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...Poland yesterday, Solidarity's leader, Lech Walesa, who has been invited by Harvard to deliver the Commencement address, was seized by police at his Gdansk apartment and released five hours later...
Konka said that Walesa "will not come" to Harvard in June because the Polish government would not let him return to Poland, but predicted that the labor activist will send a written speech...
News services have quoted Walesa as saying he will be unable to attend the June 9 ceremony, and his wife has reportedly said she will contact the University soon. Harvard officials have said they are still hopeful Walesa will speak...
...Cambridge City Council last night unanimously approved a resolution submitted by Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci commending President Bok and the Harvard Alumni Association for selecting Lech Walesa, leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity union, as Harvard's Commencement speaker...
...resolution states that "the people of Cambridge, Massachusetts also recognize Lech Walesa as a true and courageous leader in the movement to working conditions for the working people throughout the world...