Stoppard, Tom - Squaring the Circle (Faber & Faber, 1984)

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by Tom Stoppard

UNDISCOVERED OU TRY

(a version of Arthur Schnitzler s

Das weite Land)

ON TH RAZZLE

(adapted from Johann Nestroy'sEinen Jux will er sich machen)

TH R AL THING

TH DOG T WAS THAT DI D

and other plays

FOUR PLAYS FOR RAD O

Ar is Descending a S aircaseWhere Are They ow?

f You're Glad ll be rank

Alber s Bridge


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SQUARING THECIRCLE

BYTOM STOPPARD

tfaber andfabeBO TON O O


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Fir publi hed in he UK in

Fir published in he U A inby ber & ber, I c

39 Thompso treet

Wi ch ter MA 01890 Tom topp r 1984

l rights whatsoever in th s play are str ctly reserved,and a l enquir es shou d be d rected to Frase a d Dunlop

(Scripts) . 91 Regent Street London, WlR 8RU England

Al rights ese e No p rt o this work m y berepro uce or tr smitte i y form by y

me s electro ic or mech ic l i clu i gphotocopyi g recor i g or by yi form tio stor ge or retriev system

without the writte pe issio of the publisher

except for brief p ss ges quote by reviewerPri te i the U ite t tes of Americ

Librar of Congress Ca oging in Publica ion Da a

topp r Tomqu ri g the circle

Tit ePR6069 T6 6 1985 822 914ISBN 0-57 - 2538- (pbk.)

84-28732


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I T ODU TIO

At the beg g of 1982, about a mont after the im sit on ofma t a law in Poland, a producer named Fred Broggersuggested t at I should write a television m about SolidarityThus beg a saga, on y moderately except ona by t esest dards which may be worth recoun ng as a example of theper ls which somet mes attend the offspring of an A glo-Amer canm r age.

Fred started by ta ng on a professiona researcher Soon I wasi possession of tens of t ousa ds of facts about Poland but it wasfar from c ear what had to be done wi h em They t k nevery g from a summary of 6 years of Polish h sto y to t emake of Genera Jaruzelsk 's car (a BMW) Naturally, the moredeta ed the i fo at on he ore quest ons were left begging What c u was the BMW? It was green Excellent But whatcolour was the upholstery? The demand for an ever more powerfulte escope was accompan ed by t e de d for a ever moresensitive bugging device Many of Lech Wa esa s statements wereon record some of them actua ly on ta , a state of affairs wh chtempted one towards documentary reconst uct on w t out essib y of f ent

We had a meet g in the midd e of Feb ary The utes (th swas a ef cient operation) state: The pr ncipa prob em, Tomfeels, is at we don t what happened and what was sa d Whatever he rt ays w l be taken as fact ra er tha as " ct onby h s audience un ess ere is some fo of d sclaimer or adra atic device w ch will make it clear '

T s was beco g y n wor Docu entary c on, byde tion, is a ways da ger of seeming to claim to know more

t a a lm maker ca ow Accurate detail mi gles wit artydetai , wi hout disti gu sh g arks, a d isto mi gles wi hgood a d bad guesses One example which we kept co g back to


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was he charac er of General a elsk A ha me, and rhaps s l, op n on was d v ded. ome saw h m as a hard

ner, Moscow s Man; o hers saw as a pa r o forced n oa o h ol sh so on o s ave off a o her R ss an oneWe ended o t of as a modera e recall ha h s

d emen was ased on one concre e fac wh ch kep cropp np n he research ma er al Jar elsk , as M n s er of e ence,had once ref sed o order ol sh sold ers o re on o shworkers wo years a er, soon af er he lm con a n n h s facwas n he can, learned ha new nforma on ended o cons nhe fac ' o my h was he fear of s s ch mpondera les and

s s ch conf s on e ween lar e spec la ons and sma l r hs( he wron ar e sk n he r h car) ha led me o he dea ofhav n a narra or w h a l dg d fallibili

he mee n ended w h a hopef d ary da e for heransm ss on of he m ecem er, he rs an versary of

mar al law

n March 982 con ded o red ha wha eve we weredo n was no o n o e a ow y low recons r c on o wo ld e rrelevan whe her a par c lar mee n ook place n

Gdansk, Radom or Ka ow ce, or who really sa d wha . he lash n ha wo d ma er o s wo ld e wha k nd or co o r of

car ar elsk was dr v nha hen, w r we do n ? We were o n o address a

par c lar q es on was a q es on o wh ch he who e con ce ween ol dar y and he ol sh s a e was con n ally red ced:

was f eedom as de ned y he free rade n on ol dar yreconc a le w h soc al sm as de ned y he Eas ern E ropeanComm n s oc?

w o e o red, My pos on s ha he wo concep s cannocoe s and are rreconc a le n an a so e sense n he sensenders ood y a lo c an or a ma hema c an a ma hema c anknows ha cer a h n s canno hap n no eca se no one hasfo nd o how o do hem eca se hey are ernal ycon ad c ory.

he os a ar of hese eas n m ss es s hemposs y of n a c rc e n o a sq a e w h he same area.no he es on e a ed w o was he a e na a o ?

On ca e a and o f ca era he e pressed op n ons p r r ed o


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know the fac s and ev dent y had a thes s about f eedom andsoc a sm In an obv ous sense he was myse f On the st pa eof the sc pt I put an aste sk next to Na ato d at thebottom of the pa e exp a ned The autho Fo the next yea omo e I was ns de he m as we as outs de unt I was

ve oed by the Ame cans But th t s o et ahead of the sto yF ed h s p ma e to nd a d ec o d he moneyThe money was ha de As me wen on the s d ec o wentoff to do someth n fo the BBC e second fo TV the th do make a featu e the fou th to make an Ame can TVb k-buste The s d ecto etu ed but now a yea had

one by q ng r had Ame can st n s and theAme cans d dn w t The d ecto they d d wanecto numbe ve p efe ed to do some h n e se and

d ecto s numbe s x d numbe seven seemed n e ested fo awh e but d op d ou

Ou d ecto as t tu ned ou was wo t wa t n fo Th s

was M ke Hod esAt va ous t mes q ng ir was o n to be medon a on n Hambu L ve He s k o a te nat ve ywhen we seemed to have m ssed the snow n Hambuve and even He s nk on numbe ess econst ct ons n

d fe en stud os It was o n to have ots of amb ence o t waso n to be enc osed n a se es of ms t was o n to be asmmacu ate as a Ho ywo mov e o as exc t n as news ee shof om the h p; t was o n to sta n e at ona ames o t waso n to be made w th ota y u nown ac o s

M e b ou ht n the des e Voytek who s Po sh and n ave sho t me they t k ove one of the sound sta es aP ew whe e they bu t a st c u e of s ee ant es a noff a h e ed c cu a ca on a s ee To th s hey addedback ound ats and a few a e movab e eces such as aPo sh ea e and a hu e bus of L T s space se ved as a t a st eet a d kya d he Po sh pa amen the meet nms of the Po tbu o and So da y d anywhe e e se we

n dedThe esu t ect y exp es d the q a ed ea ty wh ch I

had en wo n a c eat n s ce s o w eNext M ke e y dec ed he n e at ona s a and t k

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on oard Berna d H ll A ec Mc owen Roy K nnear ranM ddlemass ohn Woodv ne and a who e of s ra eBr sh ac ors

Bes of all M ke med a ely den ed h mself w h he se fscep cal one of he doc men a y and nders ood why he

narra or and he a hor had f sed o e her O her d rec ors hadeen worr ed ha he q rky s of he scr p mere y d s r edhe s ra h fo ard s and wondered whe her we m h no ee er off w ho hem M ke s reac on was o ask for more

q ky s. A man af er my own hearAf er a year of s op and o had fro en he ex he h rd

draf n l we al had a ec or Now d d ano her drafadd n a charac er who n d fferen ses per od cally n err p ed and corre ed he narra or M ke s es ed a scharac er o h o e ve d fferen charac ers e a so champ oned one of my earl es no ons ha a key mee n e weenWa esa a elsk and Arch shop G emp of wh ch a mos

no h n was known sho ld e seen n perhaps hree d fferenvers ons A o e her and a lon las he lm was n he handsof someone who new wha he wan ed and my en h s asm for

wh ch had almos d ed was s ddenly al ve a a nR h a he e nn n red had aken he pro ec o

e ev s on o h who k over alon w h wha was henho h o e half he l V ro h n o herndependen prod cer e er nell w h more nves men he d e crep pwards he Br sh co pany wen o

Amer ca look n for a pre sale deal w h NB B or rhapsone of he lar e commerc a sponsors ke Xerox who m hhave 4 o nves n o r l le show n he end qua gh ir l cos 264 661 By ha me eve h was ndo ars $8 , of wh ch were down o Me ro e a

Me ro ed a ased n os An eles s a sma an comparedo he hree ne works he Un ed a es u has seven

me ropo an V s a ons of s own cover n a quar er of hev ew n p c o he en re coun ry and has s a h and smoney n a e shows alk shows and ma n chance ser es. Ahese have o e so d o he o her per cen of he v ew npu c hrou h adver s n s nsors. I was hese peop e hesese ers of ra or ades and ca ood who ecome Me romed a s


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sca goats during he mon hs to come. At e P ewo end ofhe Metromed a cha n of com and there was Steve h h d todea wi h Bruce who had to deal with Dale who had to dealwi h Chuck who ha to dea wi h Bob and way beyond Bobsomewhere at he top of the mountain ere as he myster ous

gure of Mr K uge remote as Buddha an once hen theusual wrangle brought the usual response that there was nopo t n appealing to t e persona taste (or at least the h gherau ori y) of successively Bruce Dale Chuc and Bob becau

were at e mercy of e advertisers (who were n hra l toe view g m lions) I desperately suggested an appeal to r

uge Steve real zed he was dea g wi a v gin The idea thatM K uge invisib e in the stratosphere of high nance woulread a script meet a writer

Anyway by the early sum er of 1983 TVS had made a presa e deal with Metromedia and it seemed that Sq ng C r lwhich ha not quite been made on previous occasions was going

to be made after al For this eviden y we had to t ank SteveSch ow Steve had i ed the script and had un erta en topersuade Bruce an so on The rst ime I met Steve heremarked in a fr endly way that I shoul n't t nk of m as theugly American In a equally friendly way I told hi that theugly American was his allotted role an t ere was nothing hecou d o about it

The rst sign of ugl ness concerned the matter of the narratorSteve or rather not Steve nor Bruce nor Da e nor Chuck norBob but in fact t e dreaded advertisers and not actual y eadvertisers but e dreaded pub ic felt t at the nar ator shou dbe an A erican a American ith whom the (Americanpub c could ident fy I exp ained that unfortunate y thein ernal logic of he script now require e narrator and heauthor to be t e same person The narrator after all aspurpor ing to express a personal opin on Whose opinion wou dJason Robards be expressing? (Li ewise Jack Le on Charlton Heston Donal Sut er and and ot er names wh ch c edown from the lo er slopes of e mountain I assumed thatmy argument would carry t e day hich as an assumptionat least as na ve as the idea that r Kluge rea scripts As ittu ed out the script that Fre ha sent to etromedia d not


