POLAND: Scattered Unrest
eituation in Gdansk eased yesterday, but new strike Hvity and etreet demonstrations flared in several other cities.
was only limited
strike activity in Gdansk and no serious clashes between demonstrators and riot police. Leaflets circulating In the shipyards said the time was not ripe for protests and called on workers to wait untilovember torief general strike being planned by underground Meal
Reports
Vindicate uiat tnere were sraaii-scale workin at least three other cities in the past three days. Clashes with police occurred in Krakow yesterday as workers in the industrial suburb of Mows Huta and townspeople marched to the center of the city.
In the southwestern city of Wroclaw, various job actions and street demonstrations took place. Xn Poznan, unconfirmed reports indicate therene-hour work stoppage in. the city's largest factory on Monday or Tuesday. ft
Comment: The threat of severe punishmentsthe militarization of Gdansk shipyards appearsat least temporarilyrake on the The spread of unrest to other citiesesponse to the beginning of theof martial law. The government probably willto applyquell sememee*
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