Word: polish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...move made presumably at Soviet insistence. Wiejacz's parliamentary maneuver provoked even more vituperation from the West. Snapped French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson, who was next in line when the speakers were cut off: "This is democracy à la East." Added Javier Rupérez, Spanish delegate: "The Polish delegate has declared martial law in Madrid...
...appear as if the Soviet Union is acting to undermine both the letter and spirit of Helsinki." Haig contended that continuing the talks at this point would be to "simply condone the massive violations of the accords." Said he: "There is a very clear convergence of viewpoints on the Polish question. Never before have there been such unanimous views in NATO...
...European dependence on Moscow. What is worse, say U.S. officials, the deal will ultimately provide the Soviets with hard currency to continue their arms buildup. Even the British lack enthusiasm for economic sanctions, though Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government a week ago announced restrictions on Soviet and Polish diplomats, reduced landing rights for the Polish national airline, LOT, and imposed tougher standards for technology transfer to East bloc countries. As one senior British diplomat put it, "We don't think sanctions work. We have tried them before and know how ineffective they...
With those words, Archbishop Jozef Glemp, the Primate of Poland, dispelled rumors that his seven-day visit with Pope John Paul II might lead to a dramatic new initiative by the Roman Catholic Church to oppose the martial law regime of Polish General Wojciech Jaruzelski. Glemp, who returned to Warsaw last week with Archbishops Franciszek Cardinal Macharski of Cracow and Henryk Gulbinowicz of Wroclaw, seemed genuinely happy to be back on his native soil. Even the usually dour Macharski smiled broadly and told reporters at Okecie Airport: "Let us all be optimists. Things are not all that...
...more than 5,000 of its members and sympathizers in detention camps, clamped severe restrictions on personal liberty, and left at least ten dead and hundreds injured. The archbishops were well aware of that unrelieved bleakness. Indeed, they spent much of their week in the Vatican briefing the Polish-born Pontiff on the dim prospects for his homeland's future. As Glemp described it during an emotional sermon at Rome's Church of St. Stanislao: "Our fatherland ... is sick. Poles are overcome by anger. We are enraged one against the other." The church's role, said Glemp...