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conta n my a ter k h cr t dated May 9 3 had beeng ven a glo y cover on wh ch wa de cted a bayonet ar nge word Sol darno c wh ch wa b eed g down the agel ed t e cover b t never bothered to check t e content and owa naware of the m ng a ter k and t e m ng footnote

ay ng The a thor Week later lent my co y to a fr end whod dn t t m ch of t b t l ked one art c lar cene wh ch hede cr bed to me. The cene wa not fa l ar On check ng d covered t at t had been added and t ere were gn c tchange on even age Ev dent y wa n the han ofde erate men.

n A g t ha ned to be n Lo Angele an w th theenco ragement of the Br t h team made an a o tment w ththe awe ome Br ce We had breakfa t n the Polo Lo nge of theBeverly H l Hotel (where el e ) Br ce t rned o t to be a

led by me a wa by h beca e the narrator wa notnegot able and never had been; t e Famo Amer can wa anab ol te cond t on of the deal and Br ce tho ght hat everybodyn England already knew that

conceded the narrator and not w t tand g the adm rab eR chard renna who pla d h m ch better than co ld haveever b n t ll regret t What wa o e to have beena k nd of er onal dramat zed e ay t rne nto a k nd of layabo t an ne a ned Amer can n Po and Later wa a ked to

the cr t to e la n what th Amer can wa o ng t ereb t nce had no dea d d no ng

Meanwh e (Se tember 9 3) th g ha rogre e at factor y Enco raged by M ke had wr tten the rky ver on ofthe cr t an Steve wa t ll w t t wa known an acce ethat the Amer can ver on wo l have to conta n even commerc a break an con e ently wo ld be abo t n ne m n tehorter than the Br t ver on

t ho be a that thro gho t a l the e advent re T S nthe r on of ame Gatwar taye w t oo an neverco a ne when the cr t wh ch they a or g na ly acce ewa wh e a ay an re aced by the rk er one

Shoot ng began n ctober Steve move to nglan for therat on e an e e arate y or toget er ere often on theet t ee e rea onab e t at Steve ho be c r o to ee

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wh w s h p n n o Me omed s $8 , , h s p ec ses s on he p o ec em ed ncle w h m e y d s so s es s As f s M ke Hod es nd we e conce ned we

we e employed y V o m ke m fo Ch nnel 4 ndMe omed h d p d fo he h o show he es n he

U ed es. h s ned o o e he e es n ve y of l s he p ed c ed s m ke cleOne d y M ke nd dec ded h he scene e ween W lese sk d A ch shop Glemp seemed s od y nd so

ove h ew o e s c d me eve exp essed do se h ps wo d e es o m he scene o h w ys? B hesc ed e w s h nd f e we we e no wo k foMe o e we we e wo k n fo V he pe ny sho d h ved op d w he so nd of 8 s ve do s we neve e d e o h he mph n y n ve weeksd on 26 J 984 he e w s mess e f om le o Ve ve s on wh ch yo h ve ccep ed fo he B sh m ke s

no w c we fee c s ccessf ly compe e fo dve ses p o fo v ewe s . h s s no s mp y m e of ev ew ce scenes n o de o c e m o o e ede y ve es

ec e p d y c e h Me omed h d o h noe e y e o show he m e h o e nyw y ey ed

e s e ons p w eve wh ch h d h d y ex s edd s e ed co p e e y n d e co se eve e ed f omo w v d o p of S ng ir wh ch he h d

c d ed os n e ove sh of e m nd s ns w h e ve ch c e s who se ed he c cp s of d s c n e f om he conven on k d of

d d wh ch (f ly) p s o econs c h s o y he scene w c w s e k end fo he s scene h d eenc e e w s n emp o p some h of W les heve of e , ho h he sc p h d c ef yv d e en nce of W les fo c m c c momen wel ohe s o And he c d e h d een chop d o s

eve d d no v e ke o v ew he Wh 's he n ? e d M ke wo d s o o of he oom w vees

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Never ele p oned M e o ell o he v ew n and,w en e dn ow up, u e ed ha eve ould e nouc w m eve d dn do a e e and h wa he laraw eve ad al eady lo ed copy ook y unn n he

un ed m w hou M e pe m ion, a e ou eac o

p o ocol M ke ad een ea en n o e i name o heAme ican ver on and now e did o a e ed a e wa nen ely plea ed y my av one o ar a o v ew eAme can ape ho e ci c m ce u I aw my po on aein a e di e en om h ecau e eo e ica ly ll owedmy e vice o Me omed a ince i ad een a eed a I wou dmod y e na a on in w a eve way wa nece a o dy uphe n ne m nu e cu Hav een e ape I old eve a noon y ad e poiled e m e ad made non en e o ome o

and my opin on ad no even ucceeded n endin up wi home h n w ic ood a e e c ance w e ame owpu c cu no ce ( wa n S v w o wa doi orB uce or ale o C uck or Bo wa o e adve i ea ain) o oo ook my name o e Ame ican ver ion.

u e or e radin e an On e elep one I ed mya do en ma o demand d I mean eve a ked a ihe e h n we e done I would pu my name ack on e m Iold a wou d mean ha we wou d ave ome io a k a ou . He aid e would a k Ca ornia Cali o nia ar edo elen Wale a di appea ed rom e op o e lm e lacene wa re o ed e card ame wa pu ack in o i properorm and a num e o o her h we e pu ri ou I

wa do n a e we l and re ed e e ucce e o M kew o oweve ook a di e en v ew w ic e e pre ed wmuc mo e k ndne an e mu ave een eelin oward

me e way e aw i , Me omedia we e me in a ou wiour m and wa elpin hem e way I aw i Me romediaad e e a r o do ei wo and wa y oame iora e i e c o er I o e Ame ican m ack o w e ewe wan ed and i wa neve clo e enou e mo e i provedo Mike a i on y I ad e d Me omedia would a e

knuck ed under rame or rame. u e more a e wone more eviden my error.kep winnin . By Ap i e only a e a le ema n n wa

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one wh ch ha looke ost fro he be nn n he nc us on ore clus on of he ve characters he w nesses who spoke o thenarra or Once ore n os An eles, I a e y rs v s t to heMetro e a bu l n wh ch, as s the way w th portanA er can co pan es see e o be a useu of o ern ar

w h space e ou for bus ness. he art self ha apparent }been chosen o balance the a e of Me ro e a s pro uc s an ,f screene woul not have s oo an ear hly of co pe nsuccessfully for a vert ser support o e of was outs e anhe lar es p ece looke as f par of Voytek s se ha crasheo the roof Here e an a y R char Crenna R char

sa ha w hout he w nesses he scr pt he woul never haveaccep e he part he w tnesses brou h he narrator nto he

a w thou he Squar ng C r l woul no be he he ha a ee o ake. By he e we lef he bu n heonly outs an n q es on see e to be whether we wou usethe w tnesses as or al y e or save so e h n of he eaby keep n he os por ant w ness an reshoo n so ee ra b s w h Crenna an the rst W tness a one. (We hea er n En an repor e pro ress to M ke He was asa na ous as he coul be He n th nk was al c ouserely na ve

t s a s ress s tua on wh ch a ters tself an alters backa a n l ke one of hose opt cal us ons rawn to a use ch l reno e es y v ew s M ke s v ew ha Me ro e a k ew whahey were e t o ( ve or take a car a e an one shoulhave no further ruck w th the ev Bu os es theoverr n hou ht s tha t s ore portant t save wha canbe save han to le he take he h n ost

Bu on wha author y have ac e ? Authorsh p h s s

tr cky On one occas on ur n these ne ot at ons, teve e onstrate to e hat because of the nsert on of a co erc al breakwhere none e ste n the Br sh two of the scenes workebe er when they were ranspose As the author of the pa es nques on fe ha the r ht to a ree or sa ree an a reeBut, of course, the pa es we e no on er pa es b t b s of l

wh ch, as everyone knows, s a rec or s e u .Mon hs a o when t e cre t es were be n p anne M keu ne own he offer of A M ke Ho es an w th


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characterist c k ndness towards me suggested nstead A lm byM ke H dges and Tom Stoppard'. That m as transm tted onChannel 4 May 1984 m the one wh ch s c osest to thepresent text

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SQUARING THE CIRCLEd I 98 I

Fi m f r Te evis n


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N OREON D BR Z NE

EDWA IERBR Z NE S AIDEBA UNIA

SZYD AWO IE JA UZE SBAR I OWS I

A IE S IINANS YIRS E E R IAN

SE OND E E R IANIE SZ ZE ANS

JA E URON

ER MEIERE S SE RE ARYE N BAN ERER AN BAN ERSW SS BAN ERI

ARD NA YSZYNSS E AN O SZOWS IE WA ESARISONER

C ara

W A ESA I DRENDANUA W A ESAM ZOWIEMODZE EWS IM RIAN JUR ZYANDRZEJ W AZDAAN RU EWS IBU AB DAN IS

UD EAN MEMBERRIESUB I ROSE U ORSO IE BASSADORE AN S O ESM N

M RS A U OWOR ERAR Y O AMIE ZYS A W OWSDO ORAR Y M N

MINEROWI E NJARUZE SS SE RE ARYAR B S O OSE EM

WI ESSES A DES SE RE AR ES O I EMEN UARDS MO I ERS JOURNA IS S O O ERS WOR ERS R ES Sc


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r w s rs sm ed n M y 1 4 by TVS Thec s c uded:

NA TOR ch rd Cre LEONID B Z EV r nk M dd em ssEDW GIE K John neBABIUCH John Blu h lIA oy WOJCIECH JARUZE KI ch rd K ne JACEK KURON Don enderson LECH W ESA Be d lAN JURCZYK John oDRZEJ GWIAZDA Jon h Ad s

JAN RULEWSKI Tom k nsonMIECZYSLAW KOWSKI A ec McCowen

D r M ke od esPr du n D Voy ekD r f P ch e r h


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Part One: The First Secretary

EXT E HORE U ER Dp b a a S

na nd EDW RD GIEREKa ddlag d n n a r a a and la p o al ng al ngb aN R OR V r) Towards he end o July 19 0 Edward

erek F s Se re ary o he Pol sh Un ed orkersPa y wh h s o say he boss o Com un s Poland learsaw or h s a ual hol day n he Sov e Un on by he

Bla k Sea There he me (BREZHN rl dr d al ng ard GIEREK). eon d Bre h ev F s Se re ary o he Commun s

par y o he USS o and gra p a d r and

a r n b )

n a a mosphere o ord a y and omple e mu uaunders a d g he wo leaders had a rank ex hange ov ews

BREZHN Co ade! As your r ends and a l es he progressowards he ev able r umph o Marx s - en n sm we areon e ed deeply on erned by re en depar ures romLen s no s by Pol sh workers man pula ed by arev s on s elemen o he Po sh n el gen s a!

