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...podium at Madrid's Palacio Nacional de Congresos and delivered scorching variations on a single theme. "The commitment of the Polish government to fulfill its obligations under the Helsinki accords has clearly been abandoned," charged Canadian External Affairs Minister Mark MacGuigan. Said Secretary of State Alexander Haig: "The generals in this war against the Polish people are none other than the Polish regime itself, acting at the instigation and coercion of the Soviet Union." Added West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher: "We cannot accept that the threat of force can be justified even when it is employed within...
...government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski for imposing martial law in Poland. The U.S. also seriously contemplated a boycott of the Madrid talks unless martial law was eased or lifted. European diplomats who believe strongly in East-West dialogue-notably West Germany's Genscher-balked at the plan. But Haig managed to persuade them to agree to a unified gesture of condemnation. The Soviet-initiated suspension of the conference thus played right into into American hands. Explained a Canadian delegate: "The whole thing was a fabulous stroke of luck. We came here disagreeing on key points. Now the Russians have...
...Madrid conference and which are viewed in Western Europe as a framework for guaranteeing human rights in East bloc countries, have been effectively gutted by Soviet aggression. Said Kampelman: "It would appear as if the Soviet Union is acting to undermine both the letter and spirit of Helsinki." Haig contended that continuing the talks at this point would be to "simply condone the massive violations of the accords." Said he: "There is a very clear convergence of viewpoints on the Polish question. Never before have there been such unanimous views in NATO...
...week-long tour that took him to Portugal, Morocco and finally behind the Iron Curtain to Rumania. The Secretary did not miss the opportunity to underscore firmly the U.S. position on Poland as he arrived in Bucharest, though he took care to cloak his message in diplomatic language. Said Haig: "Recent events in Eastern Europe and elsewhere in the world have emphasized once again the problems facing many countries as they attempt to pursue their national destinies free from outside interference...
...have enough assets that could be seized to cover their debt. Poland is at least attempting to pay off some of its interest obligations to private Western banks, and has met close to $350 million in payments, out of $500 million owed in 1981. As Secretary of State Alexander Haig told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week, "Had we called default, Poland would have been relieved of that burden...