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TELEGR AM NUMBER 57 OF 7 JMUARY
INFO I MEDI ATE UK DEL NATO, P AR I S, BONN, WASH I NGTON,
INFO SAV NG EAST EERLI N, PR AGUE, BUDAPEST, MODUK, SAO F I A,
BUCK AREST, BELGR ADE, H EL SI NK , STOCKHOLM, UKM-I S NEW YORK AND
UNREP MUSSELS.
PT1 POLISH SITUATION.
FOLLOW I NG IS OUR TR ANSLAT ION OF GENERAL JARLIZEL;KI' S LETTER
DEAR MADAM PRIME MI NI STER
I ADDRESS MYSELF TO YOU IN A PERIOD OF PECI AL SIGNIFICANCE
FOR THE FATE OF MY COUNTR Y. I DD TH S IN THE NAME OF THE
TRADITIONAL RELATIONS OF FR IENDSH IP AND MOD COOPERATION WHICH
NK POLAND AND GREAT BR I TA I Ne
THE COMPLEX, DRAMATI C DEVELOP ;INT OF EVENTS IN POLAND, WHICH
THREATEN TO ERUPT I NTO CI V IL WAR AND THE COMPLETE COLLAPSE _
OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY HAVE FORCED THE. AUTHOR ITI ES OF THE POL I SA
PEOPLE'S REPUBL IC TO ADOPT THE EXTR AORD I NARY MEASUR ES FORESEEN
IN THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE SALVATION OF THE POLI SH STATE.
WE H AVE UNDERTAKEN TH I S DI FFICULT BUT NECESSARY STEP IN A
VEREI GN MANNER, WITH FEEL( NGS OF H GHEST DUTY TO OUR
COUNTRY. WH ICH, THROUGH A STRUGGLE OF MANY GENERATIONS, AND
ESPECI ALLY BY THE ACTI VE_PARTICIPATION OF ITS SOLDIERS ON ALL
FR ONT S IN THE SECOND V3RLD WAR, REGAI NED ITS R I GHT TO AN..
INDEPENDENT STATE AND TO I TS ENDUR ING PRESENCE ON THE POL ITICAL
MAP OF EUROPE. A FEEL ING OF RESPONSIBIL ITY AR I SI NG FROM THE JO I NT
PARTICIPATION OF THE POLAND REBORN AFTER THE WAR IN THE FORMATI ON
OF STRUCTURES OF PEACE AND SECUR I TY I N EUROPE, HAS ALSO GUI DED US.
WE CANNOT ALLOW P CL AND, A FUND ANENTAL ELEMENT OF PEACEFUL ORDER
AND THE DETENTE ( UNDERLI NED) DI ALOGUE OF OUR CONTINENT, TO BECXNE
A SOURCE OF TROUBLE AND CONFRONTATION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.
THE PRESENT LEGAL. STATE I NTRODUCED I NTO OUR COUNTRY AND .THE
RESTRICTIONS AR SI NG FROM IT...ARE OF A TRANSITORY NATURE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH PR OGRESS I N I NTERN AL STABIL SATI ON 7 WHICH
IS ALR EADY HAPPENING_ BY DEGREES ••• THESE RESTR I CT IONS WI LL BE
REMOVED. WE ARE COMM! TIED TO CONTI NU1 NG THE WORK BEGUN ON
SOCI AL.NECONOMIC REFORM ON THE BASI S OF A BROAD PLATFORM OF
NATIONAL UNDMSTAND I NG FOUNDED ON RESPECT OF THE. CONST ITUT IONAL
MEMBERS OF THE PR L. OUR GOAL _IS A POLAND FAITHFUL TO HER
STOR IC TR ADITIONS, RESPONSI VE TO THE CONTEMPORARY.. ASP IR ATI ONS
OF THE NATION AND ENJOY! NG THE RESPECT OF OTHER NATI OHS.
CONFIDEMTIAL/ I N
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•IN TE DIFFICULT r ER in, POLAND COW:TS SYTE. ET IC UNDERSTAND!
C% Ti-T PART OF I .77:RNAT WW1 SOC I ETY,, t.IFORTLT AMY, SONE
F3LI T I c AL C I r: CLE: I r YESTEF: CO LITR I ES ARE ATTENPT I NG
TO TAY, ADVL:TE OF THE SI TUATI ON I% POLAND TO TAKE UNFRIENDLY
STET'S TOWARDS OUR COUNTRY, ATTEPTS ARE LIING MADE TO LIMIT
Al:D_RESTRAIN rO OIC =pm ATION WITH POLAND,' TO ADVANCE
POLITi CAL CONDITIONS OR Stm?LE NAKED INTZRFERENCE IN OUR INTERNAL
AFFAIRS. THECE ACTIONS NOT ONLY SHARPEN THE PRESENT NEEDS OF OUR
CDUNTRY, BUT ARE IN THEIR NATURE CONTRARY TO ACCEPTED
INTERNATIONAL NOEt1S AND BilEAC:E THE STRUCTURE OF CO-EXISTENCE
AND CODPERATION BETwEEN NATIONS.
POLAND WILL MAIN FAITHFUL TO ITS TRAnITIONAL POLICY OF PEACE,
DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES OF DIFFERING SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS. IN PARTICULAR‘-:E ATTACH GREAT SIGNIFICANCE
TO THE MAI NTENANCE AND STRENGTH ENI NG OF FR I ENDLY REL AT IONS
BETWEEN BOTH OUR NATIONS, TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND
COOPERATiPN .BETW,EEN OUR STATES.
I Am CONVINCED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF GREAT -BRITAOTWILL SHOW
UNDERSTANDING FOR THE SITUATION AND FOR THE EFFORTS OF THE
DOVERNMENT OF THE PRL WHICH ARE AIMED AT A RETURN TO POL'ITICAL
AND ECONOMIC STABILISATION AND TO THE CREATION OF CONDITIONS
FOR THE FUTURE DENDCRATIC DEVELOPMENT OF POLAND.THE SUCCESSFUL
DEVELOPMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BOTH OUR NATIONS AND STATES
WILL ASSI ST THE OVERCOMI NG OF OUR PRESENT DI FFICULTIES,: ESPEC I ALLY
OUR ECONO,AC DIFFICULTIES WHICH IS, INTER ALIA, (UNDERLINED)
OF FUNDAMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE RESOLUTION OF OUR INTERNATIONAL
OBLI GATIONS.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OCCASION TO ASSUREYOU THAT THE POLISH
WHORITIES_WILL UNDERTAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT CITIZENS
OF GREAT BRITAIN IN POLAND_-_AS HITHERTO - WILL SUFFER NO HARM:
THAT THE INCONVENIENCES ARISING FOR THEM FROM THIS SPECIAL LEGAL
STATE, WILL CAUSE AS LITTLE DIFFICULTY FOR THEM AS POSSIBLE1
AND THAT THEY WILL LAST FOR AS SHORT A TIME AS POSSIBLE.
ON THE THREVOLD OF THIS NEW YEAR 1982 I BEG YOU TO ACCEPT,
ESTEEMED MADAM; PREMIER, mY WISHES FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE
FRIENDLY BRITISH NATION AND FOR YOUR HEALTH AND PERSONAL SUCCESS.
WITH EXPRESSIONS OF HIGHEST RESPECT
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EATED AS REQUESTED)
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