GIEREKComrade F rs Se re ary As your r ends and all es he prole ar a s s rugg e aga s n e a onalap al sm (G EREKd l n n n a v n )

N OR Vo ) a sn em o ou seC/ p NAR A ORn a l a n )

a ra) an s sn e la Sea ve y ng s ueex ep e wor s an e p u es e e was a bea

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B ez ev G e ek p ob bly k o ey ey p ob bly wo l ' ve bee we g o be c

J ly ose s co s l ce- p s oes w c yoge fo be g Co s le e T ey we e f e

2 EX SE SIDE SU ER DR OR: V i v r) s ppose o be o o yT r ar ga u br lla and l b g l ur d d nand v ing in a i ig l l ur d BREZHNEandGIEREKar aring b g l ur d Ha aiian ir andla T ar ungla T d n r pin d n i

li l purpl pap u br lla i ing u BREZH Ev r, i a nd d b r DES ar dr d indar ui T n i g ing p a ar a ui and ia ing a l pap n a i u ar d Pol .)A eve f yo go e ook of g ey p ob b y

' lk ke ravda e o bec se yo ' e e bossof e Co s P y of e Sov e U o f yo vego we y o e v s o s E s Ge y yos pply l es ve o go c oss Pol e Po s lw ywo ke s e o s ke yo o ' s y yo e ee yco ce e bo ep es f o Le s o s yop ob b y s y

BREZH E S u ing li a gang ) W e el s go g ow yo g ys? W o's g e co y? Yo o ee g e ve s? Yo wo k fo ce s go yo by e s o

s bec se yo ' e o yo eck ock o Geb ke s A e c b ke s Sw ss b ke s yo e ocko u o e e of glan a IDE r aid) s

o s o b l o s ?(T e DE pani r a nd u ing and dr pping ipap , bu ri a i n )

DE Z o s.BREZH E Triu p an l u ) Z o s of o bles!DE Zlo ys.

BREZH E R un ing n i ) Yo s

E SE S DE S ER RR OR T a ra) W o k o s?

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GIER K The rai way di srupt on of work ng no s was d ff rentBA IUCH Kania says this one is differentGIER K How much are they ask ng for?BABIUCHTwo thousand a mon h, but it s not the money th at

worries us

GIEREK It shou d It 's the money we haven't got( ar pulls in front h car door is being held open f t m )

BABIUCHAfter you, Comrade First SecretaryGIER K Thank you, Comrade Prime M nister

(BABIUCH takes GIEREK's bag fo him )BA IUCH A low me

(GIER K gets into the car foll ed by BA IUCH and the beachbag )

5 INT THE CAR NIGHTGIEREK and B IUCH inthe back seat GIEREK takes the bag omBA IUCH and searc s about in it du ng the na ation

NAR TOR (Voice e ) The Prime Minister is, of course, thehead of the gov ernment Today, and for severa days tocome his name s M r Babiuch. Apart from having a pr meminister, Poland has elections, a parliament and a head ofstate, much l ke Brita n or France or Ame rica(GIER Kjn s what he has been looking for in the bag-whichhe ha s to BABIUCH, who is suitab g ateful. )

GIEREK I've brought you some caviar

6 EXT PARTY HEADUARTERS. NIGHTh car draws up GIEREK and BA IUCH get out of the car an en t

the building he door is en d by a do o n. hi s p son is goingto pop up again in va o gu ses t hroughout he lm, so forsimplici s sake he will henceforth be refe ed to as the WITN SShe NARRATOR t s the frame

NARRATOR: ( o came a)T s is where t all gets d fferent frombourgeo s Western democracy n t e East, they have thewin ow ressing but the shop s run by t e Party Thro ghno inees and controlled elec ions the Party dominatesparliament and manages the machinery of the state, andthus s n a pos tion to f l ts cre trust of efend ng the

terests of the working people

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7 INT P RT HE U RTER NIGHTB IUCH a ing GIEREK s bag GIEREK sees NI ming ube ind an pauses s ab u in e bag s a e is ab e g eeNI wi an a aviaN RR TOR (V i e ve ) w h cav ar and l mous s

8 XT P RT HE U RTER NIGHTe N RR TOR as us nis ed add essing e ame a an

in p ed by e W TNWITNE A ch ap sho n y op n on h s p opl ar no

d rm n h s ar p opl w h b g r spons l s

N R TOR us ma g an o s rva onWITNE s no a fac or n v r saw h Pr s d n of Franca v anywh r on a b cycl a ng a salam sandw ch

N RR TORE cus m( am a) wor s l h s h Par y Congr ss abou2 d ga s who m v ry v y ars no coun ngm rg nc s l c s a C n ral Comm of abou 2m mb rs who m as and wh n o sup rv s Par y l cyo pl m n ha pol cy h C n ral Com i l c

9 NT POLITBURO EETING NIGHTN R TOR (V i e ve ) h Pol cal Bur au

( e a e ab u a d zen memb s e i bu n seenp a ing se ves a a a ge ab e in ude GIER KB BIUCH K NI Z DL K J RUZEL KI B RCIKOW KJ GIEL KI and FIN N K inansky is an inven edma w w dien nan e minis e s be ep esen ed in ne

a a ))h s is no a m ng of h Gov rnm n h s s hPol buro(GIEREK is e ai an e invi es K NI begin )

GIEREKComrad Kan a ?NI A Gdans n h L n n shipyard h y d mand

numb r on a wag ncr as of 2 zlo s a mon hNumb r wo r s a m n of sack d roub mak rs

Numb r hr , fam y a lowanc s ncr as d o h samv l njo d by po ic and s cur y forc s Numb r four

arl r r r m n Numb r v , a monum n ou s d h

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main gate GIE K A monument?K I Yes To the dead of 970 he st e spo esman s

obsessed with putti g up a monument. He was n thesh pya d dans 970 He s been a ested mo e than

on e for hold g demonst at ons outside the gate on theve sa y . A tually he's been a ested about ahund ed t mes fo one thing o anothe . The shipya dd e tor t ied to settle fo a plaque n the d ni g hal but hesists on a mo ument forty met es h gh

G EREKs he mad?

Z D K That's an dea .K I ( Z D K) NoG EREKWho s he?K I Walesa You ve met h .GIEREKWhen?K Ten yea s ago Afte the 970 r ots You went to tal to

e wo e s n the Balti ts-G EREKYesK I n dans there was a three man de egation. Wa esa was

one of them Mousta he. He d dn't spea You emembehim?

G EREKNoK I Well th they d settle fo the money and the

reinstatements Enough of them would ayG EREK k t ard FI K )

FI K The e s al eady mo e money than there a e g ds tospend t on The situat on s at onary, and would bemo e so f we did not eep food heap art ia y Thefa e buys bread to feed the pigs be ause it is heapethan the wheat he se s to us Then we buy the pigs for 30z otys per ki o and we sell the but her's por for 70 zlotysSu h subsidies are osting us3 billion z otys a yea As amatter of fa t the same money wou d pay ou nterest toWestern ban ers th s yea

GIE K ( K I ) We annot give way on the money t buysnothingI It buys ti e

G EREKAre you an e ono st?

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NIA have been o Gdan kGIEREKf we g ve way on he money in Gdan k Gdyn a wi l

demand he ame hen Sz ze n. ll p ead eve whe e.NIA So will he e i we don t top tZ DLAKSend in he poli e he ta e e i y . .

NIA he e no p bli d o de .Z DLAKA ike a pub di o de . n fa i egal. f hepoli e an handle t end in he a my

member tu gen a t ard JARUZE K w i ingenera uni )

JARUZE K o do wha ? aid in 970 tha wouldn o de

Pol h oldie to hoot Poli h wo ke .Z DLAKBu hey d d hoo . he a y and he po i e. And thee wen ba k o wo k

JARUZE KNo a l of themZ DLAKA l of hemJARUZEL KINo he one who we e dead

GIEREKhe M ni e of Defen e i quite ight We mu noepeat De embe 970 And if yo emembe , he men ihe h pya d did not go ba k to wo k n i wen to a k ohem. anua y 7 he blood ain we e i on the t eet .had been Fi Se e a y fo one month. he pi ket a

he gate d dn e ognize me had o te hem who wa . not o u p i ing. When did he a ty leade eve ome

o debate with he wo ke fa e to fa e on hei owng o nd? And we alked. told hem how I had wo ked inthe m ne n Belgi m and F an e With he e hand . aido hem help u he p me m a wo ke oo. We an ta t

again. to d hem he e wa going o be a new p i A newPo and. A i h oland. Bu the poi on got ba k n o they em. ( e p e y) Wha doe one do . . ?

KAN AWe ve t he phone ine f om Gdan kGIEREKNo- t i e to be f ank We have o e l he o nt y

what going on.JARUZEL KIEve ybody en to the fo eign adio tation

they know what' going on.G ER K f hey know we an affo d to be f ank We mu

e pla n the ho tage . the dange of inf a ion wemu appeal to pa ioti m and ommon en e

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BAB UCH ( ub u )Do you real y think ?G E e mu t o cour e accept ome o the b ame On the

ra o a d telev on tonightBAB UCHi l you do t?G ERE Me? No you're the Pr e Min ter

I . E S E N GHTn w d e bur mee ng n nue n e n gw BAB UCH w er pre and a k ng n ae n e w re e bur are wa ng e

e e ng a d n a ed e are ened up

and g a e are ed ab u e u BA UCH n e e nbu pee m y aud b e wa paper r e am a raveBAB UCH:t ha to be ad itted that i the pa t we have not

alway managed to dea e cien y w th economicd cu t e The pub c ha not been g ven u c ento a ion about our t ouble about the tate o the

economy and the g owing problem a and when theycurred e have not prepared our elve u cient y orthe d cu t e wh ch we hould have een a nev tab eEven today not everyone real ze what our countryeconom c tuat on ike To put it b untly our country'ndebted e ha reached a t which mu t not on yaccou t be over tep d e have been living anddeve opi g on credit Stopp g work not only ha thena ona economy it a o turn aga n t the work ng claand work g op e in genera damag g their vitantere t The op nent o Peop e' Po and are t ing tou e the atmo phere o ten ion and emot on or their ownl tical end putting o ard logan and ugge tion

which have nothi g in com on with the a pirat on o thewor g cla( u ng )

N A ( G ERE What do we do t d n't work?G ERE e cou d t another pr me m n ter

N A Ser ou ly we have to make them an o erG ERE How much?AN A:Fi teen hundred and the rein tatement o

troub e maker and the monument

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G E : l hey set le?A: Y

G E : All ight I m go g home I don't wa t to be cal edexcept i eme gency ( in at BAB UCH tte i n ) Th i fo Com ade B ezhnev

B UCH: ( n te i n) he o ld i watchi g u , wonderinghow we ca ma age n the e d cult moment

NT N G a in a e a te i n et B UCH ntinuing tpeak

BAB UCH ( n te i n)e have e iable al ie who a o woabout ou t ouble a d believe hat we will be ab e toove come them ou elve They wi h u ucce om thebottom of he hea t( m ng t pe e in t a are t NAR TOR a tW ESS )

NAR TOR: ( am ra) Po and' eliable ally he neighbou tothe ea t had been a watch u and th eatening p e encence 945

W TNESS: 7( NAR TOR ab ut t pr te t )Al ight 720but no late You won t unde ta d Polandattitude to u ia unti you unde tand ome Po i h hi to yhi won't take long

NAR TOR:I hope note W TNESS rea e v t an adja t tab e r a ba ket

breadr w i e tip n t i tab e e pu e t ebread r t get i t e m dd e t e tab e.)

