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United Klngdom Delegation To Iho North Atlnnll" Counçll OTAN/NATO 1110 Brussels
Dr, H C Lanko" Aal Pollticnl ACtDil'll la",
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REG. P. A.
• EUROPEAlI POLITICA.L COOPERATION
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P. A. Sub - Reghtry il1~) FLle N· ./O·9{ 'J'Pf#J 7
In the <:opac1ty Dt ,..,preaentativa Dt the UK Prcaidenc1 Dt the EuropelLIl 1 C=unit,.. l have boon inatructed te c1rculAh tM enclollOd throo prt.pctro which
wort! llÇoed 1n E\U"Op"IllI Politicnl Cooperation l.aat month. Tho papou are on the Collovin,$ I5\Ibjecte: If,
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th!! "Hu.Uan in Poland Md the ReacUcns of oU",r EantGrn Europoe.n cOllIltrloa;
the C1,lrrent .,ituation in Yupdllno; Md
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c) ~rrcot Soviet nttc=pto to di~nt.
inn\lOIlCC Wostern polle;r on lU'I!Ie control Md
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REACTIONS OF OTHER EASTERN EUROPEAN COUl''1TRIES.
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"!SYDGOS;CZ :."Frl-J~" HAS ~EE" SU.CC~EiJED R~CE,nL,( E'( A :J::";! " ":.-.... ,' , .. ,- .,
FU,r,E-U2' OF TEi'!SIOU. Ol! THIS OCC;.SIO:I THE Cf..USE 15 1/OT SO .. .. '," .'
;;I,!CtI THE, ,COiiFL 1 CTS 3ET'.!t:Et! SOL 1 D/,~ 1 T'I MID THt AUTliOr: 1 TI:::S
':,$ ~HE: STqu ~.GL ~. !H:::r~.I~Et,! CO;!5E 1: \' i', T 1 yE MD RH ORI·ll ST TE ,':r.E j,J
CIES .Il! THE PMTY CE1ITRltlG 'O:'! nŒ.F:OnrHCO;'~lilG SPECIAL PARTY
COi';Gf!.ESS,·. AS. ~JELl.' AS THE ATT 1 nm OF THE 50\' lET ll,~ 101: ~;I!J
THE OTfiEr.,W:'RSA,'" PACT '::Oll:ITRIES TO HIE S!TUATIO,) III TH::
-?OLISH P/,RTY MlD'ITS COiIGP.ES5. III ~PITE OF ATTEI',PTS l'Y THE _ .. H;'RDLlllERS A/JD 1"105COI"I TO GALL 1\ HAll TO THE PP,OCESS OF ?,ËII!:\.',\L, . .. IT SEEliS LlI;ElY THJl.T THE PRESEI1T PDLISH LE.'\DËP.SHI? \'!ILL CO,!TI!!UE
'THE POLjCY PURSUED sa FAR, III THE' At:SENCE OF OUTSI·DE ;':ILITARY c .
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• T:-t~ ELEC.TJ.û:IS \'JHC1H A~E unDER \'!AY FOP. THE 5?EC.IAL PARTY COtlGRESS,
!:'UE TO STMlT ON JUlY· 14, Rl':V[:t.L .A Sn~OrIG TENDEr·lCY TO';!Af:DS
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[!~FO?~', ,,(ln SOCIALIST P,EtiE\'IAl, ArJD .. THE LEt.DERSHIP OF "m. t:tdlll\
A~ID GE;·!ER/.l JARUZELSKI APPEt.R TO !.CC:OPT THIS I1Ëf,lISTICJ,LL)'
TO A LA;::CE E>:TEt!T. Hf,PDl lI-IEr;S HAVE T~ 1 ED, HO~':EVER, AtW f;;:~ , ~. .,
STilL TRYING TO r.EVERSE THIS TREt-!D. THEY inw'd THEY ARE
BEI1,:G S\JP?0?TED·3Y THE ~O','\ET Ui,IIOf!. THE STRO:!GEST PRCGF
OF 'TIHS··".1AS THE LETTER THE SOVIET CErlTRAL COI-L,J,ITTEE SEIn
.TO THE POL1SH PARTY 'O~I 5 JUNE, LEf..DlllG TO,A' SPECIAL PL~~!ARY
SESSIOi'j OF THE POL!SH CEnTRAL cor.i~\TTtE "Ot-19 Er! 10 JllUE. _
THE ATTEi'\PTS 'BY THE OLD GUhRD TO OUST ntE PRES::NT lEt.DE,RSHIP
AfiD HAVE THE COrlGRESS POSTPOr<:,!l UERE TH'.~ARTED. MID AS t.. r.E$ULT .' , ',. "
THE ?qs IT IONS 'OF 1lP.. KAi'J lA At:D ·t·IR •. JARUZEl'SK 1" ,\'!ERE STflEnGHEI':::!) •
. T~I!SI~r~·ptRS1STS. HO\"!E'IER, Il: POLAt1D BEHiEH! THE FORCES OF
i;E;!Ë\·lh.t,. "AND THOSE FAVOllR!~!G A REIJ::::~SAL Of POLICIES. III
on~'Er, TO ~,iEET SOVIET 02JEGT\Q,IS, IF GIlLY 111 PART; THE
AUTHOP.ITI'ES M!~WU:,IC=D'r"Et.,$llRES Ta CQtHnOl THE PRESS, A
r.ETU?::.TO DISC.IPL1:!E,-f,CTIOt! TO.STOP M1Tl-SOVI<:l ttAN!FESTATIONS
A::D î!!'.PP.ESSIOll Or.'!)IS.SIDE1!T ELEt:Et-lTS ESP~C\f,llY \·iITHli! ;
seL 1:·,',;1 IT1. TiŒ l::ADEflSH!P OF THE FilEE TRADE UillOtl AP?i:J,.i\S
TO ::E 'rULl y k~.IAitE 'OF THE DAj'!Géi"!S {..:;D SI.:.o·,.'S A' C1Ef,T s:::;~,:: .
CF n::S?OjlSIBJLITY. THE CHU;;CH, FOR ITS l'MIT', ,CO,'!T'111UES TO
PLf..Y :. ;lC!:EO:AT1::0 t;QlE,.,f.L"i":-iOU·:;I:: TH:: AU"i"HOp,ITATIV~ ?i:r:SQ;!:'lITY
Oi' nE lhE C,I,niJl:1Î,L ~'.'Y$ZI!:SI;1 IS IW':! i1ISSI::G.
