THE FREEZE IN POLAND:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100540012-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 19, 1964
• Content Type: MISC

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CPYRgigi FREEZE IN POLAND: IThe Polish government, which has
been one of the most liberal in t o satellite nations, -
alization has gone too far and is tightening controls in everything from
Church-State relations-to travel regulations. Militiamen recently en-'
tered the theological seminary of the Poznan Archdiocese, impounded
what cash could be found, froze the school's bank account and confis-
cated all records. In Wroclaw a government court will soon consider
expropriation of the archepiscopal residence. But restrictions are
not limited to inside Poland. In recent months a number of prominent.
Western intellectuals --including'John Fischer, editor of Harper's
Magazine and Francois Bondy, editor of Paris Preuves--haves un-
able to obtain Polish visas. Prof. ZbigniewTrzezinski was warmly
received in the less westernized satellites of Rumania and Czechoslo-
vakia while on a speaking tour arranged by the Council for Foreign
-Affairs, but he was never given the visa to complete his tour with a
visit to Poland. Prof. Brzezinski, who is with the Russian -Institute
at Columbia University, says economic setbacks, factional conflicts
and fear of continued westernization have given Polish leaders-a sense
of insecurity and they have responded with the new controls which, lhe
says, may last as long as two years.
Approved For Release 1999/09/17 : CIA-RDP75-001498000100540012-2