W NESSNobody except the o e e embe that fo 3 yeathi wa the bigge t a d f ee t cou t y i M ddle Eu ope,panni g the cont ent f o the Ba tic a o t to the B ack Seaand eaching hu d ed of i e ea t into mode n iau ia g eatne came at ola d and wa achieved atPo and expen e Du ing the eightee th ce t y, o andca e de u ian do i atio . hi a a ed the othe g eatpowe , Au t ia a d P u ia, o in Cathe i e the G eatgave a bit of Pola d to each of the to keep them q iete deta e a up e bread r pu g t e a a


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ouple more ' outhh s w s th st of t t ons w ch w o

d sm mb r co n b h nd of c n hs nd rds of t im ol nd h d b r d t onsq d now b w n r m ro s n 793 R ss nd

ss d c d d o c t ol nd down o se eparate t o read roll to the 'ea and t o m e to the' e hi leave hal a do en read roll in t middle o theta le )o nd wh w s f of b l d nd n 795 ow r blocks nish d th ob.

e pu he t o roll to the ' e t o to the 'ea and t o tothe ' outh h e are none le t in the middle.)ol nd d s r d Of co s h r w r st n l lo

of ol s ro nd nd wh n N o on t rn d o ch l nh ow s l n mb s of th m o n d his i s.h w rd w s th ch of W s w 807

e place a in read roll in the middle o the ta le ) l s d s lon s N ol on s d And wh n th vic orsm in i nn to c v th m R ssi ot h r .e pu he the read roll to the 'ea .)o h nd d rs f th ol nd w s m nl n id

k t v b n nd r ro nd hom nd r bro dTh riod of rom nt c xi .

NARRA OROh s h ndsom o n m n n c c ffs lth i no ris . wond r d

W ESS h w r w it n for mir c . h mir ch n d i 9 8 with h sim lt n o s co s of thR ssi n A stri n nd G rm n m ir s. Th victors m t t

s ill s nd t o nd b ck on th me pu he t o read oll rom 'ea ' e and outh into

the middle o the ta le.)n 920 th o d n m now own s Sovi t ssv d d nd w s r ls d o nd s rviv d nt l th N i

Sovi t ct in 939e di ide the ix read oll and pu he them ea ande .)Th thi v f l o t it r ost Th i s m t Y to

c rv th m nd Ch rch nd oos v lt t St in

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k e es ee ead ol f ' es 'eas ) c c fo b d o Yo don

b k of b d o o t on c f b n o ndow v now b o k of 945

N TOR o a a) w o do k w o d n n no n 948 of b d ow n t d y wo n n

956 o c d off wo k n c vol w c f d d nd b o o k b ck fo o wo k fo n

o k nno nc d f d c c nd o c d off wo k vo n t c n 970 No on knowow n d d o n cb o down o k d v d dw d k

INT GIEREK ROOelep one n n s GIEREK m es h ou he ame

N TOR: Vo e ove ) n o b nd n n976 k nno nc d f d c c w

k k b ck d down o b tt t n n wo ol d w o n b ok n 980k nno nc d food c nc w k

R w y n c o d on of t l n n o R o to no w on of t l n o o ndk w nt o t ck o m t n v On A

4t n n y d Gd n k c o d down G kw o t n xt d y o b o m t m M tb c w n on t v on k w nt to t co no n t t c w ov(GIEREK ans e s he elephone e l s s or a momen san ed )

GIEREK: n o phonYo o d m t y wo d t

3 INT P RT HE DQU RTERS (POLITBURO) Dhe ol uro s mee n a a n.

NI : w b c A m jo ty t h y d vot d tond th t k Th y w n ck by d c el m nt.SZ DL K R c on y Yo m n c on y e men .


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N A: The sh pya s ng back to keep so dar ty with theplaces st l on s e

G R K: hak s h s h ad impati nt ) So dar tyN A: I said th s one was ot e the othe s Now we e no

longe ea ing w th a shipyar but a comm ttee ep ese t g

50 pl ts d facto iesSZ LAK: u ous ) The scum want to set up an n e enttra e un on! They em n abolition of censorsh p- accessto t e me a-Th s is not a st e It's a bloo y muti y!

GI R K: ha ly) It s clea that the o cia tra e un ons havelost touch w t t e aspi ations of thei membe sh p You

have fo fe te t ei t ustSZ LAK u s d What ind of l guage is that?G R K: You have let us own Com ade! calm )

Inde nde t u io s a e of cou se out of the questi n Butefo m yes ooks dir ct at SZ AK) A refo of theof c al unions o KANIA)Now I w have to ta k to them

N A: Do you want me to come wit youG R K: No on TV o BAB UCH)My tu

4 NT. T L S ON S U OG R K sp aks to a sin l t l v s on cam a s appa tly n h so c s tt n at a d sk th o c ookcas hind himG R K: I would l ke to say as frank y as c that we are aware

that qu te apart f om many objective factors m stakes conomic policy have playe an mpo tant part Weunderstand the working people s tiredness and impatiencew th the troubles of every ay life the shor ages thequeues he rise in he cost of living

u cam a has tilt d sl u to nd t o L R ANSstandin on a ant lookin d n on G R K )

F RS R AN th nk ve seen t s before S ON R AN Typ ca bloody August no h ng u

re ats cu to a dff nt an l of G R K talk n to th t l sion

cam a. s h s ma on a mon to in atc d yMA S PANSK )G R K m n to u s r k s o no ange an ing for ee r er we mus d ano h r way We mus do

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fo Poland s sak .h the o GIEREK peech e pau e a moment a

then ela e a SZCZEPANSKI app oache h mSZCZEPANSKI:Good . .v y good. Cong at lat ons, Com ad

F st S c ta y

GIEREK:Thank yo .G EREK athe n up h pape e tand up.SZCZEPANSK :y th way what d d yo th nk of th bookcas ?

GIEREK look eh nd h m a the ookca e h ch n een toe a ake at moved a de y t o PROP MEN

GIEREK:N c . V y n c

I 5 INT SZCZEPANSKIS O CESZCZEPANSKI m n cockta lSZCZEPANSKI:Edwa d do th gs look bad?GIEREK:Fo yo , yo m an?SZCZEPANSKI:Fo m ? Why fo m ? T y and com o t th s

w k nd lax a l tt .GIEREKHow many ca s do yo hav Mac j?SZCZEPANSKICa s? don t know Who s co nt ng?G EREKKan aSZCZEPANSKI:Kan a? And what do s h mak t?G EREK:E ght nSZCZEPANSKI: E ght n? W ll, Com ad yo know . as

Cha man of th Stat Comm tt fo ad o and TV on hasto g t abo t.

GIEREK:How many ho s s? An a oplan A yacht. A h a thcl b staff d by yo ng wom n w th n s a q a cat ons.Y s Com ad an a has a on yo

SZCZEPANSKI:That h s ob.GIER KY s. H ndo bt d y has a on m too How m ch

was that tt ob ct yo p s nt d m w th on my s tyfth b thday?

SZCZEPANSKI:W , t was go d. A ght who b t yoco nt y ho s ? Tw nty th m on otys W s v thPa ty. Th Pa ty wa ds s What do yo say Edwa d?

G EREK: th nk b b sy th s w k nd

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6 NT KURONS LAT N GHTAC K KURON and G R M K are wa hing G R K on a el i ion eG R K n el i n) emp s by i es nsib e ind v dua s

and ana chic an i soc a ist g oups to use s oppages fopo i ica ends and o inci e tens on a e a dange ous aspect of

ecen even s a p an s on he Gdansk coast . .(G K on inue bu he NARRATOR o e ake er )N TOR V i e o e )Jacek Ku on who now o s he s o

had a s ategy fo f eedom in a Com unist s a e - pay ipse vice o Pa y u e wh e o ganizing into se f gove n ngg oups i e un ons.

G M K I th nk he s a king about you Jacek.7 NT G R KS O C N GHT

e ee wha i apparen he udio book a e bu he m ddle of i ia on ealed door whi h n open G K ome hrough hebook a e o hi de k and we ee ha behind him h e i ano h

o e w h a S CR TARY a a de k he phone on G R K de k nging G K pi k i up e li en for a m mG R Lock up

8 XT STR T NIGHTKURON and G M K are walking d he eeNA OR: Voi e o er) Back n he si ies Ku on was a ad ca

Ma ist ca ing fo a evo u iona y wo ke s s a e. ThePo ish Un ted Wo ke s Pa y d d no app eciate h andpu in gaoKURON in er a ion bur u laughing )

KURON he ful ) Now m ehabi i a ed But m stfo owed by the po icehe am a ra k wi h hem and nd h NARRATOR in he

f e ound.)NA TOR o am ra) The Po sh in e ec ua s p ayed no pa t

in he ebe on 970wh ch b ought Edwa d G e ek towe But n 76 when G e ek had o su v ve he stebe ion o is own Ku on and o e s shocked by heb uta ce ep ess on fo med the Wo ke s DefenceCom ttee( ra k ng aga n w h URON:)


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t ese ountries are mem ers o t e nternationa onetaund so t e money does not ome wit out strings We are

in a position to insist on ertain ontro s n your ase weave no ontro

S SS BAN R Your e ports are eing it now wit t ese

strikes F NANS ( ha T e strikes are in response to t e pri ein reases w i we were eft i no dou t wou d e we ometo ou gent emen w en we egan t ese present negotiations

R CAN BAN R ( o h n ghbour We isn t t atsome i g? f Po and goes down e drain it be t e fau tof C ase an attan

20 NT X CUT AS ROOM AG R u ng a wa h ba n h h look n o h m n fronof h m h wo w ll-dr d w ll ha d w ll- oom d m bof h ol buro JAG LS and BARC O S h ar a ngr p ful b h h , for n on. G R bu h m w hoap an wa wh l h alkG R : ( o AG LS n t e Leni s ipyard t ere is a strike

ommittee representing 380 p a es of workJAG LS ra h br n u

Yes we tried to sp it t em wit separate dea s but t eyweren t avi g t at ( o BARC O S T ere are 25 onstrike i Sz ze i now You wi d a strike ommitteewaiting to negotiate

JAG LS Ka ia says i Gdansk t ey ave a ist of sixteendemands

G Twenty one We w en ey add t e moon it wi bewenty two

BARC O S s t at w at we promise t em?G Just end t e strike ( o JAG LS You did it wit t erai way workers i Ju y You an do it wit t e s ipyardG R du k d n o wa h h fa

2I . NT T SAM

G R ra gh n w h now d and y ng up h . nh m or h AG LS and BARC O S r u ng n n dff n hap un ha n look ng a hough h had l p n h