""THE ',!JST ~CUTE Pi!:]"lE:··,S ;·.'ITH ':;::IC;i THE GO\'Er.lw,E~n IS
GRAPPUNG ctli,é~?tl Tt,~ ST~TE OF Tlic: E~e:!("iYf :'11ICH Cfl!!TI:HJF.9
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;" ;>P,(;?UCTlor: A::~ CO;,SE~U[:ITLY li; G~!? Ei:POF:TS ;,:![; TIi~ SHO<:Tt.;;~
\. Of i,~ûDD STUFFS I.t:D P"Ti:OL. FOr.: 1 Co:: CUf:::~:ICY P.ES~;:';:::; ;,.;:::
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''L' 'UST-,' FO"' 1 G" """T /0"" 1>., _~.~ ,,-,,-" AiH) Ur.G::;·:T FlliA?ICIAl f.IJ
THE PROSPECTS FOr: !. GOOD
KAS RI:>E;! TO ASOUT 26 "ILLI:):; D8Ll':'"
15 ;;êl:!~ SOu3Hl. C;l THE OTHE? 11,,11:.)
HAP.'iEST SEE::, Ff,VOU~P.3LE.
-\'-'1 -" . .,r.,~,,·"" SI"r:o- T"- ::>U"L I-'TI'''I C' ITS L'TT-- DI- "DT " <:, _, ~""u.j.:.r.. '\~_ ne. _ -' v" v.', _ ,-,; u ..
Let,t:· ID t.i;Y SUBSTA'H i hl C"~;iSE 1:: TH~ (;0U;:5:: OF EVr::nS II!
peu,:::). ;"PART FRm\ THE FAST TriAl Tlji~ 15 P.M'\CLY ,:U;:,I:!':;' GUT
FOr. Ai! 11FîERV:::llTIOil .TO 3E ST;'G;::~ E:::FO::;,; THE CO~!::r:r:SS EEGttIS,
ITS COST :·.'ùULD BE VE:."!Y HIGH It.' PGLITICAL, HUl·:Ar! Ar!f; ECOI,'O.iIC
TEP',iS, 0;1 TH~ OTi-iEP. lU.:!] A FAtlU~E TO liHEr<FERE EFF"CTIV"LY
lU TH<:: POLISH SITUATtO;! Ct.~I1WT ~\jT H.\VE t,DVERSE LO:1G TE?:,
li-l'PLICATIQ!IS FOR HiE SOVIET POSlTlOTi Ii'! EAST;:Rt~ EUr.O?::,
111 •. PARTY I!JID GOVERIJl.iENT
THE POSITION OF THE RFORI-',IS15 Itl Tt-!E"'PARTY 15 CLEARLY BECOt-tltIG
ST RONGER Ai~D THIS HA5.NOT ESCAPED THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP AS IS
APPARENT FROM THEIR CRITIC\Slt OF DEvELOP~tENTS III THE PARTY • .. '. ..-
ELECTlotlS HAVE AUIEADY lAKEN:PLACE IN THOSE LARGE COIKERNS
AND IIIST IIUTES I"IHICH \'IERE ABLE la SELECT DELEGATES FOR THE"
SPECIAL PARTY CONGRESS DIRECTlv BY I1EÜ'S OF FREE At!D SECRET
BALLOTS, THERE ARE 350 OF THESE DELEGATES OUT OF A TOTAL OF
1965, AND THE r~AJORITY OF THEI-1 ARE NE~I MID REFOR\1-i-lINDED AND
ABOUT 30 0/0 OF THHl ARE SOLIDAI/ITY 1·1Ei~BERS. THE COURSE OF THE
PARTY COtlFERENCEs HELD sa FAR AT flEGIOIiAL (\-IOII'IOD) LEVEL, AT - , Il'HICH THE OTHER DELEGATES ARE S:LECTED, ALSO POINTS IN THE
DlflECTIOtJ OF RENEHAL MID f?EFOH~. IT IS ALSO SIGtllFICANT THAT
Ki~O\om 1'\ODEf?ATES AND FOR f/;::FORI',ISTS Aj·;QNG THE PARTY LEADERSHIP
SUCH AS KAtllA, JAf?UZELSK \ -AND. SARC 1 KO'viSK1 'vIERE RDURNED AS
DELE~ATES FAIRLY EAS1LY, \'iHEREAS_SUCH KIlO\iN Ht.RDLINEflS,G,S
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~iR. S1EFAN OLSZO\·.'SKI AiID !lR, TADEUSZ GilABSKI ViERE EliBARASSlt;GLY
PASSED OVER IN THE t'LECT IO~1 OF DELEGATES AT A tJU~·i3ER OF C01:FEREi~CES
THEY AllEtIDED. FURTHEP.t'.ORE, RELATIVELY FE\~ \;ORKEPS HAVE BEEI,
ELECTED AS DELEGATES. "THE SAHE PtCTURE IS Et-;EflG\IIG FROM THE
,EtH;TlfHlS lB l:BC/lb t:XEGliTIVES AHD PROVII!CIAL PARTY LEADERSHIPS,
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IT 15 THU5 t-IOT sURPRlslNG THAT THE SE DEvELOPI'ltIlTs ARE
GIVI/IG RISE TO GRAVE COfJCERti IN THE KflEi-ILIN IIND /l,f,101W
CONSERVHIVE ELElr,EtnS IN THE -PAFTY. THE LATTER HAVE
RECENTLy,TR\ED TO TURII THE TIDE It~ A llL!r1l3ER OF \'IAYS
HITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP. THE F\RST
ATTHIPT OF THE HARDLlli'ERS TO DISCREDIT THE GOVERW'lENT
OF GEtJERA~ I~QJCIECH JARUZELSKI C_OtlSISTED OF Il IJUI-1DEIl OF
ALAIlM1ST PUBLIC STATEI-IENTS BY HP. OLszmlSKI Atm OT1-IEI<5. THERE
HAS 8EHl A STIlEAlf, OF PRESS REPORTS 011 DiCREASED CRII"IE, VAlI
DALISH AT SOVIET \-IAR MO\ORIALS A118 \':AR CEI-IETERIES, ATTACKS
,011 SOVIET t,jILlTARY PERSOtlHEL, THE POLICE ETC. THE SE .
REPORTS liERE EAGERLY SN~,PPEDUP BY THE mDIA Il! SURROUIElllG
.UtnRIES/l,PD SU,ITABLY El-1!3ROIDEP.ED,\'/HERE NECESSAIlY.·, THEIR
.~TEIIT ION 1 s. TO SHO'.,: THAT THE GOVE\HiI',EIIT NO LONGEIl HAS
WE SITUATIOfI Ut'JDErl CO/HROL AIID TH AT A FIRf', HAND IS tlEEDED.
