Lech Walesa, the most prominent strike leader, explained that although he was Catholic, religion was one thing affairs of the union ¡ nal is wny caramal Wyszynski's television appeal for a return to work had so little impact.
Discussions we've about this have also brought up the question of the framework. fin which the strikers see their. struggle.
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pay off interest payments on debts to Western banks already accumulated by 'Polish government.
has to pay off a staggering £3bn concordat worth of such charges.
plained that if the new loans Yalta loan has the Polish This year Poland point of The Financial Times has exothers Finally, part of the There been guaranteed by the West German government.
•OWi view. therefore, Western capitalism has, at least -in the short-term, no economic interest in seeing a damaging. West's mm Destiny The Financial Times concluded on 19 August that 'both the West and East have a vested interest in the survival of the ronsn icadersmo The Inter national Herald Tribune warned the Polish workers on August, "they should overplay their hands' Such mouthpieces of the more sophisticated sections of imperialist camp know there littk _political economic profit in the ide WOrking