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e , ex edBAR n S n t y mak t ty s d mands

b nn n w t f nd p nd nt pa t sG R You m an un onsBAR : No Pa t s Po t a pa t s

G R T s s b om n ot squBAR O to d t m ad om to d s uss wo k svan s not an ov t ow of t po t a syst m T y

a pt d my po ntG R GoodBAR O : And t y to d m t at t st van s t at

t of a un on do s not p s nt t wo k s nt stT d mand fo f un ons s nt a abso ut y nt aT wo k s spok sman n S n s a v t an of 970Ma an Ju yk a st on Cat o H d mands a so t atSunday Mass s b oad ast on stat ad o H s tou vqu t a d W n a v d d d not v n tu n my

t H sa d t s a ou d mands T atmosps sob un nt n No jou na sts no am as

JAG L Gdansk s a us T n ot at ons a a oomw t a ass wa On t ot s d of t ass t aund ds of p op No not a us a oo S o s of

p oto ap s And v wo d w sp ak s b oad a t aov t s pya d Wa sa do s most of t ta k n H s

f nd y no t tua but s a p and as t wo k sb d m a footba o

BAR T s tuat on s v st an - som of t s aou own p op r member ! You und stand mCom ad F st S ta y T Pa ty ts f s unstab(G R BAR O JAG L e e e w r m e

N n e r e f w r m en n ppr e em r d p f G R )NARR T R (V e er)G k s f on n now was to

ma nta n t Pa ty n -( e TN , b e n ng e w -b n k p n em r n e p ng e NARRA OR pee w ke f

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22 INT SZCZEPANSKIS O CE NIGHThere are u of a par go ng ne do SZCZEPANSK

d nk ng brood ng a one wa h ng G EREK m u h ng l l ele on ng a r e n rol he he on a deo re d ande ek mage repla ed b a m ld p g aph lm eanwh le

he N TOR heardN TOR V e A cr s s meet ng of the Centra Com ttee ma e a ra at c show of c ean g o t the stab es FourPo tb ro members were sacke nc u ng the Pr me M n ster an the of c a tra es n on ch ef There was as taneous purge of Party men n h gh govern ent sts,

nc ng the Cha rma of the State Com ttee for a oan Te ev s on G erek was spare , confess ng to SZCZEPANSKI he he ele on e ba kGIEREK

GIEREK: n el on . . errors, ncons stenc es, e ays anhes tat ons We owe a apo ogy to those comra es whopo nte out eg ar t es, who tr e to o someth ng abo tthem he o e door e n rea ng he ound of he par mu par g a GIRL en

G R : Come on, Mac ej the party s starte w thout youSZCZEPANS I:No t s over

23 I TELE IS ON STU O he we don kn f we are n he ele on ud o orek a ual o e. G ER K a h de k he book a e beh nd

h m e ha e den l ju n hed addre ng he am a. e lookha ed b p l he mo e h ha r ba k h he book a e

wh h opple

24. INT G EREKS O ICE. N GHTN G ER K a h real de k w h he real book a e beh nh m. G EREK den a he of h e her mu .G EREKWhat w the ss ans o?N TOR Vo e The s ng e most mportant factor un er

y g Po an s n e n ence was nee ess to say-

ESS Vo e The Ch rcheh nd GIE EK he book a e do he SECRETAR

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how ng n CAR NAL Y K )

2 N . CA N GHhe NARRA OR and he N are ng a a af able.NARRA OR o N ) The Chu ch?

The Chu ch ech Wa esa wea s the B ack Madonnaof Cz st howa on h s coat The ng of Po andconsec ated the nat on to he as ecent y as 16 6 and justthe day befo e yeste day when fo the who e of then neteenth centu y the e was no such p ace the Po es ca edthe count the Ch st among nat ons and n the Chu ch

they kept a ve the p om se of esu ect on As w th theTsa s so w th Sta n The yea s of te o d sc ed ted thepo t ca gua d ans of the nat on state and so the mo aeade sh p fe to the Chu ch Fo the ast th ty two yea sthat has meant to Ca d na Wyszynsk .

26. N G R K O C N GHe p k up he ho a Y N K be ng h n n o he room.NA OR Vo e ) mp soned and


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GI K e ing Then save Polan . .WYSZYNSKI ge up and lea e he room.)

27 I ANT R M CONTINUATIONKANIA wai ng ou ide

IA o SZYNS ) How is he?SZYNSKI Be e han I have seen hi fo a long meNIA: His ne ve has goneSZYNSKI:If you like

KANIA:C you help?SZYNSKI:The Chu ch oes no esis an ap al I wi l p each

on Tues ay I is he Feas of he B ack Ma on a ofCz s ochowa. I will speak as I mus fo he igh s ofwo ke s.

NIA: These s es ha m he na ion We can fu l eve yem a once

SZYNSKI I wi l speak he whole u h.

NIA: How many will hea you?SZYNSKI My voice ca iesKANIA:Wi h you pe m ssion I will assis i wi h elevision

came as.W SZYNSKI:No wi h my pe m ssion

28 INT ARTY H UART RS O ITBURO) AYhe oli buro mee ng GI R K n h u l pla e BABIUCH

and SZY AK ha e gone wo o h ol buro member anonmoo a far a we are o ed ha e al o been a ked and here arehree fa e rou he able )NIA: We a e no longe alki g abou he Bal c po s The e

a e s ikes in W oclaw Wa saw e s eel wo ks inhe mi es of Silesiahe door op a KANIA peak ng o adm a la e om

S FAN O SZO SKI O SZO SKI w hou emon re po oNIA )

O SZO SKIWha abou he a my?KANIA:We come Com ade OlszowskARUZ SKIWelcome back Com ade Olszowsk

he M MB RS ge up gen al and hake O SZO SKI haand wel ome h m ba k. O SZO SK down )


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NIA: Co gratulat o s o your r l ct o . How was B rOLSZOWSKI: ( ng d n)Th G a s th k w 'r soft If w

o t act ow w th troops c s ary w s rv what wg t( e look d re l a JARUZ LSK )

ARUZ LSKI:Y s. But ot y tOLSZOWSKI:WhARUZ LSK :Wh th r s o alt r ativ

OLSZOWSKI:Wh s thatJARUZ LSKI:I o 't k ow. I' t ll you.OLSZOWSKI:N xt w k N xt y ar

JARUZ LSKIIt p s o th mOLSZOWSKI: n hemJARUZ LSKOh y s W must g v th m what th y ma a

th t p s o th m. Th y w ll r g us to t s owly orqu c y ut w 'l g t th r you hav my guara t

OLSZOWSKI: ( o G R K)Comra First S cr tary

GI R K ( o JAGI LSKI)Comra Jag lski . go ack to

G a sk a sig .

29 X G ANSK SHIPYAR AYhere a large d of no , eleb a ng O K WORK RS and

man ele a ed abo e hem he houlder of h fell w kerWAL SANAR OR (Vo e o e )Jag lski a L ch Wa sa s g thG a sk Agr m t o Aug st 3 st Th im ssi ha taksixt ays Th i vita l was goi g to tak sixt mo ths


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Pa t Two ol dar t

30 NT PR SON AYJACEK KURON relea ed from a pr on ell b wo GUAR S.NARRATOR: Vo e o erT e piece of pape signe in G ansk

gua antee muc mo e t an an in epen ent t a e union tspelle out t e ig t to st e, f ee om of exp ession, t eb oa cast ng of Mass, economic efo ms, me ical, o singan welfa e bene ts, pensions an he POL CE N le d KURON along he a alk

t e feeing of polit cal p sone s

KURON and h ESCOR alk along a o dor l ned h ellrom one of he e a PR SONER hou a h mPR SONER:Hey, K on s it j st t e bloo y intelligentsia w o

a e being let o t? ve e ist ib te mo e p ope ty t anyo 'll eve see

NAR TOR: Vo e er Ku on went st a g t to G ansk Fo twoeca es t e ama of is ntellect al life a been t eattempt to sq a e t e Co unist c cle insi e t eco ne stones of emoc at c socialism, an now t e s owa sta te wit out m

EXT. STREET G ANSK) AYALESA om ng d n he ree n a m of people, mo lJOURNAL STS ome h no ebook and o e h ape re order am r h e a er b and gen al p bl are al o d a n o he

m h h qu e a large r d o people al oge her, h r or for a ra ell ng pre onfer e h he q e on d r bu ed a onghe OURNAL STS, om e ho ed f he f nge of he QUES ONLec w at a e yo going o o ne t?ALESAEat inne .QUEST ONW a s yo d eam


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SA: For Polan to e PolanQU ST ON:What oes that take?

SA: To eat nner To speak what we t ink To come ango as we please

QU STION:Are you a Ma st?

A SA: How o I know? I never rea a ookQU STION:W at s your a ge?A A: ( u hing h badg n hi lap l) The Black Ma onna of

Cz stochowa t e hol est shr ne n Polan Here have ap cture of her -( ha ll pho og aph of h adonna whi h h ha ou

a wal )QU STION:What s your ma task?A SA To keep t e movement togetherQU STIONWhy are you the lea er?A SA: I'm the cha an m not a ctator May e a

e ocra ic ctator

QU STION:W at o you want to e?SA: When I was an electr c an I wante to e the estQU STIONat s t e rst th g the un on has to o?A SA: Surv ve.QU STION:Who s he greatest anger, uss a o the

Par y?A SA: Ne er Our greatest anger s ourselves We must

learn restra t an patience or we l tear ourse ves apartQU STION:Do you w t to over row he Party?A SA No- I w t e Party to e strong an to e ust A

weak party woul e isastrous I woul have to jo n tQU STIONIsn t t e union a challenge to the P rty?A SA: The workers chal enge e selves They et themselves

own.QU STION:Do you want to go to A er ca?A SA: I want to go ever here an w th Mother Mary on my

coat I will But now I want to go home As a hus an anfather I also want to e t e est Also as a lover I have schil ren an my w fe won t forg ve me for get ng m e up

n this I w ll have to g ve her a seventhHe e t at g h e the .QU S ON ech - are you scared?