IN CASES ~!HERE sUCH INCIDENTS HAVE IN FACT DCCURFIED DI'JE
HAS THE tF.PRESSION THAT IT IS r~Atl-ILY A QUESTIOtl OF A SHARP
INCPEASE li~ TENDENTIOUS PUBL\CIT,Y. !lOP. S~ULD THE POSS
IBILITY Of PRO.VOCATIOU BE EXCLUDED BY Mn V,EAliS III CERTAltJ
1 tlSTAIJCES, FOP EYAi-1PLE THE 'DAU51 ;~G OF SOV lET I1EI·10RI ALS.,
THI5 5Eaj~. Ta BE EVEN t~ORE PR03ABLE IN THE CASE OF INCI
DEtnS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINGE .THE LAS,T tr,EETI~IG OF
lE PLENUM.
• "KATOWICE FOllUt·t", A.MORE DtRECT ATTACK I,.AutiCIiED BY . . THE CQi-ISERVATIVES, ISSUED Otl 15 IIAY A DECt..ARATIOtl SHAflF'LY
CRITICl51NG THE POLICY OF THE POLISH PARTY LEADERSHIP FOR
Ul~DECISIVEtIESS IN THE FACE OF THE THRi:AT OF COUIHER-REVOLUTION
IN POLAND. THIS STATEi·li::NT BY A NUi'IBER OF IlELATIVELY UNKNOlit'l
PARTY [,tE:'IBERS RAPIDLY GAIIIED GREAT SIGtlLFICMICE \oJHEN THE SOVIET
t,lEDIA GAVE IT ~I!Di:: PUELlCITY-AND SuGGESTED.THAT HI~RE HAD BEE~I
APPPOVAL FOR IT.AiWNt:i LAtiGE SEGTIÇJr;S Of THE CDI1:lUNITY III POlAtID., . . l1l FACT THE REACTIOI: AI'10;-.JG THE I·~AJORITY OF PARTY t,tEt·1BERS,
1 ~~CLUDI1IG THE POL 1 BURO, MID t~ _______ OLSZ01-:SK 1 HI j.1SE.lF, AtlO
Ai''oOIiG SOLIDARITy \-~AS SO HOSTILE THAT TH" FORU11 I/AS OBLIGED
TO SUSPEND -tT-S ACTIVITI~S •• THE FACT THAT ~:OSCO\~ GAVE
.SUCH_I:E<:U.SUPPORT TO AN l/!ITIATIVE THAT COi'JFLICTED TOTALLY
~1t·TH'ITS (SACRED' PRI1ICIPLES OF PARTY D1SGIPLitiE RAISES
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HI:: (~U<ST 10i-[ Of HO,'! fA;! TH:: 50V lET
INVOLVED III 1H<:: FORUI·\'S CAi·'lPf,[GII IIJ r,DVAl'ICE. '.
-mt';OST RECENT J.t:D DIRECT ATHCK 011 THE rOLICIES Of
~IR KAtllA AflD HR JARUZELSKI roor; PLACE DURING THE 11TH
PLEt;AilY SESSION Of THE CENTRAL cm11'1ITT[ ON 9 - 10 .-.
JUnE. THE Hit·IEDIATE REASON fOR HOlDI!:G THE PlENARY SESSION
\'/AS THE WARNING LUTER WH1CH THE CENTRAL CQ,'·jMITTEE Of THE
SOVIET COjl,~lUliJST PARTY SEtH 10 THE POLISIi PARTY Oti 5 , ,JutIL'
'THE LUTER REFEI?ED TO 'r. [·lOflTAl DAtlGER THREATENING THE REVOLUT 10-
" [IARY GAINS Of THE POllSH NATIOI~'. Il STATED THAl ENDLES~_ CONCES-
.SIONS lJ).-AtHI-SOCIALIST FORCES HAD LED THE POLISH"PARTY ra RETREAT·
• STEP BY ~~EP UNDER PRESSURE FROM COUNTER-REVOL.uT101,' AlID
fXPRESSED THE FEAR THAT AT THE ,COt,IGRE5S ITSELf THE RE MIGHT
BE 'AN ATTEr1PT TO LAurlCH A DECISIVE BLOW Al THE NARXtST
LENIIlIST FORCES OF THE PARTY lEADING TO IT~ LIOUIDATtOIJ'.
E NCOUR AGED _B Y ~\OSCOI-!' S FIE RCE. CR IT! C 1 5'1'1; A [JUI-jEEP
OF SPUKËRS, tNCLUDING 11ANY DISi'lISSED OFFICIAlS FROM'THE
GIEREK ERA (E.G. ~\R PRor,oPIAK Atm 11R NAJDOI-ISKI), AS \~ELL
AS !>'.JI .GP.bl!SK t AND OTHEfl t,IE!,IEERS Of THE POL ITEURO tTSELf,
THE cmlPos IT \ ctl OF _ THE POL 1 HURO
• DH1J\tiDEïJ CHANGES IN
AllO THE ABAtJDONMEtH ,
Of THE POL! CY OF Cm'.pfIO~1 t SE AND CO;ICESS LOt.S.
• A NUtîBEfI Of REFOfll·jl$TS, \T,CLUD\ltG r~R KAZIIHEfiC'Z BA?CI,
KOI-ISK t, tlfl TADEUSZ F ISZBACH AND t1fl /·IIEClYSLA\-1 RAI:-O~:SI( l,
DEFEtlDCD THE POLICY PUSUED SO FAR, HOWEVER, AfJD POilHED
OUT THAl POLAIID HAD III fACT NO ALTEfl!<ATIVE. t-m RAKO\'ISKI
STATED THAT ANY OTHER t\ETHODS THAN THE DIALOGUE \-/OULD
LEAU TO A tIATIC-NAL CATASTROPHE. LIKE ,t.J? RAKO~!SKI I-,R , . F ISZEACH SUPPOflTED THE It!ITIAT\VES FFOl·I,THE PARTY
GRASSP.OOTS, I/H'ICH HE DESCR IBED AS "ELE~_\ENTS OF THE PARTY'S
flEtIAISSAl!CE".
THE PARTY LEADEP, t',R KAIIIA, TRIED TO AVOlD THE PITFALLS.
