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Those hopes were dashed early Sunday morning, when Polish security troops raided Solidarity's Warsaw headquarters and arrested union officials across the nation. Within hours after the crackdown began, Polish premier Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski declared a state of national emergency and imposed martial...
Nevertheless, some news did get past the borders, and initial reports put the number interned at about 1000. On Tuesday, Solidarity sources said at least 3000 union members had been arrested in Warsaw alone, and by week's end as many as 45,000 people were reportedly under arrest throughout the country...
...rumors circulated, the whereabouts of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa remained unclear. Polish officials originally said Walesa was free and had been flown from Gdansk to Warsaw to negotiate and attempt to prevent a general strike...
Later reports, however, said that Walesa was under house arrest in a government building outside of Warsaw. The Polish government did not include Walesa's name on a list of interned Solidarity leaders issued Wednesday. Polish officials said Tuesday he was psychologically broken and weeping but Solidarity sources said he remained psychologically sound...
Strikers holding the Lenin shipyard in the Baltic port of Gdansk fought with security forces yesterday after Polish troops overran the installation. Warsaw radio reported 160 police and 164 civilians injured...