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...Editors: People around the world are shocked by the military action to crush Solidarity [Dec. 28]. Obviously, the imposition of martial law and the ruthless action that followed were on direct orders from the Kremlin. Under such circumstances, the U.S. and the West should immediately suspend economic and food aid to Poland. Continuing it only endorses and subsidizes Communist oppression. YaWar Shahabuddin Ottawa
Neither side had expected the Reagan-Schmidt meeting to be especially warm. From the time martial law was declared in Poland last December, Schmidt's criticism of the crackdown has been notably mild. The Administration, meanwhile, made little secret of its annoyance with the Chancellor's cautious attitude. One seasoned European observer predicted before the summit: "Reagan is going to give Schmidt one helluva rap on the knuckles...
...Cambridge City Council decided to establish the collection centers in late December, calling the decree of martial law in Poland "an outrage of tyranny." Clothes of all varieties and food items such as powdered milk, sugar, rice, aspirin, and vitamins are welcome...
WARSAW--Polish authorities yesterday lifted several martial law restrictions, but Pope John Paul II nonetheless condemned his native government for its persecution of the Polish people...
...church has no illusions about restoring the "Polish Spring" of Solidarity, but it is seeking to make life under martial law as bearable as possible for the Polish people. The church is also trying to ease conditions for the detainees and to improve the arrangements for distributing relief supplies. According to Vatican sources, the Pope realizes that the church and the people are powerless against the regime's tanks and guns, and that violent resistance would only lead to a bloodbath and probably to a Soviet invasion...