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ere were many more than these But t sorts tse f out keth s . .The nte ectua s who formed themse ves around the un onas uno c a adv sers nc uded Kuron . Geremekthe stor an Mazow ecki a rad ca Catho c

jou a st . and Modze ews who had gone to gao w thKuron n 967 when the two of them both rad caCommun sts and ecturers at Warsaw Un vers ty hadwr tten an open etter attacking Party ru e Mazow eckibecame So dar ty s press spokesman. Jurczyk a storemaned the str kers at Szczec n Gw azda was the man

rhaps c osest to Wa esa A owing for s mp edemarcations Gw azda and u ewski who ed one oft e reg ona branches of the un on were rad ca s who wereto come nt conf ct w Wa esa s more moderate ine .L s person ed one of t e paradoxes of the s tuat on for hewas a member of t e Commun st Party Bujak was the

u on s eader n Warsaw . and there were others et ese whose names the outs de wor d never d d get r ghtbecause

36. XT SH PYA AYNARRATOR (V ice) - the persona ty cu t grew

sensationa y-around a 37 year o d e ectr c whosecombative streetw se sty e had marked h m out ong eforehe c ed over the stee fence of the Len n sh pyard andfound himse f famous(WA ESA has bee wa ki g thr ugh the shi ard, ca i g ayard high m de f the da sk em ria e eeted as des by ORK RS, a d eeti gs are sh uted at him fr mdista t perches cra es a d ga tries. WA ESA ack edgesthe treatm t ike a s ar.)He ked the attent on n months to come e wou d e onscores of magaz ne cove s and trave as far as Japanmeet ng the great t ca sed resentment ns de So dar tyut that was ater

O AR M ROOM. O A OA SA, ca g t m de f he m a , t s the r m e sees

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KURON th e and sh uts t a ds himWA ESAJ cek they et you out do you w nt to m ke

speechKURONt 's you evolut on You te l us wh t you w nt us to do

he meeting sett es d wn ar un WA ESA. WALESA puts the

m de f the m ria the tab e )WA ESAWe h ve to m ke n o g n t on Sudden y eve yoneh s f ee un on All ove the count y they e s y ng, we llh ve the s me s Gd nsk, th nk you ve y much I don'tk ow M ybe the e should be no cent l t on; just sep teu ons

MAZOWIECKI:No. You h ve to be n t on l, othe w se the P tyw ll p ck you off p ece by p ece-GEREMEK:o b e k down nto ch os t y g to de l w th you

sep tely You h ve to h ve d ogue, not gene cketgo g on St b l ty D sc pl ne

W ESA: So n t on l comm ss on ep esent ng ll the eg ons

MAZOWIECKI:R ghtWA ESA:Yes - yes you e ght - we h ve to ct s one.BUJAK:You me n f we w nt to st e n W s w we h ve to come

to Gd nsk fo pe m ss onWA ESA:Yes-de te y-GWIAZDA:Wh t e we go ng to be An lte n t ve bu e uc cy

A Pol tbu oWA ESA:How we use ou utho ty s up to us f we e f we

w l use t f ly. Fo the goo of GWIAZDA:Th t's P ty l ngu ge, Lech.W ESA: No, t's the l ngu ge of democ cy, sto en by the P ty

We e wo ke s' movement, not mob Loc l st kes musth ve m jo ty t f cto y level st, nd then they must bet ed by m o ty t the N t on l Co ss on n Gd nsk

JURCZYK:Wh t s th s Gd nsk- Gd nsk- Gd nsk We h d st e t S c ec n. e lso h d membe of the Pol tbu o onh s k ees e lso s gned n g eement We h d eve yth ngyou h d except fo e gn ou n l sts, nd you shou d h ve toldhem to m nd the own bus ness ke we d d

WALESAI don t c e f the N t on l Comm ss on meets nS c ec n o K tow ce t c n meet n d fe ent pl ces t c nmeet n hot b l oon fo ll c e


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l ng r volu ion. Th Pa y must k p h a ng rol .IS: m s ll a P y m mb r L nin sai h unions w r h

conn ction b tw n th Pa y h work rsU ON An w th a union control by th Par y h r s no

probl m But an uncont oll union r v rs s h cu nt of

w r Th Par y won t forgiv t w l g v up groun tak ts t , but n th n th y st l hav h po ic anth s cur ty forc s So go slowly. You can w littl byl tt , but r m mb r, f you os you w ll os ov rnightnap h ng ) L k thatv ne b ed by th he am a k f m fa e t

fa e WA ESA k ng at the m de f the m a URONapp a he h m )WA ESAL k at s, Jac k t s going to b forty m tr s h gh,

outs th gat W us to show up th r v ryD c mb r W th ston s n our su tcas s W mak a l ttlmonum nt an h pol c woul k ck t ov r an tak us

away Th y won t k ck th s ov r n a hurryURON: v a ways sa that work rs shoul n t ct a rs t mak s t too asy for th Party to nt fy th n my

WA SA:W hav saf ty n numb rs Thousan s anthousan s ar o n ng Party m mb rs too Th yun rstan . W r not an oppos t on W r r form rs ThParty n s r form g mor than anybo y s Don tworry W hav m on m mb rs

URON m e at th )s w hav a onum nt Now say w hav

m l on m mb rs

38 N AR AM N DAhe ut t the memb f the tbu wh appea t be tt ng n thed k f a u t m. he e a e twe ve f them, n ud ng RARUZ S AN A NA S N OWS the me n t andOLSZOWS . R ab ent he d k a tua y the tbuben h n pa ament.S A R ON What w hav w tn ss n G ansk o ra s s

an attack on t stat o gan by anarch sts an antsoc al st groups-h g eeted ff ee by ud p te t


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eco o c licy s u te to t e Ambas o s job East Be l Now t e Ce a Comm ttee a b oug tback T e e was a a l e t e Pa ty a Olszowsks ke o it

O ZOWS Moscow says t e e a e o i e e t efects i esocia ist system it s i t e weak ess o t e lea e s( u the d a m Moscow t East Berl ) A as o t eGe s ( e ee s bac as the G nea b h s ea ut )

41. NIG

he N ATOR and the W E a e at a tab e p ay ng chess tse t be the W E s m e e ng at t b a dN TOR ( came a)But t e Ce t a o ttee ot

a va ce Stefan Olszowski t was not t e moment to attackon t e eft

W E y is t always chess?

NAR TOR Ug wel you k ow it symbo izes W E T ese o es wi o se s ea s a e ey t e o esw c ca um ove t i gs?

NAR TOR:You e g itW E : SoN TOR: ( ca a) T e moo was fo refo m e ewal

ot g too l be a but o co se vat ve back as Ami e of t e oa appa atch w t a toug backg ou secu ity but w t not g of t e zealot about woul oKa a a t e job by 2 a m

4 KR ML N AYBR ZHN and a S CR TARY n an ce BR ZHN s standinga c be ng measu ed by a TAILORBR ZHN : (d ctat ng)Dear Kan a- get t gs back to no al or

we l be ow on you ke a ton of b cks ea t at backS CR TARYDea Comra e Kan a t e wo k ng op e of e

Soviet U o know you as a staunc c amp on of t eeop le s t ue te ests t e i ea s of ommunism t est e gt en ng of t e lea ng ole of t e Party an t econso at on of soc al sm in t e Po s Peop e s epub c( t g es i e that but we fade him ut )


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NA ATOR: (V ice ) Bu Kania, n h s rst pub s ement,p e ge h se f o he sp of G nsk

43 KAN AS O CE DAYA is behin his desk

A ( came a) The Par y w reform tse f, workers wwork, he ti ens w have more free om, the newsp rsw repo the fa s, r o w bro as Mass, he h ksw be sa ke , o uption w be s ampe ou , an Po anw be n h rge of her own es i y hroughou It s ago ng o be a r gh

CA E DAYh NARR TOR an the TNESS a e n p aying ca dsTN SS Tw st

( he NARRATOR dea s him a ca d )NARRATOR ( came a)But t w s b uff n K

knew tTNESS Bus

5 NT AN AS O CE AYAN A is behind his desk as bef eAN A The Sov et Un on supp es us w th our ru e o ,

po sh, n ron ore, n 8 per ent o our n ur g s nour t mber The August s r kes h ve ost us ons oo ys n hey aren n she A over he p e workers

h ve ught G nsk se se An over the p e the ts of the P rty pp r tus n the o un on re gg ng n

g nst wh t they n n so st se out t s no go ngto be p n

6 T ST OR S G ANS Aa e w ers n f eg unam a dr ps ake in s ee w s as ga es are s u .NAR OR i e er) The whee o re o w s mov ng so

s ow y th t o g ve t shove the un on nnoun e tokenone hou s r ke or O tober 3r W th week to go theSo y e e sh p me to W rs w to pp y egreg st on


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( t g ff )

47 NT COURTR M AYWAL SA a n n the r mA d r pe and N A ent .N A: Comr e W les

( h ke n )WA SA Congr ul ons Comr e F rs Secre ry on youre ev on

N A: Likew se Ple se s own Comr e Comr e W eswhen w s elec e F rs Secre ry ol he Cen r lCommi ee h n en e o use he collec ve w s om ohe people A s r ke s no he c o w s om

WA SA:A s opp ge or one hourN A: Bu mill on people even or one hour s provoc ve

symbol o our ll esWA SA: 's go g o be 3 ll on Comr e F rs Secre ryN A: 'm rying o help yo bu h ve susp c ous n ngry

people beh n meWA SA:Th 's my pos on lso

N A thump the ta e an y )KAN A:The prole r c nno c e o he P r y wh -

( e c ect h m ef e p e are ng nt the r m he tweg n wh pe ng. )

n he ic orsh p o he prole r he P r y mus h vehe le g role

WA SA We ccep hKAN A:Bu you h ven' s so n he leg l s u e wh ch h ve

been epos e w h he W rs w Prov nc l Cour .WA SA:We h ven s so bec use we re no pol c l

org n on The le ng role o he P r y s no h g o ow h us

KAN AThe le ng role o he P r y s o o w h everybo yWAL SATo cknowledge n he s u es w u d be pol c l

cKAN ATo refu e o cknowle ge s pol c l c

N we ee that the m fu f pe p e. )WA SA:The n epen ence o he ree r e un on Sol d r y sno nego ble We re w ng or he dec s on o he

Cour Then we w ll know h s g me s hones

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( se up n a JUJU : The eg s a on of he n e n en a e un on

So a ty s allowe .( n the r se sh t A A s es b ey at G AZDA whh h s up h s han as f t say t s fast )

But, he sta u es of e union a e mo e o lu e ea knowle geme of he l ng ole of theA SA: The Cou has no we to al e e s atu es!

G AZDA ( u us y A SA Now w ll you bel eve me! We' eeal w ga gste s!

48. XT BA CONY DAYe see a ne up f th PARTY BOSS S ust heads an sh sab e the parapet h are dressed ke gangst s h k utfr nt p ss b y r ng a parade and k a g the se ves ut fthe s des f the r uthsK N A The Walesa mob s a ling a gene al st ike

OLSZO SK :Rub them ou

KAN A:The e's 3 m on of em!GANG M MB R:Fou mill on boss.N A: Shu p!

JARUZ LSK : ( N AI was t e w ong ime to pull a s unlike tha

49 XT STR DAYNARR TOR an SS appear t be a g the cr d k ng up atthe tbur s ba cTN SS: Wha 's all h s gangste stuf

NARR TOR:It s a me aphorSS W ong o people

NAR TOR All ight

0 XT BA ON . DAY ONT NUA ON the pe p e n th ba c ny are ng dressed as ga gst rs peak n a t

JARU S : t was the wrong e fo a onfrontationAN A o ha en ha Comra e Brezhne sho ing own the

te ephone-JARU S Comra e re hne on y eman s stab lity Throw

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e dogs few bones eave e s u es of e u on sey re d pu w ever you w n in o n ppend

W es wi e p us we e p im And w en e imeomes

5 NT SOL A TY M T NG ROOM AYW SA FAM LYand OTH RSa e kneel ng A PR ST s hold gMassNAR TOR:(Vo e ov ) And so e de w s m de So id ri y

w s eg And M ss w s on e r dio T e regime os f ebu s ood o g in period of m - so ong s e moder e

men on ei er side were in on ro52 NT WARSAW SO AR TY OFF C N GHT

A Sol da pos s on he o e d Close p of Sol dapos A o p of POL C M Nen he o e a d mmed a e beg nansa k ng he on o pan s BUJA BUJAs ands p.

