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...Jaruzelski's regime is clearly concerned about the new generation of strikers, who seem to care less about Walesa's fame than about getting better living conditions as quickly as possible. Admitted Wladyslaw Baka, the Central Committee secretary responsible for economic affairs: "No agreements, no reconciliation, no discussions will help us unless we can achieve visible results in improving our economy." Given the pathetic state of Poland's economy, that will be a difficult task even without the drain of further labor unrest...
...council" of respected citizens to advise the government. The names of the council's 56 participants were released last week, but the roster was not as representative as some observers had hoped. The roll includes 17 Communist Party members but no top leaders of the outlawed trade union Solidarity; Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, 73, a lawyer who defended Solidarity members in several trials, is expected to serve as the group's representative. The Roman Catholic Church declined to nominate any delegates. Though exact details of the council's role were not announced, meetings must be convened by Jaruzelski, and published reports...
...surprise: 225 prisoners jailed for their political views or activities would be released by the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski by the beginning of this week, among them Zbigniew Bujak, leader of the Solidarity underground who was captured in May after hiding out for 4 1/2 years, and Wladyslaw Frasyniuk, another well-known opposition figure, who was serving a three-year sentence for trying to organize a general strike. Said Solidarity Founder Lech Walesa: "I am happy about...
According to the Post article, the Reagan Administration had been informed of Jaruzelski's plans for a military crackdown fully a month before martial law was imposed. The Administration's alleged source was Colonel Wladyslaw Kuklinski, a senior Polish staff officer who was on the payroll of the CIA. Urban told the Post that the U.S. could have prevented the subsequent arrests and internments by warning Solidarity of the imminent government action. He also charged that by remaining silent, the U.S. demonstrated that it had no interest in averting a "bloody conflict" in Poland. Urban demanded that the Post confront...
...star witness in Poland's latest courtroom drama arrived wearing a T shirt emblazoned with the logo of Solidarity, the outlawed labor union he helped found. Lech Walesa had been summoned by the prosecution to testify in the trial of three Solidarity supporters, Bogdan Lis, Wladyslaw Frasyniuk and Adam Michnik, charged with trying to organize strikes to protest food-price increases. Walesa's testimony was as defiant as his dress. "Three innocent people are in the dock," he told the court...