POLAND: Increasing Ferment
The etrong undercurrent of nmber of more oerioue pro tee to.
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he "silent march" ,urday to nnhapplover price increases andhere will be other such incidents to protest economic and other grievances. recaution' intensified enforcement of curfew restrictions.
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activists in the stoel mill at Katowice have increased their organisational work, staging some large meetings. Ths authorities are nervous over the possibility o' local demonstrations to mark the two-month anniversaryartial law this weekend. H H
Party officials in Warsaw interpret the increased incidents as part of anby Solidaritysow unrest, to turn people against the regime, and toidespread sense that eventual confrontation is inevitable. They continue toblar sone local clergy far adzing to the tension.
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Commenti Ferment over the last two weeks stems largely from the price hikesebruary and from a
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rvaslve unhappinesa over martial law. Although unrest likely tomaintain control.
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in the coming months, however, there may beresistance when the full effects of the price increases ore felt and the regime implements otherausterity measures, xr tha governmento reduce restrictions, it will make it easier forto organise. (Efforts by the regime to control the situation by force nay only' create additional resistance, especially if the) thinly stretched securitynable to prevent or suppress demonstrations.
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