NARRATOR(Vo e ove ) T e m s ed nine d ysBUJA :W e e is going on?( he OFF C R N CHARGhands h m he a an . he o hOFF C RSa e emp ng l ng ab e d a e s on o he oo . )

53 NT N AS B ROOM N GHTelephone gs L gh goes on N A p ks p e e eAN A:(An ) On w ose orders?

54 NT WA SAS FLAT N GHThe phone s ng g WAL SA gh lo hes ally ans e s A SA (I o phone) Yes ?

(In he nea da k he l s e and feels fo he l gh s h Hep s he l gh on.)Jesus nd M ry

55 NT SOL AR TY M T N ROOM ANS AYA mee g of he P aes d m h AL SA n he ha . he e a eabo a do en o h s n l d g a yo ng oma A NA N O S Aa d BOG AN L Sand AN R J A A BUJA alk ng o hem, she only o e s a d g p.BUJA T ey broke n o e So d r y of e n W s w nd


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foun what th y say is a s cr t ocum nt Th y havarr st our print r an also a c rk i th Pros cutor sof c Th y clai h l ak th ocum nt to us a aSo i arity has call a strik of th ntir r gion if bothm n ar not r l as

A SA Excus m . A s rik is not call by a r giona of con y by th National Com ission of th UnionBU AKTh n you b tt r call it Work has alr a y stopp at

Ursus Tractors What s mor w ar man ing as acon ition of calling off t str an i v stigati n i to thm tho s of th Pros cutor s of c an of th s curity

polic W r man i g cuts in th polic bu g t an alsoth pun shm nt of thos who committ t po icbruta iti s i '70 an 76.( A SA look de pai ng.)

A SA For two arr st m n? An what o w hit th m withwh n th stak s g t high r?

56 NT K N AS O IC AYK N Aha he PUB C PROS CUTORand ng a o he de kKAN AComra Pros cutor - ar w to hav a confrontation

with a mi lion work rs ov r a mis rabl ocum nt?PROS CUTORt is a classi ocum nt - a s cr t ci cu ar

pr par by mys lf on th organi ation of th ant socialistgroups Furth rmor it is a stol n ocum nt W hav agoo cas for pros cution

N A (An ily) Th ocum nt contains nothing of importanc hav sai on b half of th Party in public that w off rSo i arity co xist nc . Th s arr sts m r y mak m ooklik a iar

5 NT SO AR TY M T NG ROOM. G ANS . AYA SA a d he P ae di m ame people a ene 55 .A SA (S ongly) Th s man s against th s cu i

po ic - th y can t b ma in th nam of th union War a non po itical organ ation t was a p g Do youwant to ru v rything?

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ST OR R pr va h sa a h gA h a ks o po r a o o v s o

o ghS OR R a ks s o ha ask for h g ara

o h g

A SA R h d m l ) I a o r g ara !Self ons o s he men s h s ) ar o r g ara

60 T RST S CR TARS O C A A MORA A s be ng sh ved by s s o he W T SS.A h r r p opl ho h k ha h Par boss a r

h op ra o l k a Ch ago ga gs r h sho l rs g s ha r I v go a Par h h s los g

b rs rov s a half of hos ho r a havjo a fr ra o h ll o m b rs-

T SS D s ee ly o e ng) S v ll oA A k ng he o e n ho om n ) S v ll o

h h r gh o s r k for or o h h I hav gob a s s r al pro o s o 12 p r o g oh s r k s so I hav o go ap ha o th Sov s ho

ar g v g s 6 ll o ollars r s o k p Po aCo s A o h U S a s ho ar g v g s

0 ll o ol ars for h sa r aso . I v go a ra k a h h a s o k o h I' go g o r for h

appara s a I'v go a l appara s h ha s o k o h I' go g o s op h ro h raa l a a a rsh p h h s a g o s h h ah a ll j p I v go a Ca hol Ch r h h h o sa o provok h R ss a s a a Co s Paro h s of hom b l v Go A o op all off I v

go a pol for h h a br ak h hab a a blPros or h h pol al o s of a b ll a h a shopAs F s S r a of h Pol sh U ork rs Par ACapo o l hav las o h khe T RCOM he desk nno n es . )

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6 . INT KANIA'S OFFICE ANOTHER SECTION DAYNIA e ds the A BASSADORnto the oom sho s h m to hTh s tK NIA: Goo or g, A bassa orAMBASSADORGoo or g o ra ou r loo g r

K NIA Ho ca I p ou, A bassa or?BASSADOR o ra Br z v s s o or ou a ag o l a rs o arsa ac s o ak p ac

Mosco g a s' o ra Br z v asks oco v s ra r al gr gs a looks for ar o s gou o D c b r 5

KANIA (E mining his di ) I ll av o ca c l a u c I acc pp asur o cours I ask ou o r ur gr gs

ou av a oppor uA BASSADOR av a oppor u s o ra F rs

S cr ar o ra Br v s ak g a v r c os r s v s r

N A Na urall ar gra u for s r sAMBASSADORT s ua o s r s g T arsa s r k

T g ra s r k c s u o b g four ours KANIA T r ar o arsa s r k s s or g T r ll b

o g ra s r k rA BASSADORT a s v r goo s I s v r por a o us

a ar s oul o s o ak ssKAN A QuAMBASSADORA our o pr so rsKAN A r so rsAMBASSADOR T sabo urs arr s a k agoKAN A You av b s or , A bassa or T o

r a o susp c o bu susp c o s prov

u fou T r r l as v r ar s or gAMBASSADORI sK N A I s g ful o av s ou agaAMBASSADORYou o forg Mosco D c b r 5

(The AMBASSADORst nds up nd e es the oom )

62 INT KREMLIN DAYThis is the meeting of the W s P ct e de s BREZHNEVish i n. The Po ish oup consists of K N A, P NKOWSKI the

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st-se me mi iste , BA KOWSK O SZOWSKJA UZE SK The e is i e o ish g o the t b e i o t oth t i te s ou the ge t b e th e e the gs oHu g E st Ge y o Rom i Czechos ov kiThe o y e so st i g is o e o the Ge s who is h y

th ough ti e b cke u by i e o ocume ts i c u i g sheo Sol a m g z es He is efe g to these o e by o e.GE MA M S E I a b a an a ack on h son of h

R g onal Cha an of h a I a bla an a ack onh of c of h ubl c os cu o I a bla an a ack

on h p nc p of p asan col c v s An so go s onTh s publ ca ons op n p n an s bu bSo a a an a ack on soc a s an a ack on v onh an I ou h s Co a s f h a co s h n n h G an D oc a c R publ c al o h

publ ca on of l h l k h s h n ou a f o assuha ob c v ag h

(He s ts d use B EZH EV spe ks w thout st d g u , f y e d y m e , ooki g st ight c oss t the o ishe e s )

B EZH EV You kno ha ou v o n Sov f aun on I fo g h s na H s n a una c as lu nopoo f l o You s a Co un s a h ch cannof n s f s no a n us ha s h p ob If

canno f n s f us b f n

3 EX BU KE DA we see s g oup o pe h ps h oze ve h gh k g

M L A O E S esse i co we the g e tco ts, st d g t t ge po t, the tte t o o eve ts the st ce e ts

ch cte ze by the sou s of m t veh c es d h gh ex os ves.It s e xed g ou O e o two of them m y be smok g. E ch ofth h s of bi ocu s which he uses occ s o y. Theu fo s be o g to the ies of t e W s w ct cou es. We eco ce e w th GE E A A UZE SK! d MA S A KU KOV whoe st g ext to e ch othe . Th e co d. Th se the

b ocu sA A O : ( o ce ove D n h s D c a s s v s s ca up n Ba c Sov R pub cs Sov oops

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a d und anvas on Po s bo d , and Sovwa s s w v s b f o oas T Un t d S a sInt g n announ d a Russ an n as on a s wom(KUL KOl e s s b no la s )

KUL KO :W , I don t ow w a a s s do g to Po sbu t s s a ng out of t ansJA UZELSK :W an d a w ou own p ob ms, Ma s aKUL KO :W a o so, Woj

64 E T THE G ANSK MEMOR AL NAUGU T ON N G

A d of eo le old ng andles I s sn ng e e s e so ndof e La osa' K s of Pend e k 's C o a oodl g s ll m na e e Sol da banne se see ESA d essed fo e n e old He ea s a b n

ano ak A o nd m as al b a l d essed a e oOR RS nd LEA ERSof Sol da e a e also e m of

a sa n ea e oa s e e s a GENERALn n fo and anA M RALn n fo e e a e R ESTSNAR TOR (Vo e ove ) On D mb 16t , t s and

d am tog t o naugu a Gdansk M mo a ot d ad o 1970 T So da ty bann s w ons at dby an b s o T was an a my g n a , an adm aa d puty m mb of Po tb o a go nm nt m n sand H ad o S at , t ag ng P of sso Jab onskT w d p omats of many fo gn ount s Tw 50,0 p o gat d o ts d t gat of t L n ns pya d L Wa sa, unknown s mont s b o , nowad of a n on of 0 m on wo k s t t am I was

t st t m n a Comm n st ount y t at a go nm ntad t d a m mo a to wo k s w o ad b d aga nst stat T F st S ta y o t o s Un t d Wo k s

Pa ty and t So t Ambassado d d no a nd

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Part Three Co gre

6 NT CONF SS ONAL AwAL A w th h s ear ressed to the r lle s l sten n ntently anra d mak n notes n a notebook

NAR TOR Vo e over In t m dd of Janua Wa saw nt to Rom and a o d ng to P agu Rad o got isnst u t ons st a g t f om t PopCa t on: Cou t s of P agu Rad o)

AL SA: M tte n Y s Fat atta k t p n p s ofso a st onst u t on v w Fat

66 NT SOL AR T M T NG ROOM G ANSK AA lar e d sor an ed r dy meet n of Sol dar eo le. h aremembers of the Nat onal Comm ss on an we kn a f of them.NAR TOR Vo e over So da t was n fa t n nd ss d sput

w t t Gov nm nt w s m d unab o u w g toon d w at ad b n ag d in Gdansk T Gov m ntad ba k t a k d on t v da w k a ss to t m d anso s p and t g t of p vat fa s to s t up a

Ru a So da t of t own T w st k s and s t nsa ov t ount T Nationa Com ss on t d to t da t s up b a ng fo a on ou g n a st k he meet n has s ddenly ulled tself to ether the back ound

no se t lled as e body th e ra se one a n the a rw o d ng an nd to o a st k s ut t s o d

pa t of t at ad no ff t he meet n once more d s nte rates nto d s ute a no se.

T ount s m d b mus d a d p ss t fa of at s d ma ds As a wa s t was a o s ok fo to as onCa t on o s ok )

he meet n s suddenly st l e as a WORK Rshouts

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WORK RI o a o now on w on y wo k on u sdays(Th m ing ag s by acclama ion. Ho v , h W TN SS,ho is p s n , ais s his hand and h m ing go s ui againo lis n o him )

W TN SSDo you an y u sday?

