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Signs of repression are everywhere. Personal letters arrive bearing the censor's purple stamp. Telephone callers hear a voice repeating "Rozmowa kontrolowana, "meaning their conversation is being monitored. Major intersections are blocked by military checkpoints. Summary trials continue for workers accused of organizing strikes in defiance of martial law. Some of them have already received jail terms of up to seven years, although five were acquitted after their own factory managers and foremen refuted the prosecutor's charges. Meanwhile, a systematic campaign is under way to discredit intellectuals who supported Solidarity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poland: Turning Back the Clock | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

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