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Those efforts do not seem to have been very successful so far. For the past month, TIME has learned, the Soviets have been urging Warsaw to impose martial law. But the Poles have refused, arguing that such a move would almost certainly provoke a general strike. That, they fear, would in turn force the Soviets to invade. At the same time, Soviet efforts to shore up the hard-lining members of the Polish Politburo Stefan Olszowski and Tadeusz Grabski, also appear to be faltering. According to one well-informed Polish official, the two might soon be purged from the party...
...political career, the Socialist setback, even the stifling of political debate, all pale beside the Basque problem. Most analysts expect ETA to provoke the army into bloody repression over the coming months, and they expect the generals to respond in character, probably by demanding some form of martial law. The resulting strains may be too much for the civilian government. "Everyone said we would have a difficult time when Franco died," says a senior official in Madrid, "but we have had a relatively comfortable time so far. Perhaps the real transition to democracy begins now." -By John Nielsen...
...rivals that of his assassinated predecessor, Strongman Park Chung Hee. Two weeks ago, Chun's Democratic Justice Party swept to a healthy majority-151 seats -in the country's 276-member National Assembly. After formally taking office last August, the tough former general first tightened, then abolished martial law, launched an anticorruption campaign, and promulgated a new constitution. He spared the life of Dissident Leader Kim Dae Jung, an act that contributed to the success of Chun's February call on President Reagan. Chun has also shrewdly challenged Dictator Kim II Sung to attend a precedent-setting...
...last summer's labor unrest, had Poland seemed so close to the brink. The union-government dialogue that had repeatedly staved off outright confrontation in recent months was sputtering. Party Boss Stanislaw Kania branded the union challenge "an invitation to suicide." Fears rose that the government might impose martial law, especially if the hard-line faction in the Central Committee took over...
Though Army officials are heartened by the sharp decline in heroin use, they are plainly concerned about the increased popularity of softer drugs in the ranks. And with good reason. Last year courts-martial connected with cocaine, marijuana and hashish trafficking or use jumped an eye-opening 122%. The new drug of particular preference among U.S. servicemen? Cocaine, known in the street vernacular as coke...