USSR-POLAND: SOVIET VIEWS OF PARTY CONGRESS

Created: 7/22/1981

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USSR-POLAND: Soviet Views of Party Congress

Ifcecou for now in tvounng negative publio cement on the reeulte of the Polieh party congress but appears to have micgiv-over the unorthoabxy of some of its measures. MMf

A report on Warsaw radio implied that Politburo member Grishin, th* Soviet representative to the congress, had lectured the Polish leadersarewell meeting on Monday, expressing hope rather than confidence that the new Central Committee would combat the crisis and strengthen the party on the basis of Marxism-Leninism, f*

Soviet media made few changes in reporting Premier Jaruzelski's tough speech of Sunday but edited oxtensively party leader Kania's closing address to the congress. TASS repeated Kania's affirmations that Polandirm link in the Warsaw Pact and his warning about the danger of anarchy and counterrevolution. It omitted, however, his comments about changes in the party statutes, including his assertion that the party had rebuffedto alter its Marxist-Leninist character. MMj

Strikes Averted

Employees of Poland's national airlines agreedto suspend indefinitely the strike they had set for Friday. The controversy over selection of the director of the airline is not yet resolved, but tha spokesman for the employees assertedpartial compromise" has been reached. mm**

The Baltic dockworkers* strike, which had beenfor tomorrow, was called off after negotiatorsompromise with the governmentay dispute.

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