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Such publishing houses were instrumental in the organizing of Solidarity, he said, adding "the passing of the uncensored information among the workers proved most useful in organizing the strikes" that occurred before the crackdown last December...
...arrogance of the Soviet Union? So far, this query has elicited sanctions from the United States and a "wait-and-see" response from Europe. But all the allies must come to realize that there is no panacea for the Polish dilemma. The alliance's divergent responses to the Polish crackdown do offer one clear lesson: The West must rethink its policy toward the Soviet Union if it is to avoid future "Polands" and bolster a shaky partnership. The West must seriously consider rescuing detente--a concept buried recently under an increasing barrage of bellicose rhetoric--from its premature grave...
...Democratic party got where it is by advocating Ostpolitik, a policy that views trade with the East as the basis for an eventual normalization of relations--if not outright reunification--with East Germany. In fact, Schmidt--who was visiting East German leader Erich Honecker at the moment of the crackdown against Solidarity--did not bother to cut short their talks. He is clearly sensitive to the political clout of the European peace movement that this fall mobilized several hundred thousand of Germany's youth...
...alliance must in chorus shout its outrage over the Polish crackdown. Nothing would be more dangerous or morally reprehensible than cowering in front of the Soviet Union for this reason, the maintenance of a strong joint defense is necessary. But to aim for elusive military superiority as the Administration has suggested it is doing, is no substitute for diplomacy; the U.S.S.R., after all, cannot be destroyed. Hence, the West must begin carefully thinking through the long term implications of its actions. A strategy to bring to the forefront Soviet moderates--specifically through economic, technological and cultural exchanges, coupled with serious...
What the West does not quite realize, though, is the fact that Jaruzelski and his Soviet backers play a very perfidious game. First came the brutal crackdown with all its atrocities: shooting at striking workers, beating people to death, detaining thousands of people in concentration camps. The West was justly indignant. Now is the time of some "relaxation" and "normalization". The curfew will probably be shortened an hour or two, people will be free to travel within their provinces or make telephone calls within their cities; in the next few weeks maybe several hundreds of detainees will be released. What...