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POLAND-USSR: Mediation Attempts by the Chureh
The Church is trying to mediate between the lo'.ieh fnrir and Solidarity, but sons tcugh_ talk by officials on both sides will help keep tension* high. 4mmm>
Archbishop Glemp met last Thursday with party loader Kania- and Premiertheirmeeting with solidarity chief Walesa and several of his advisers the next day. Accordinghurchania sought the Archbishop's help in impressing upon the union leaders the enormous Soviet pressure on the regime and the gravity of the situation, a
The Church official believes that the current tense situation could deteriorate rapidly ifmeets on Thursday and Priday--approves laws on self-management that are unacceptable to Solidarity.. He apparently has concluded that highhandedness by the re-gime on this issue wouldew sense of militancy at the union congress, fssmms*
If the regime follows past practice, however, it is. likely to delay tha bill, using any number ofprocedures to do so. elay would give unionhance to gain an advantage at the second session of the congress. Solidarity representatives yeeterday met again with parliamentary deputies,to lobby for changes in the bill that would give workers',argern selecting factoryanagers, tmmssB
Deputy Premier'Rakowskl yesterday reportedly ruled out any new talks with the union, claiming that it-had buried its policy.of cooperation during the first session of its congress. Solidarity's national pressdhe Soviet message had angered union gembura and that the union refused intimidated. 4mmTs>
Pressure From Moscow Continues
Moscow is maintaining pressure on the Polish regime to act more firmly against leaders of dissidentand "extremists" in Solidarity. The Soviets may
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be urging Warsaw to enact some form of emergency rule If onlyegional basis. The latest commentary, however, still falls short of calling for emergency measures throughout Poland, outlawing Solidarity, or outright_ prohibition of the second session of its congress. *aemm>
A TASS report from Warsaw yesterday charged that Solidarity's leaders, encouraged by "subversive centers" in the West, are preparing to use the second session of the congress to wield the economic reform issue in an effort to seize political power. The report also charged that Solidarity's organizations in "certain regions"oland are creating "acute conflictn the assumption that Polish authorities will be unable to offer serious resistance to their plans, ^omasm*
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