Word: janusz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government, approached the plaque designating the place from which 300,000 Polish Jews were transported from Warsaw to Nazi death camps. After flowers were laid at the memorial, armed militiamen ordered the gathering to leave on the ground that "it is not an official occasion." They arrested Solidarity Spokesman Janusz Onyszkiewicz, who had pointedly told the crowd that "if the heroes of the ghetto lived today, we firmly believe they would join us in our fight for freedom, truth and human dignity...
...carrying out the squeeze recommended by NATO. Meeting secretly in Paris late last week, treasury representatives from 16 Western countries decided to suspend all talks on rescheduling of the $3.5 billion due them in 1982. That was bad news for Warsaw. Only a few days earlier, Deputy Premier Janusz Obodowski had declared that Poland needed a yearlong moratorium on all debt payments and a new loan of $350 million. Nor were the latest statistics on the Polish economy encouraging: in 1981 the total value of goods and services produced fell by 14%, while export earnings dropped...
...Kremlin, might have little choice but to move against them. But the bitter verbal attacks from Moscow and Warsaw made it difficult for union leaders to back down without losing face-and possibly weakening their control over Solidarity's 9.5 million rank-and-file members. Said Solidarity Spokesman Janusz Onyszkiewicz: "There is enough fuel now to start up everybody...
...hours until, as planned, a two-hour strike staged by hundreds of thousands of people closed virtually every office and workshop in the city, with the exception of essential services. Before the trucks and buses finally dispersed to the roar of blaring horns and sirens, Solidarity Spokesman Janusz Onyszkiewicz issued a final taunt to the government: "Those who are afraid of their nation should stay locked up and not disturb us any more...
Rakowski pulled no punches. He opened the talks by telling Walesa bluntly that the government would declare a state of emergency and possibly call in the army if the general strike took place. As Solidarity Spokesman Janusz Onyszkiewicz later recounted, the government side threatened a "total confrontation including some bloodshed. This time it looked like it was not a bluff." With that grim threat waving over them, the Solidarity delegates dropped their unyielding stance and began working toward a compromise agreement. They were apparently also prompted by some behind-the-scenes mediation from Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, the Primate of Poland...