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Despite reforms, Warsaw's congress ducks some tough problems...
...astonishing innovations, the seven-day congress that ended in Warsaw last week may ultimately be remembered less for what it did than for what it did not do: draft a concrete program for solving the country's awesome problems, including by far the most important, an economy that is tottering on the verge of total collapse. As Kania warned his comrades, "Outside the doors of this hall, we will face hard reality...
...part, seemed to be taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the Polish liberalizations that it had tried, and failed, to discourage. After sending Kania a terse congratulatory telegram upon his reelection, omitting the customary expression of confidence, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev cabled somewhat warmer greetings to Warsaw's leaders as the Poles celebrated their national day last week. The message declared the Polish party "undoubtedly capable of rallying all the working people and stirring them to a resolute rebuff to anarchy and counterrevolution...
...Zurich, meanwhile, representatives of Western and Japanese banks agreed on a proposed plan to postpone payment of some $3 billion in Polish debts falling due this year, part of the staggering total of $27 billion that Warsaw owes to non-Communist banks and governments. A Polish government delegation concurred in "the spirit" of the proposal, whose exact terms were not disclosed, but will not give its reply until next month...
Whatever form it takes, Warsaw's economic program will ultimately depend on the cooperation of Solidarity's 10 million members. Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa admitted last week that price increases were necessary but said they should be accompanied by broad economic reforms. Charges one Solidarity official: "Incredible incompetence in management is the problem." Despite the party congress, Poland's problems are clearly far from solved...