~ Oll THE OllE HAtiD HE RECOGNISED THE 'f/IGHT' OF THE SOVIET
UNJO!I TO 3E' CONëEllt:Ln ~EOUT THE DEVELOPi;uns JI! POLAlm
--AllO Cfl1TICtSED THOSE \·1110 \'IAIIlED TO PUT AStUE THE PRIII-. ,
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. CIFLES OF LENINISM AJ!D TEND.ED TOWARDS SOClAL-DE!1OCRATIC ..
. '';UlJi:GEOIS i',Or,~LS'. 1-'.:: '''LSO MIll,Cr·.Li' -T'!-E ~xPr.ESSI(Jj.·S OF .AN M!1I~SOV1ET !.nITuDE, LACt: Of f~t..5P~CT FCfl1I!E
1·'1_11TIA, LACK Of DICIPLltiE /Il·iOIIG THE PRCSS AtHl Tl-Œ
>POUTICAL ASPIIlATIOIIS OF SOLIDAfllT\'. STROI,G ACTIO~I \-.'OULD
BE TAII[N AGAlnST THESE FEATURES I~ TllE FUTURE. ON THE
OTHER HA.llD I-W. KANI!. STOOD BY REt,!E\'!AL At~D ,IIIPLICITLY REJECTED
THE ACCUSATION EY THE SOVIET CQt.\F,UtIIST PARTY'S CENTRAL COt',I".IT1EE
THAT THE. NAJOR IJY OF DELEGATES TO THE FOFITHCOt·ll tlG PART\'
COIIGRESS I~ERE 'OPPORTUt~ISTS MW REVISIOIIISTS'. ,
F\NALLY, IT TRANSPI~-ED THAT THE 1·\AJOFIITY OF CEf!TR/;'L cOlm~
I.TTEE !-1ŒHRS WERE OPPOSED TO CHAtIGES Iii THE POLITBUflO,
ALTERATIONS IN PRESENT -POLICY Ai-lD POSTPOI!EViENT OF THE
PARTY COtIGRESS. THE LATTER \lILL JAKE PLACE BETI-:EEN 14
Atm 18 JUlY AS PLAWIED. THE ONLY VICTltl OF THESE CO!lSERVATIVE
.ATTACKS APPEARS TO BE JOZEF I:LASA, THE' CEtHRAL cm·w.\ TTEE' S
~\EDIA CHIEF, HHOSE RES IGt;ATIOtl HAS DEEN I<lltiOUi-;CED. THE .HARD~
• LINERS SEOl TO DEPEND 1-'iORE THAN EVER Ol~ SUPPORT
TO E!lA~LE THe!' TO PET A \ll~ THE 1 R pas 1 TI ('IlS. '
FRO_t-t ~',OSCO\I
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THE SPEECH EY THE PRIf':E NINISTER, I-'.R JARUZELSKI, TO THE
SEJrt nlo DA YS LATER, ON 12 JUliE, COllFIR;~ED THAT 'CURPEtlT
POUCY \'iOULD BE COIHtNUED. IT IS TRUE THAr ~IR JAR UZEL--SKI ALSO .AiHIOUflCED STRO!iG I~EASURE5 AGAII,'ST EXTRHttSTS AND
AIHI-SOCIALIST Atm MITI:-SOVIET FOllCES, BUT'THE RESIGtyATIO[~
OF I~R. JE~ZY BA~IA, \-lliO- AS MIIltSTER OF JUSTICE viAS CONSIDERED
RESPOIISI,ol,·E FOR THE HMlDLING OF THE BYDGOSZCZ INCIDENT, AND
HIS REPLACŒENT EY ~\R. SYlI·!ESTt"R ZA\~AIlZK l, vIHO \"lAS CLOSEl Y
• INVOLVED, IN CONSULTATION \'IITH SOLIDARITY, IN THE PREPARATIOI~
AS ANYTHltlG • THE TRADE UtHON LEGISLATION, CAN SCARCELY BE, SEEN
OTHER THAtl A GESTURE TOI'/ARDS THE ,TRADE UtllbtJ.
THE RELAT 1 VEl y RELAXED S ITUAT ION COIKERr; 1 NG THE PROCEED 1 ~:GS
AGldt:ST 'FoUR LEADltlG KP:.! t-tËt-lDERS, '.·!HO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEtl
RELEASED PEtWING TR 1 AL fOLLOI"! 1 I-IG PRESSURE FRON HUNGER STR IKES
ON THE IR BEHALF, IS A FURTHER IMDICAT ION THAT THE GOVERtmEilT
IS NOT AI~\\tIG AT A COtIFRONTATIOI~ \,'ITH THE OPPOSITION. 011 THE
OTHEIl HAUD IT r~UST TA1<r:: -HITO ACCOUIH THE lNCREASltlG PRESSURE
BY HARDl:ltlEfiS FOR STRONGER 1·1EASUPES AGAINST 'AèlTl-SOCIALISTIC
FOIlCES' MID ItITEIlV[lnIOI~ DY THE LEADEPSHIP 111 THE PROCESS OF
PIlEPIoRIi,G THE PARTY cor;GIlESS.
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TliE pAJOfl PPOBLEMS ~·.'ITH \;H~CH THE GOVERi'Jl.1ENT OF l'.P. JARUZELSKI
15 GRAPPllNG, HO\>IEIIER, ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE ECOHQt-lIC SPi1[RE. . , THE CQUNTRY'S ECCIW~Y cOtnllWES TO DETERtüRATE RAPtDlY.
OUTPUT OF A NUt-lBER OF KEY PRODUCTS lAGS FAR BEH 1 ND THE
1981 TARGf.TS, lo!HlCH HAVE ALREADY JEEN Ri:VISED DO\!NWARD.
'Il 15 EXPECTED, FOR EXAf.1PLE, THAl COAl PRODUCTION l'IILl
AF,QUNT TO ONlY 165 tlllllOM TOt'H!ES THIS yEAR lNSTEflD Of
188 1", 1 Lli 01,1 TOIWES. Il'JDUSTR 1 AL PR,ODUCT 1 Qll HAS F ALLEN BY 12
PŒ CErn IN THE Flf/ST FIVE Y,ütHHS Of 1981. UTEST REPORTS
ItmlC/lTE THAl THE NATIONAL' PRODUCT • .'ILL FAL'L EY MORE TH~N 10 PER~~NT Il. REAL TERI'.S IN 1981. THE SHORTAGE OF CEf/TAIII
FOODSIUFFS AND OTHER COnSUI,iER GOOns IS Rf,PIDLY BECOj·lII1G
r~ORE ACUlE. t,laRE AND 110RE PF/OOUCTS ARE BEING F/ATIOj~ED OR
Hl SOl1E CASES, LIKE PETROL, DI'STF/IBUTIOti IS"SUBJECT TO
DIFFEREllT ARAMlGEI'lEllTS.
