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March 18: The Polish news media announce the beginning of large-scale Warsaw Pact military exrecises in and around Poland...
April 7: Warsaw Pact military maneuvers, extended past the anticipated closing date, are officially reported...
...government--now military government--of Communist party chief and Prime Minister Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski decided it could no longer tolerate Solidarity's unprecedented and increasingly bold challenge to Communist rule amid widespread economic distress and persistent demands from the Soviet Union to firm up the "weak link" in the Warsaw Pact chain...
...whether the expected protests would stay peaceful or spill over into an all-out confrontation between union and government. In any case, Poland's leaders were expected to do everything possible to handle the crisis themselves before they would resort to calling on the Soviet Union or other Warsaw Pact allies to provide "fraternal assistance...
...Riot police swoop down on Warsaw firefighters school and end an eight-day sit-in by 320 cadets demanding academic reforms...