's problems...
...independent trade union federation. The occasion: a meeting of Solidarity's 107-member national commission. The task: to react to Walesa's announcement that he would join in an unprecedented tripartite summit meeting with Poland's Premier, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, and Roman Catholic Primate, Archbishop Jozef Glemp. The meeting would consider the country's explosive political and economic plight...
...unity." Jozef Dudek, another radical from southern Poland, declared that sending Walesa to the summit talk was tantamount to "letting a single individual represent 10 million people." At that remark, Walesa snapped back. Said he: "I will represent 10 million members, Jaruzelski will represent the government, and Primate Glemp will represent the church...
There was no reply. Walesa stalked out of the meeting to his car and sped 170 miles to Archbishop Glemp's residence in Warsaw, where the pair had a long talk before going to see Jaruzelski...
...striking out at the Communist establishment. Like all Poles, they are obsessed with their history: of rising up against oppressive neighbors, only to be defeated and subjugated; like all Poles, they know that the Soviets could still intervene. A fortnight ago, the new primate of Poland, Archbishop Jozef Glemp, reminded his countrymen of the nearly 150 years of bondage they had endured after the partitions of the late 18th century. "This is a painful warning to us," he said. "We should think about it deeply." Solidarity's dilemma remains as formidable today as it was a year...