ECOtwt·tTC RELAT!Ot~S l'JITH OTHER COUIHRIES PFlESEln Ail EQUALLY -
AUR/jING PtCIURE. ftl sPÎrE OF DF/ASTIC IHPORT FlESTRICTIONS
POLA/!D'S TRADE BALAt~CE fOR THE FIRST fOUR t·iONTHS OF 19131
SHûI,'ED A DEFICIT OF APpROXI'·\ATELY 800 ·NILLIOII DOLLARS,.
• EXPORTS l'JEU.T DO'.~!l BY IB.3 0/0, l'IHllE It.wORTS IfJCREASED BV iî.6 0/0.
• OI;E OF THE t,IAJOR CAUSES OF THIS DEFICIT ;.:1;5 THE tI·tPORT
OF FOODSTUFFS FRQll THE l'.'EST AriQU11T ING TO OVER 1,100-
!·11lLIOIi DOLLARS, 700 ~lILLIOIi DOLLARS MORE THAN Ifl THE
SAI-iE PERIOD IN 1980. ANOTHEP CAUSE 15 THE VIF/TUAL CESS
ATION OF IHE EXPORT Of SUCH TRAD!TIOIIALLY 1t1PORTAIlT
PFlODUC1S'AS COAL.
POLAllD'S DHTS T,O THE ~ .. EST ALONE AI-1OUIH Ta SottE 26,000 t·tILLION
DOLLARS AHD THE FINANCE MllilSTER, l,IR KRZAK, R.ECEtHLY
SlATED THAT HE EXPECTED THE COUIHPY'S TOTAL.FOREIGN Dt:BT
TO COIHI!iUE TO RISE UI!TIL AT LEAST 1935. ANY SUBSEQUENT
F~,LL WOULD DEPt:tlD 011 \-!HETHEP POUIID l'iOULC t'lANAGE la BR ING
I,TS ,Tf/ADE \'~ITH THE \'IEST HnO BALAI:CE lU 1982. PRESE!lT
--'CIPCU:,ISTAtICES l'lAKE THIS SEEl1 Enp.E<'1ELY DOUBTfUL, HO~!EVER •
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. IN ~f,TE I,PPIL A tlU;;JER OF \·.'[STH): COV;:ll;;ii[IITS R[~CllLD
:·-.AGiŒE11ENTr' \'!ITH POLI'liD 01,) THE RESC'IEDULLII:G Or A ll'Ji:DER
( LOAt~S SUPPL IED 01< GUARANTEED BI' TI-I[I'\. O:l THE OTI1(P HAtII'
~lEGOIIATIONS 00 A Slt·IILAR ARRAt!GE'.~E!n ,JITH \'JESTEPll COI-1I1-
EflCIAL BAI-IKS -~IHICH TOGETHER \'!ITH EIiSTER!l BftNKS \'111I-IOREI'! A TOTAL
OF 500 ~IILLION DOLLAR IN SHORT-TERI" tt~VESH'IENTS FROI·, POLAim HI TnE
Flf/Sr FOUR 1,10NTHS OF THIS YEAR- HAVE STILL IlOT BEEll COj'1PLETED,
THUS IV,KlliG POLAllD'S FOREIGlJ-EYCHAI~GE POSITtotl PARTIC-, ULARl:Y PflECAfllOUS 'AT TME l~m,IEliT. t:,p JAflUZELSK 1 !lAS SA ID
THAT THE 5HORTAGE Of FORE IGN EXCHAIIGE 15 SO SERIOUS THAT
THEllE ,/.RE,DA(LY SESSions 011 THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR
11-~POflTS. POLAtlD IS 1-IOT CAPABLE OF Dmm-PAYI,IEIITS UP TO 150/0. TliE
AUTHORITIES HAVE STATED THAT AN A~mUln OF 500 111LllON DOLLAR IS
URGE;HLY l'EEliED. IT 15 RECALLED THAT THE EUROPEAtJ CotmUlilTY GAVE
'FOOD Il 1 D 1 fi h!O SEPARATE TRANCHES:
• THE SI.T.UATIOII IS ALL THE l·lORE ALARif,ItlG li! THAl ECOi-IOi.'.JC
• REFDflMS HAVE STILL TO l'It.tJIFEST HE1,~SELVES IN SPIrE OF
~IŒnHS OF DISCUSSIO~.'S. THE REFOR)'1 PLA~I PRODUCED BY ~\R
\:Et<RYK KISIEL, THE THEtl CI-\A\R\>lAN OF THE PLANIlIl~G COI-\l1-
lSS10N, l'lAS REJECTED By THE SUif, IN MAY AS T01ALLY ltlAD
EQUATE. ON 12 JUNE t·m JAflUZSLSKJ D1SI;fISSED 1'1R I(IESIEL
• •
AUD A ~.'UfHlER OF OTHER )1\IIISTERS \'11-\0 viERE RESPot:SI3LE FOR
PARTS of ECOI;O~,IG POLley, AND ANNOU!iCED THAT RADICAL CHANGES ' .. :OULD
BE MADE 1:-1 THE NEAR FUTuRE. THIS GOULD IIEAN A REORGAtlISATIOI~ OF
THE A-nl1INISTRATIOtJ, INCLUD\fIG,SHARP ~UT-BACKS IN THE BUREhUCR!\TIC·
j'lACH1tIEflY (VARIOUS Jo1IIIISTRIES ~IOULD BE AEOLISHED) AtiD IN
PARTICULAR STRUCTURAL PRICE IliGREA.SES OF SUCI-! ITEMS AS EREAlI AilD
GOAL AS Il I··,ATTER OF Ui'GEt-!CY. THE SE REFORNS ~IlLL EE LINKED \"!lTI-\
GQf\PEUS/I,TIOii IN THE FIELD OF I;;GO~-~ES. THE EnEln TO l'IHICH THEY \'ilLL
PRODUCE RESUL TS WITH III A flEASONA3LE Pi:P IOD 1 S QuEST IONABLE.
lU THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE, PROSPECTS SEn! TO BE LESS mllt-;OU5
AS THIS 5UI11'\ER, FOR THE FIRST TI'IE _IN l,tANy YEARS, POTATO Aim
GRAIN CROPS PflO:IISE TO BE SUBSTlIlaIAL. SO TI-\AT FEviER FOOD PUR
CHASES l-tAY HAVE TO BE ,l,ADE IN OTI-\Efl COUI/TRIES.
