Word: wojciech
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First came the good news: the state of martial law that was imposed by General Wojciech Jaruzelski exactly one year earlier would be suspended by year's end. But then, as Jaruzelski proceeded with his nationwide television address, came the bitter reality: the government was preparing new laws that would, if anything, further restrict the freedom of Poles...
...special session of parliament, scheduled to begin deliberations this week, will have to decide what to do about martial law, but it looks as if General Wojciech Jaruzelski intends to lift it in name only. The government will still be able to imprison opponents without trial, militarize industry and ban unauthorized public gatherings. Said a Western diplomat: "The whole exercise is primarily for propaganda purposes, but I am not sure if it is intended more for the Polish people or for Western governments...
There was nothing hesitant, however, about the way he greeted the visitors, who included 32 heads of state, 15 Prime Ministers, 14 foreign ministers and four princes. Filing in first were the envoys from the Communist states of Eastern Europe. Andropov expressed no particular warmth toward General Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's military ruler. Next came such allies as Cuban Party Chief Fidel Castro and Afghan President Babrak Karmal. They passed by briskly, exchanging only a few phrases with Andropov. But when Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua extended his hand toward Andropov's, the slow-moving queue of dignitaries...
...gamble, but it appears to have succeeded. In releasing former Union Leader Lech Walesa after eleven months in detention, the government of General Wojciech Jaruzelski conveyed a new sense of self-confidence rather than any weakness toward Poland's still rebellious population. Now the focus is on a special session of parliament that has been set for Dec. 13, the first anniversary of the military crackdown. Many Poles believe that Jaruzelski, who has successfully contained resistance, will choose that day to lift martial law altogether...
...called press conference in Warsaw last Thursday, Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban read a routine message of condolence to the Soviet Union on the occasion of the death of President Leonid Brezhnev. Then, droning on in his habitual monotone, Urban proceeded to recite an astounding letter of conciliation to General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the leader of Poland's martial-law regime, from Lech Walesa, the jailed leader of the outlawed Solidarity union. The message had been written from Arlamowo, a government-owned hunting lodge about 200 miles southeast of Warsaw, where Walesa has been detained since May. When Urban came...