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That he is the Kremlin's creature seemed certain by his selection over the wily Stefan Olszowski, 49, an economic reformer and Gierek's longtime rival. Speaking on his own, Kania urged political compromise in Gdansk, but denounced some of the strike leaders as "antisocialists" who were heading in a direction "that no longer has to do with the interests of the workers." Now he will have to satisfy Moscow without igniting his restive nation. Says a West German expert: "He faces a monstrous task...
...shake-up also marked the return of two rivals whom Gierek had removed from ruling circles in the past two years. One is former Foreign Minister Stefan Olszowski, 49, a man who has often been mentioned as a possible successor to Gierek. A pragmatic but dedicated Communist who has the Kremlin's confidence, he is also a longtime advocate of economic reform. Olszowski is said to have been highly critical of Gierek's economic performance. According to Western intelligence sources, the heavy-set Olszowski also tried in the past to jockey himself into position to take over...
...former Central Committee member and first secretary of the local party in Konin. Grabski had complained bitterly in 1978 of the "chaos and confusion in our economy." That candor, widely circulated in the underground press, provoked his ouster from the Central Committee last year. The reinstatement of Grabski and Olszowski was an implicit condemnation of Gierek's disastrous economic record, marked by a $20 billion foreign debt and severely declining growth in 1979. To compound his humiliation, the Party Leader was forced in a nationally televised speech to praise "those comrades who perceived earlier the growing irregularities and tried...
...U.S.S.R., Chi of China, Lam of South Viet Nam, Binh of the Viet Cong and Sharp of Canada, the others were North Viet Nam's Nguyen Duy Trinh, France's Maurice Schumann, Britain's Alec Douglas-Home, Indonesia's Adam Malik, Poland's Stefan Olszowski and Hungary's Janos Peter. The U.N.'s Kurt Waldheim was present but did not sign the pact...