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OF THE f,Si'lEEr:Eln O~ THE 3YDGOSZCZ A.Fi'fdf! \':'\'5 AYCPTED \".'ITHOUT
THE GOvE?fr:'iErlT HAV 1 tlG TO :',~I(E .'.I:Y REf,L CO;:CESS 10::$. TH" L:::J,~EflS 0,. •
Gi'" 50l!D!\il!TY A?PEAP. TO BIO A',IAnE OF THE i!EED Ta I,V(JI~, III THE
P?,ESEI:T Cr.-1TICAL STATE OF AFFAIRS, IdlY ACTIGri TH.q ' .. :OULD PLA.Y
lino THE Hr.:IDS OF THE Ht.RClltiERS. FOR THIS RE,!,SOI-I SOLIDARJTY H:"S
PUSLICLY 01SASSOCIATED ITSELF_f!lO:·: l'.tHI-~OVIET ACTS., III LU<;lI::
A ;-',O[;UliEtlT TO llBEFlAT 1011 ,;Y THE RED ,l.n:w THAT HAD EEEI1 DAU~ED
\!lTH \-ffiiTE PAltlT ;'IAS cuo::..:rED I!Y SOLllJft,f<ITY t'JElî3EflS. SI;!dL.'.;;LY,
Iii '·.',\?'SAli ;-,f: LECH \·!ALESt. A??E;,LLED TO THE Ui~IO!! TO !lE Lr.SS I~:":'
• VOlVED IN POLITICAl ;-iATTE"S A;',D TO EE :-iG?E CO[lc~?nE!) \'IITH LOC-
• KItIG AFT~-R THE 11Hi:RESTS 0;:- lTS ,;n;;;ERS. lU Of:DE? I:DT TO GIVE TIE
HARDL 1 tiERS AllY utWi:CESSt,P,Y PRi:TEl:TS FOR GRIT IC 1 Sil, [:,R l'iALES:'
AND HIS -ASSOCIATES ARE Ti\Ylè!G GRAlluaLY TO REDUCE THE 111-
FLU r"C·L~~ Ff'" r,'-ê~"·L C!""~IU"oTIC·' 'T L""'T ",. , .... " ""I~""I-. U"v"" 1." _kv; OF THE 1:0::1 Ar,V 1 SERS
Alm cnf:::?, RADICAlS SUCH ,~S Hf? C',i!~Z'JA:" .
• VI.·THE CHURCH
CA"J l,l'At IIYSZY1Isr: l, THE POL 1 5:-l PP. Il'ATE. l'triO DI EIl on 28
el·''\Y, HAD BECGiIE At) EXTRE;;ELY f.,Un:ORITATIVE FIGURE FOr. THE
CHUr,CH {.nD I,LL IWt!-COj-\l-;U~! IST GROUPS -I~I POlAND BY V IP.TUE· OF
• il 1 S LO~ISST t.,ilD 1 tlG EXPER 1 E'·!CE OF COIIT ACTS V! 1 TH' Tr--iE C0:,:;:,U1J 1 ST
AUTli:Jr.IT lES. lŒYERTHELESS THE ATT ,TUDE CF THE CHURCH TO\I;'R95
\
THE REGinE, ;,:,D TOIIARDS TIiE lt:DEP~:!~E:n TRADE U~ilons AnD DISSIJ:::,TS,
IS i:OT EX?ECTED TO CHM,GE I:i ITS ESSE!JTI,~l5 p.ESA~nLESS OF \'iHO 15
A?POltHED TO SUCCEED CARIlI:JAL :-JYSZY~:Sr:I. H-iE CHURCH'S HISTORIC,'<L
ë!OL!;: III POLISH SOCIEn' M:!J HIE FACT THAT THE RE IS A POLtSH
POPE 1;: THE VATlCAii \iOUL::J APPEAR iO PRCVIDE A GUARAtJTEE
OF THIS. Hi:: CHURCH'S COi:TI!JUED \:ILlIr!Gn~SS TO BE , ., ICTI"- l''T~~-''E'''AC\' ";rT'J~~"·Tlv r.""r~·I··_"T r"" 50LI-.. , .:: , ~;\" ~ r; o." ,-, ,-c. , .c. "·,,,,<:,c;, ,.,,,. "',.lJ
F.'.q THAT IT IS
•. ~ff,CTlarl li! TIlE savin UIIiON AtJD OTHER \','ARSf,\1 PACT GOUIHRIES
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"CCC:,:ll1:IST P"i:TY $t:!T TO ITS CO'Ji~TEf1;>AlH III POL;';~ll 0:1
A. O;;J"t:TS STr.QliGlY TO nt.ilY OF HE lJE\!ELO?i;~:ns TH!,T E:,\'E
TAXE!'l ?LACE lt: PCLAt,D SI.I'~CË AUCuST
SEE TH,]\ SET AS 1 DE.,
1930 f..1.]D i:!OULD LlliE TO , S. Ht.S LOST CO:lFIDENCE Il: THE AlllLITY OF THE PRESENT POL1SI~
L;::;\~<:r.SIiIP TO 5RH,G JHIS ABC UT.
IT IS.L\IŒLY THAT TI~E SOVIET L~,\!JE[,S 1-i0PED TIEIR LETTEIl
'.JO\!LI: t,CH 1 EVE niE f1EP"ACEI:EI)T Or THE EA:1 L~-JARUZELSK 1
POSTPon21-iEIIl OF HiE FOP:THCOilll,G PARTY CO!~Er:ESS \;-1 ürDER
TO t.VOI!) LARGE tlU,i,EEflS OF 'E}:PEP\E~ICED {",ID RELI't.:3LE CO:·11~
UNISTS' HAVI1,IG TO GIVE UP THEl!': POSTS ItJ THE HIGHEST ORG/,tlS
.9F THE PJü1Ty TO ·'OPPO~.TtJrIISTS ;,~!D ·REVISlor:ISTS'. THE SIGIIS
J..P.Ë TH:'T THE I:REtlLli: Ht.S FA,ILED III ITS PUf':PüSE: AS PLAllilED,
.HE PARTY __ CO~!GRESS \j ILL 3E Hi:LD BETI.'!"EiJ 14 AtlI:l[3 JUL Y,
FAILI~,;G'UUTSIDE II'ITERVEIHIOII., THE POSITI01: OF l'';ij KM!I/,
a,iD 1-1R JA!WZELS):I A??EARS TO HAVE BECQj;E STnOh'GER ap.'ffIEp.
