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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

•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

Wo...1q14CH _JARUZELSKIENDS

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EATED AS REQUESTED)

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