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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...
...union. Polish authorities have indicated that they are ready to begin serious talks soon. But the key figure in any such negotiations, Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa, has been held virtually incommunicado since martial law was declared on Dec. 13. Walesa, who has reportedly been held at four locations near Warsaw, has managed to smuggle out several messages, although their authenticity cannot be confirmed. The Warsaw branch of Solidarity's underground last week published what it said was a letter that Walesa had scrawled on the back of internment papers served...
...workers killed in the 1970 uprising. It read: "They died so that you could live in dignity." Effacing those words will not destroy the memory of the Gdansk martyrs, or the determination of the survivors to regain their lost dignity. - By Thomas A. Sancton. Reported by Richard Homik/ Warsaw and Wilton Wynn/Rome
Unbaptized, unnamed, and as yet unseen by her father, the tiny raven-haired baby-the seventh child-was born in Gdansk, Poland, on Jan. 27. Her father, Lech Walesa, 38, was far away, interned by the Polish military authorities reportedly in a guesthouse outside Warsaw. The photograph of his wife Danuta and their child, the first known to exist, was taken by a Solidarity photographer and smuggled out to the West. The archbishop of Wroclaw, Henryk Gulbinowicz, is trying to organize a baptism for the infant with the entire Walesa clan in attendance. As for whether the proud father would...
...International Monetary Fund are also firmly against declaring Poland in default, arguing that it would hurt the Western banking system more than the East-bloc economy. Because West Germany, France and England hold much of the Polish debt, they would quickly be forced to declare default and chase after Warsaw's assets if the U.S. took such action. The West would have severe trouble if forced to absorb not only Poland's debt but also the $52 billion owed by Hungary, Rumania and other Eastern European countries that may have to default if Poland does. Says Gordon Richardson...