T!--I,'..;.j \-jEAKER, HI SPITE OF THE FIERCE CRITICIS~ __ 1, HEAPED
UPO;-j T\Et-'. DURlt!G THE: 11T11 CE:tlTllilL CQ!';;'iITHE PLETlUi'"
Fup.TIi['"in:)RE THE PARTY LEADERSHIP MTlOU!!CED THr,T IT '.iOULD -j:EEP TO THE COURSE OF RE"lE';.'AL'-, .. . THERE ~!AS THUS no QuESTIOtJ
OF U:1DOINS DEVELOPI-1E1l.TS ••
U1jnpr.;:.CE.!J~I~:rlY, THE SOV l ':T PP.ESS FA 1 LEf, TO PUBL 1 Si! f. SUi·W,!>.?y
'.OF ·Kt.:-IIA'S S?"ËCH Ta TH::: 11111 PLEnun Qf! HIS CLOSING ~E!-",ARKS. SUESEQlJEt:TLY, THE i·~EI:IA ISSUED ~,:l EDITEn t,ecOUI!T OF THE _ -
epL!:NU:t. 'S RESOLUT IDtl REPOiiT IUG ALL ~::FE"EtKi:S .TO F 1 fV,E~ ACT IOtl
BUT Pi',S51:JG OV:::r. :"U:'JST li" 5\L'::i:CE THE ADI-El1EtiCE TO THE
,POLICY OF ~Et:E\·:AL. Hl:: ?U3LIO.T10IJ OF TH[': CP SU LE'TTER Ot~
12 JUilE it,AY HAVE 5[':EIl I!{ PA?T PRO;',?TED ZY T~E fACT THAT THE
TEXT HAD LEJ\i<ED I:~, POL,\r:J MiD THE 'IIEST, BUT Il \·.'AS P?03J>.BL y
ALSO InTEtlDED AS A FU:~THER EX?RESSIO,~ OF D\SAPPRO,/AL AT THE
OUTCG,iE _ CF THE PLE1-:U'.J.
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STATEf.\Ein OF SOVlé:T DISSr,TISFACT10;'1 OVER
THE SITUAT IOlr~\rl POLAtiD SIUCE THt JUlIE LETTEfl FROt·Î THE
CEIHflAL COj-lI'IITTEE OF THE CPSU C.l;~i~ FflOl4 LEO~ID ZAiWATI~i
(CHIEF OF THE ItHERt'JATIOtJAL INFOR:!,ATION DEPARnÎ~I!T OF
THE GPSU CDnF/AL COI,U·IITTEE) \'iHO) 5PEAKING Oll TElEVISIO~1
Otl JUtlE 20TH, STAV:n THAl THE TitE HAD COI·1E FOR DECISIVE
ACTIUN 50 THAl POLAIW COVLD REAlU BE TAI:EN OUT OF THE
CATA.STROPHIC SIIUATIOH.
THE SOVIET LEADERS ARE l-JO\~ ONCE AGAltl ON THE HORUS OF
A DILU1f.1A, AllO ONE THAl 15 BECOi"dIIG T-lORE AND j·jQRE AcuTE.
OU THE ONE HMD THE PUBLICATION OF THEIR LETTER. HAS BRDUGHT
.' THEIR' DISPUTE ~IlTH THE 'POLISH LEADERSHIP 11'110 THE OPEII FOR
THE Flf/ST TillE, NAr.]tIG \1 CLEAR FOR /ILL TO SEE THAl THEY
• FIND lIofl'.!iCCEPTABlE THE POllCY I"JHICH ~lf? I(MIIA MiD
• ~jf? JAPlJZ~lSKI HAVE SAID THEY INTEllO TO COIHIIWE.
• •
COI:SEQUEI:TLY, IT fiAS BEC0i1E 110n DIFFICULT FOR THE RUSSIAtlS
TO COtHINUE TO TOLERATE \·,'HAT THeY DESCRlôE III THE lETTER
AS A POlICy Of COrJCES·S 10N~ AliD cmJ,pflOf·\ISE. BUT REG/lRDlESS Of
THE_lE11ER, NR. I~AI·l1A AtJD r,R. JARUZELKSI HAVE SAID THEY·
IIHEND TO COtlTlNUE THE ·POlICY OF REtH'\~Al. THE ROOt·' FOR
·t1ANOE.u\l-RE BEHIEEN THESE TWO POS\T\OrIS IS lll',\TED. Ul'!lESS
KANI~·lltJD JARUZELSKI CMI SHO"I·ltl FUTURE THAT Sot·jE, AT LEAST,
OF THE SOVIET OBJECTIOllS ARE
~ISKS A CONSIDŒRABlE lOSS Of
GOVEflm·IEtns,
BElllG t·iET, THE SOVIET UNION
Fl<CE \~ITH THé OTHEfI EASTERN BLOC
IF THE SOVIET lEADEflSHIP ~IEH TO COIJCLUDE THAl THEIR POINT
OF VIHI \·:AS NOT BEING SUFFICIHlTlY TAKEt; INIO AÇCOUIIT OR \"AS
BEIIIG IGIIORED BY HIE POLISH AUIHOf?tTIES, THEY WOUlD HIEN BE
FACED OHCE AGAIN \"/ITH THE QUESTINI OF \'mETHEIl 10 \NTEIIVENE
MILITARILY OR NOT.
IF THEY DO NOT It!TERVEIIE - AtID HERE 15 LITTLE T1I-IE TO·DO 50
BEFOflE THE C01:Gf,'ESS·:'" THE SOVIET UI·IIOI/ RISKS lOSING ITS
CPEDIEILITY, '1liTH AlL THE CONSECUEt,CES THAT \-{OUlD EtHAll
FOR ITS POSITION jl~ EASTERN EUROPE. OH THE OTHER HAIID AN
INVASIQJ; OF POLAlin .IOUlD HAVE SUCH FAR-REACHIIIG CONSEQUENCES
TH/ll THE KREMLIU ~;'OULD. 01,'lY DO SO If PUSHED TO THE LlniT •
.. '" IT ,,"OUlO BE D IFF ICUL T FOR THE SOV 1 ET lEA~EIIS TO JUST IFY ~..tl~ ID,;,sTRICl'ED •• ·0
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INTERVENTION AFTER T.œ CON3R8SS ~ 'lliEY WOULD., THEN BE FACED
• "''',·CI''IO',.'''' l?, [J.C'tli .. D B'I' A CO;:G;~t.SS \'.IITII "lEG.AllY V'\lID" '" ~ ,;' ELECHD
\"IJT.tl DUE OBS[ft\,Ai/C[ OF lEGAl PROCEDURES •
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<' ilE.TTEf! FRO:~ THE CEIHi1Al COVlf·lITTE. OF THE SOVIET COI'~tutJ!Sl PART'!' H1.S NOl" BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE PRESS OF THE .
