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...last week was the first formal state visit by a Warsaw Pact Communist Party chief since that chilly era, and it signaled what Hu called a "new phase" in relations between the two countries. It came less than a month after a more modest working visit by Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski of Poland. Next year could produce new state visits from two more East bloc leaders, Czechoslovakia's Gustav Husak and Hungary's Janos Kadar...
When the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski declared an amnesty and released all political prisoners three weeks ago, leaders of the outlawed Solidarity trade-union movement were expected to savor their freedom while keeping out of the limelight. But diffidence has never been Solidarity's style, and last week union activists once again risked imprisonment by publicly challenging the regime...
...government's harsh response toward Solidarity could pose risks for the country. Warsaw can ill afford a new clash with opposition forces at a time when Western nations have indicated a willingness to aid the floundering Polish economy in exchange for improvements in human rights. Jaruzelski is especially eager for the U.S. to lift economic sanctions that include suspension of Poland's most-favored-nation status and bans on all trade credits and transfers of new American technology...
...Jaruzelski seems to fear Solidarity as much as he does foreign condemnation -- or more. It was Solidarity's emergence as a rival to the Communist hierarchy that led to the imposition of martial law in December 1981 and a ban on union activity. By its sullen response to Solidarity's latest initiative, the government showed anew that the official party line is simply not open to question...
...seemed to be aimed at improving relations with the West. The regime's apparent hope is a lifting of U.S. economic sanctions and the securing of urgently needed loans and credits to shore up the sagging economy. In addition, the government's action appeared to represent a victory for Jaruzelski over hard-liners within the Polish Communist Party...