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When radicals introduced a motion calling for broader union representation at future negotiations with the government, Walesa jumped up, waved his arms and shouted angrily: "All right, let's vote that we don't want talks with the Primate and the Premier." Tears rolled down his cheeks as he yelled: "But then you go and explain your vote to the nation...
There was no reply. Walesa stalked out of the meeting to his car and sped 170 miles to Archbishop Glemp's residence in Warsaw, where the pair had a long talk before going to see Jaruzelski...
...general treated the union leader far more courteously than his own membership. The soldier-politician met Walesa at the door of the government's Parkowa guest house and personally escorted him inside...
...Communist Party in effect was admitting that it could not solve the country's simmering problems without the help of both Solidarity and the Catholic Church. The session of the representatives of the three estates went on for two hours and 20 minutes. At the end, Walesa came away with an offer from Jaruzelski to open negotiations on a wide range of social and economic issues, including Solidarity's key demands for an important role in running the economy and the right to publish its views without censorship. Jaruzelski also discussed with Walesa and the Archbishop his plan...
Order certainly was not what Walesa faced when he returned to the unruly Solidarity meeting, which had continued in rump session while he was taking part in the discussions in Warsaw. There was still a touch of the mutinous mood when Walesa took the podium to make a report. Said he: "The authorities have stated that they are prepared to undertake talks on all problems important for the Poles." But he warned that Jaruzelski expected both sides to make compromises...