Word: kania
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...power struggle between Poland's newly independent labor movement and the Warsaw regime of Party Boss Stanislaw Kania has become an international suspense serial, one showdown giving way to the next, each resolved in the nick of time. From a shipyard in the Baltic seaport of Gdansk, the drama has radiated across Poland and the East bloc. Now it is affecting Western Europe and the U.S. as well...
Although he apparently has Moscow's backing, Kania is dealing from a very weak hand. That became evident last week when Administration sources confirmed that Poland had asked the U.S. for $3 billion in low-interest loans over three years. A rescue mission of such magnitude is an impossibility for the lame-duck Carter Administration. But to show good faith, Secretary of State Edmund Muskie has recommended that credit guarantees for grain sales to Poland be increased from $670 million to a reported $900 million over the next year. According to British Trade Minister Cecil Parkinson...
Since the Soviets are notoriously paranoid about their satellites dealing with the West, Poland's request is being handled gingerly in Washington. The U.S. faces a delicate dilemma. On the one hand, the Kania government has been moderate so far and may be worth shoring up. On the other, the U.S. could find itself supporting a regime that might some day crush dissidents and the labor movement. In addition, the U.S. might be accused of meddling in Poland's internal affairs, a useful piece of propaganda for the Soviets if they ever intervene...
...Polish affairs, could become a possible mediator between the workers and the authorities. Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, the Primate of Poland, told a delegation from Solidarity: "I am with you. You will last it out and you will win." Two days later the Cardinal met with new Party Boss Stanislaw Kania and discussed, according to the Polish Press Agency, "matters of great significance for the internal peace of the country...
...Radio and Television Chief Jozef Barecki was sacked just four weeks after replacing his disgraced predecessor, Maciej Szczepanski, still under investigation for embezzlement. Barecki's apparent sin: years of loyal service to discredited ex-Party Boss Edward Gierek. Further changes were expected. Warsaw's new leader, Stanislaw Kania, continued to shape his own administration. Said Interpress Director Miroslaw Wojciechowski: "The situation is new. It demands new faces, new attitudes. It is a question of democracy within the party...