Word: polish
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President Reagan looked favorably on Taiwan's request last spring to buy a new generation of advanced American fighter jets, despite warnings from the State Department that such a sale would threaten the delicate normalization of relations with China. As a result of the Polish crisis, however, the U.S. is sending a top-level delegation to Peking. TIME has learned that its mission is to inform the Chinese that the U.S. has decided to refrain from selling Taiwan any fighter jets more advanced or sophisticated than the F-5Es it currently has. At the same time, the U.S. will...
...more dramatic indication that Jaruzelski was failing in his bid to impose national unity by force after four weeks of martial law. If his troops had managed to crush the last of the major strikes and restore outward order, the regime had won neither loyalty nor respect from the Polish people. A stubborn spirit of resistance still lived in the land (see box, following page...
...week's end a number of prominent Polish intellectuals and cultural figures came forward to denounce the crackdown in an open letter to Jaruzelski. "The introduction of martial law," they declared, "was aimed at depriving society of its voice and subjugating the nation to military dictatorship. History proves, however, that the Polish nation will not submit to such a fate." Originally signed by eight people, including Violinist Wanda Wilkomirska, Writer Marian Brandys and Historian Stefan Kieniewicz, the document was being circulated in Warsaw to gain additional support...
...Catholic Church was exerting its traditional moral opposition to the crushing of human freedom. Yet the crisis was also causing friction within the church. Some Polish bishops and many of the clergy were pushing for a more militant role. Archbishop Glemp, anxious to keep the church above the political struggle and avoid inciting violence that might cause a Soviet invasion, was more cautious. But as last week's sermon showed, the primate was not afraid to issue moral condemnation when he felt the situation demanded strong words. Apparently stung by his criticism, Jaruzelski met with Glemp on Saturday...
...Although Polish authorities speak of allowing the resumption of independent union activity and the other reforms won since August 1980, the government's methods of political control seem more reminiscent of the Stalinist era. Censorship remains ironhanded within Poland, although it was lifted at week's end for dispatches by foreign correspondents. All periodicals have been suspended except for a handful of officially sanctioned dailies. Telephone links, cut off since Dec. 13, are being restored between provincial capitals this week, but calls will be monitored by the government. Polish journalists must submit to "ideological verifications" by a panel...