67 NT. OFF C PR M M N S R AYWAL SAand PR M M N ST R P NKOWSKa pu ing h i signau s o a docum nNARRATOR:oic ov ) Wa sa w n n o a w ou ng

w M n s w o a s and o s a

days o o was a d M nkowsk y a d anag n w p as d n s d On F b ua y 9nkowsk was p a d In o and su a ang was

no a y os bu s ook d d n

68 XT STR T AY

An o cial ca d a s up and a fa ning FUNCT ONARYcom s up oop n h a doo ou of hich com s PR M M N ST R G N LJARUZ LSKNAR TOR oic ov ) n w M n s k d o ak

unannoun d s s .

69 NT FOO SHOP AYNAR TOR ( oic ov ) so s o s ops

Th is bu ac ivi y in h shop G oc s of al kinds ab ing has ily unpack d f om box s and plac d on mp sh lv sWh n h sh lv s look fai ly full, h PR M M N ST Rand hisNTOU G a s n o n h shop. Th is much

handshaking and smiling as h G N pass s h oughJARUZ LSKnd ow s ood d s bu onPARTY OFF C ALI s wo k ng y w Co adJARUZ LSKGood ood

(H pass s apidly h ough As soon as h has gon all hg oc ri s a uickly mov d and pack d.)

NARRA ORoi ov J u sk b g n by sk ng o on s susp ns on o s k a on - o s pu

n n y p a u days H go y g

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70 EX S REE N GThe cut is to ght Smoke bombs. C ow s sc tte R LE Soth me e bei g be te up by up o p i c othes SE UR YP L E

7 1 N SP AL VES BULE N G g oup is w ki g pu pose u o g the co o t s us.ALESA is i the e PR ES is behi himNAR R ( oice ove ) o b app y o

w a m w ppo o o a So a ya Ja w k a a p a p o a a n

a o a o a ow a p n a m onT o m m a w a b wa o o n p a o a y po mo

w k wa ba y b a pPR ES om No an om

7 N SP AL AR N GThe i u e RULE S is i be ALESA the PR ES e te thew come to the beRULE S Y a yo a a p owALESA a ow a yo

RULE S No yo a k.ALESA A wa n n k w n w k A a k

a a w o a a onRULE S Som bo y o wa a a a k on

So a y by Go nmALESA No wa an a a k on Go nm n a m

w So a y a b way o ay a o n a k p o o Go nm o G n aJ a k

7 N E N GA U LS ho i g te epho eA UZEL m o o o any a o

N A ADQUAR ERS VE U E GM LA RA S i ho g e epho e 10 e i gNA oice o e J a k appo m wa o

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mak M s aw Rakowski D put P im M nist w ts a spons b t o t un ons om now onRakowsk t dito o a u nt a po i i a w k wasgo ng to do most o t ta k ng to So ida t( KO SK h wh l ut th ho d d ro h d

w S who w t d g th obby )KO SK W w stand g t a m s o t Wa sawPa t a ondu t ng x s s on Po is soi . You wa ningst k was t g at st d s upt on o wo k n t sto ot s ount( L S look u d )

m a t sto o t Po s P op s R pub tg n a st k go s a ad w ou d nd up w t Sovi t tanksd up n t squa outs d

L S You v p a d t Russ an a d too man t m s oodas b n sp d Tw nt s v n ti ns o t Po sP op s R pub w o w not b ak ng an aw av

b n n u d an assau t b t stat po n t t odgos T o t m a n osp ta Do s t is avou app ova

KO SK T w b an nv st gat on o ou sS not a d

O SK W ' pun s t os spons b o t assau t Youma av m gua ant ut t st k must b a d o

L S It s not m d s on ut ou o s not nougO SK ig t w a so gua ant t at t qu stion o t

a s' un on w b xa n d b a pa am taom ssion nd ou ow w at t at m ans wit t spa ia nt. t on b a matt o t ut w an'tmov ast t a t Pa t ts us You und sta d TPa must av t ading o T at is Communism

L S nd ind nd nt unions s t at Commun sm?O SK Don t und st at Po s Communism W v got

ss t a tw nt ou ou s b o t st go s a ad andl t s s put at sk W at a ou go ng to do?

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GW AZ A:NoWA ESA:W go mos o w a w wan d.GW AZ A: s no up o us Na iona Comm ss on d d

on s s go ng o b a d o Na onaCommiss on as o m o o on .

WALESA:(D p t l sn m o a W a oma an x u i d s on.MO ZE EWSK :You m an ou s on s w o bus n ss

as b n abou as d o a as a P a ao s ou Youa ing oo mu upon you s ,

WA ESANobo y wan s s s Do you wan ?

MO ZELEWSK : don wan s on wan any pa ois d s on W w n o a o o oub o ma amo a i un on is s jus g ng o b Wa sa s usm go ng ba o W o aw o a my s ud n s abou

d mo a y-you an g you s ano p ss o .WA ESA:You ma ng a ogma ou o p o u . g an

ong s mo mpo an A s now wou b w ongnd sn m m pu g s o o o P a s um b on my a W n Na onaCommiss on as o m y an a on a p a

MO ZE EWSK :R g . s gn (To GW AZ AHo abou ou?WA ESA(To GW AZ AYou an on y s gn on n j

MO ZE EWSKt t to pick up h b i fc to l v .GW AZ A: y sp us

76 N PO BURO AEve bo i th th moo bu tRAKOWSK :(T umph tl W sp m

RAKOWSK b i g l pp th b ck b A UZ SK .KAN A:a s G m a a o s oa s

(But thi pictu f z t t lf h lf l k p c ofp p with th ou of t g p p

77 C ATh ARRA OR c bbl g t t bl H to c m up th

p pe th t w . H b g w tch b th W N SSW SS o on

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78 NT PO TBURO AYA b orKOWSK (Gloomil ) We ve split them!

K N A (Gloomil ) How c we contro hem if they re a eachothers' throats all the me?

(Th pictur r z and t ar it l in hal lik pap r with thou o t a ng pap

79 NT C E AYNAR TORand W TNESSNAR TOR I don't understand who's wi ing

W TNESS:Or who's be ng splitNARRATOR( nt t d s that it?W TNESS:These people aren't smart They re Party bosses

80 NT. PO TBURO AYA b or

N A They've sp it us.W TNESS(Voic ov r That's the one.N A In To n there's a big Party mee ing which we haven't

sanc ioned which wants to speed up reform In Katowicethere's another meeti g which thinks Stalin is a ive and weland is practica y begging he Soviets to come in and saveCommunism. I've got hundreds of comp aints from therank and le People want to know why we aven'tpunished he police who did the beating up They wan tok ow why we haven't expe led more Party members forbribery and theft, a though we've expelled thousands Theydemand an emergency Par y Congress and I can't stop iThey wi l e ect to the Congress hundreds of peop e we canre y on In the grass roots of the Party there are meetingsbetween workers in different factories different ci iesLenin ca ed it the sin of horizonta sm. He organized thePar y on vertical nes con ro from top to bottom. This swhy I'm ge ting demands for sec et voting for he PartyCongress un im ted ca d dates m ted terms of of eaccountabi ty o the base nstead of to the eadership. Howong do you th nk we d ast if that happened How ongwou d Comrade Brezhnev and h s o eagues ast f it sta ted

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o sp ead?

8 N REM N D YBREZHNE s d ctat ng a etter here s a SECRE RY tak nd n

BREZHNETo he Cent a Comm t ee of he Po ish UnitedWo ke s Pa y f om the Cent a Com i ee of theCom un s Pa y of he Soviet Union Dea ads Let mesp ou fo you You we e e ec ed by he as Pa tyCong ess unde G e ek and qu te obv ous y you e going tobe ou on you neck when the next Pa y Cong ess mee s

fou weeks f om now so h s is you as chance WhenKan a and Ja e sk we e he e n Decembe hey keptag ee ng with me bu eve s nce then hey ve e he Pa yd ft n o open democ acy make that bou geois democ acyand ook wha happened to he C echs us befo eth hadhe eme gency Cong ess '68- say no mo e

82 N PO BURO D YO SZOWS read ng BREZHNE s ett t the chastened tburO SZOWS :Th s et e s an nvi at on to the Cen a Com t ee

o change he eade ship B e hnev has ost fa h n thePo sh Pa ty And who can b ame h m when even Sov etwa memo a s n Wa saw a e be ng defaced?

8 EX SO E W R MEMOR N Ghe a s be daubed w th wh te pa nt tt ng tp f

the m a b w th sc bb ng b h and bucket f watW ES . tand ng the p nth, watch ng h m URONw ES The memo a s a e be ng defaced bypr cat rs I've

offe ed o sc b hem w th my own hands on TV if heyke As a un on we ake no si ion on Russ a

URON You ake eve y s t on nc uding that one up the eYou s a ed something which you can't stop You want ase f ing evo ut on but s i e ying to imit uen a.

W ES Yes s those b oody wo ke s. You give us f eedom ofcho ce, and we ch se f eedom What I want to know show d dy get o be ca ed he n e ectua s?

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Commu s Pa y o Sov Un on.( he two , in hats oa and la e up shoes ome togethean emb a e )In an a mos o o a y and om mu uad s and wo ad s ad a k x o

v ws

86 A D DAYN A and BR H a e n in bea h lothes wea ng nglassesst aw hats and so A n ous WA R h e ng th a t ay ob ghtly olou ed d n sARR OR (Voi e ) T u y Con ss o Po s Un dWo k s P y was ov ad b n s v

Communis Pa y Con ss o b om os d o y dd a s 2 o m mos y o s m .T y s a d by vo n n a C n a Co mi w i swas d s v n s o o d ua d n ud ouPo i bu o m mb s Kania a o was

d s S a . Ev n so Con ss kn w aPo d was on o ns o a di mma d bo o nsmad a s ow Po bu o T a d nO s ows mad o o a a n

BR H W y d d y k O s owskiA H s s d o is onomi d as

BR H yIA aus G k sa k d h

BR HN nd a u skiKA IA T P s s s d by s d s

( udd i tated by the WA R, BR HN no s the ayo d n s out o his hand )

BR H ( houts) R s abs a ng at KA IA Do youk ow ow you o n o is m ss

KAN A Com ad s S a y w mus av s ay d om L n n s a . .

BR HN You o n o is m ss by n n o d b oa a s ba k s

87 H. H BANK R M I DAYhe set-up mu h he same as he st ban s mee ng s e .


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NANSKY s in t hair.NANSKY Th s s ve harsh

A ERICA BA R I'm sor but ast March you had theunhappy d st ct on of be g the st Commun st coun yto request a reschedu g of ts debts.

NANSKY e know what to do Pr ces must crease two orthree t es over A oaf of bread shou d rhaps quadrup ee k ow that But you understand we have prob ems

88 E S EELWORKS AYo shot eeting o wor ers being addressed a AR M

NAR OR (Voi e over)The Gove ent an ounced food pr cecreases of 2 per cent There were da y d sturbances Atworkers' meet gs when Party of c a s used e word( ose u n AR Y M addressing the meeting )

AR Y AN Comrades( e s g ee ed by sustained whist es o de sion rom the

meeting )89 N SOLI ARI Y EE IN L AY

RAKOWSK is resent th W ESA and a SO I ARI Y EA in udingthe OW CE AN and a NER.

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