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Given such obvious hypocrisy it is hardly surprising that some leading European politicians have reacted to sanctions dain. government's opinion'. West Germar government Becker said on 30 December Even the French which has been more critical of the Polish crackdown than the West Germans have showed impatience with Americans. Jacques the ruling French Socialist Party commented, says it wili meeting Mr Brezhnev, and the next he talks about suspending the Geneva arms negotiations. One cannot see the guiding inspiration policy.

The 'inspiration' in the West German 'softly-softly' approach is more obvious to see. For the past ten years the strong trading and banking links with West Germans Eastern Europe ticular. While US trade with Polan has slumped in the last few years, Polish/West German trade has more than doubled West German Poland's leading creditor. dollars are owed to the German banks by the Polish respect it is hardly surprising that one leading German newspaper, Die Zeit responded to the Polish with the judgement, need approve Jaruzelski's military coup d'etat, one has to wish him success.

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