501/ 1 ET UH 1 ON 1 TSELF, 1 N CZECHOSLOV,\K 1 A, THE ,-GDR, SULG.AR 1 A
hND @tlGARY .. THE LEnEir HAD ITS NO ST EtlTHUSIA5TIC RECEP
T10~ IN CZECHOSt.OVAKIA \-!HEflE THE 1',EDIII /IRE j·\ORE I<i'ID VIORE
E;~PHAT'.IC·ALLY D?AWI1:G PARAlLELS BEHJE[!.J THE. PRESENT 5ITUA
TIOl!" III POUND AtID THAT III THEIl? OWI~ COUiHRY13 YEARS AGO.
Tlle CZECHOSLOVAK. AtfrHORITIE5' LACK Or: corlFIDENCE tH A
FAVOUR-~ÈlE OUTCOHE FIW1!1 THE FORTHCOI·lltlG POl\SH PARTY
. CottGRESS '15 ClEAR FROI·! THE ASSi:.RTIO!' RECENTlY PUIlLISHED
III THE PART'!' NEWSPAPER, "RUDE PRAVO", T~AT "THE POL\SH
• COtl,11UtIIST PIIRTY RISKS BECOFdNG A ,SOCI/;l-DEf~OCP.ATIC PART'!'
~ •. AT THE COtlGRESS' '.
III BULj .. /I.Rlt, TOO, \'iHERE' THE 'li,EDIA. HAD PAID l-IARDlY ~NY ATTENTION .. TO DEVElOPI·1EliTS IN POLAt\D FOR SOI',E T.II,;I:, TH.ERE
.HAS nE EN FIERCE CRIT1CIS:·i RECENTlY. IT HAS RECENTlY
i'OllOHED THE lEAD GIVEll B'I' TH~ SOVIET Ut/lOtI, THE'GDR.
AfID C2ECHOSlOVAKIA IN TAI,11JG STEPS TO l~AKE. IT 1;'IRTUAllY
11.,POSSI·BlE FOR POlES TO TRAVl;:l TO OR J)-lROUGH BUlGARIA
AS INDIVIDUAl$,
IN HIDIGARY THEBE ARE SIGNS OF A HA..lIDEUrnG OF Tm: OFFICIAL
LIHE ON 1'0l-AIID. AS STATED ABOVE, THE SOVET PARTY CENTRAL
COl.TIUTTEE' S LETTER. Y/AS PUBLIS}iED Hl THE HlIHGARIAl'T l'RESS .AND AN
EDITORIAL Dl" Tm: PARTY NEI'/SPAl'ER, "NEPSZABADSAG", SAm TH~
"AHTI-SOCIALIST FORCES ARE TRYING TO SEIZE WVIER" IN l'OL..A.NIl, . .-THAT THERE WAS A "RISING TmE OF ANTI-Cor.lI,lUNIS11 AND ANT!-SOCIALISJ.1"
Ai'ID TRAT Tm: SOVIBT mUON ANIl OTHER SOCIALIST COlllTRIES l'/OULD
ASSIST POLAND, BUT ALSO EXPRESSED THE ROE THAï PQLANIl \'IOUIn
"IUSTER" THE CR!SIS HERSELF. ROVIEVE:rI. h"'UNGARY APPEARS TO FEAR
ANY WARSA"II l'ACT INTERVENTION ru POLAlID PRI1iARILY BECAUSE OF ITS
ECONOMIe LINKS i'fITH THE VIEST. THE FACT THAT THE JOnfT DECLARATION
ISSUED ON 5 JUNE AT THE END OF A VISIT TO BUDAPEST BY 1nR MOJSOV,
RESTRICffiD
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:TEΠYUGOSLAV :PARTY LEADER, El/IFHASISED THE RIGHT OF CQMMUNIST
PARTIES TO SET A1rnmEFENDENT COURSE SUGGESTS THAT THE RECENT
'''VERBAL FORCE" FROM BUD.AP.EST SHOULD BE ASCR:rnED TO PRESSURE FROM
Noseaw RATHER TH.AN TO THE PERSONAL CONVICTIONS OF THE HUNGARIAN
LEADERS.
ONLY ROlllifIA 13 ADHERING FULLY TO THE POSITION THAT THE POLISH
PARTY RAS BOTH THE RIGHT AND THE ABILITY Ta SOLVE ITS
PROBIJ:MS COMPLETELY ON ITS OWN. AND THIS VIEW RAS BEEN CONFIRMED
ru A N1l1IffiER OF STATEMENTS IN RECENT l'IEEKS.
TT MUST BE THOUGHT NOT UNLIKELY THAT THERE '{l'ILL BE A TOP-LEVEL
l','lEETrnG OF THE \'llillSAW PACT COUNTRIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE, PRIOR
TO THE POLISH l'ARTY CONGRESS. sa FAR IT RAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TQ
CONFIRM TrIE PERSISTENT RUMOURS ON THIS POnTT, HOWEVER.
,THERE RAS BEEN NO IJARKED INCREASE TO DATE ru THE READDŒSS OF
WARSAW PACT FORCES IN AND AROUND POLAND THAT COULD PQIliT TD
.nIMINENT nNASION. AN INTERESTING ITEM IN THIS CONI'ŒCTION 13
THE FACT 'l'HAT, ALTHOUGH SOME OF THEm mADE HARDLINE SPEECHES IN
• THE DEBATES, THE RKPRESENTATIVES OF THE l'OLISH .ARMED FORCES
UNANmOUSLY BACKED THE KANIA-JARUZE1SKI 1INE DURING THE 11TH
CENTRAL comMITTEE PLENUM, VIHICH 1'lI1L PROBABLY BE TAKEN BY THE
RUSSIAliS .AS CONFIRffinm 'l'HErn FEAR THAT A MILITARY INTERVI"....JITION
V/OULD BE MET BY ARMED RESISTANCE FRom 'l'HAT QUARTER.
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