REPORT ON DRAMATIC MOMENT IN POLISH HISTORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001002570014-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 15, 2007
• Sequence Number: 14
• Content Type: REPORT

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(TEXT) THE SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCT OF THE NATION MUST BE'
HEARD. RDVENTURISTS MUSTS HAVE' THEIR HRNDS TIED BEFORE THEY'.:.
PUSH THE HOMELAND INTO.. THE." RBYSS OF FRR:TRIC.IDE:..
I ANNOUNCE THAT TODAY- R MILITARY COUNCIL OF NATIONAL SALVATION.
HAS. BEEN ESTABLISHED.. TODAVY RT- NIDH?TGHT THE COUNCIL OF STATES
IN ACCORDRP:CE WITH THE. CONSTITUTIOiv If TRODLJC,ED M# RTIAL LAN
THROL.GrOUT THE COUNTRY.-- I WHN T EVERYONE T O. Ji DERS.TRrt THE MOTIVES'
AND' T#uE. RIMS OF OUR ACTIONa WE: RRE NO:T S:TRIIVING, FOP A H?ILITRFY COUPY
DUTY TO TAKE. THIS RESPONSIBILITY. POLRND'S FUTURE IS. AT STAKE;
THE FUTURE FOR WHICH MY GENERATION FOUGHT AND- FOR WHICH IT GRVE
THE BEST YEARS: OF ?TS LLFE._
ON i=c AT THIS DRAMATIC MOMENT IN POLISH HISTORY IT IS MY
CITIZENS. GREAT IS IHE BURDEN Or= R~E PONSIBILITY THAT FRLLS
A MIL?:TARY DICTATORSHIP. THE NATION HASL ENOUGHT HENGTHY
ENOUGHT WISDOM TO DEVELOP'RN EFFICIENT DEMO'+CRATIC SYSTEM OF
SOCIALIST. RULE.. IN SUCH-A SYSTEM THE ARMED FORCES WILL BE. ABLE
TO REMAIN WHERE THEY BEL+ NG--IN THE BARRACKS....NO-' POLISH-. PROBLEM
CRNY IN THE' LONG. RUNY- BE SOLVED THROUGH FORCE. -: THE MILITARY
COUNCILLOR NATIONAL- SALVATION.. IS, NOT.REPLt+.ING CONSTITUT?ONRL
CF.+iRitS? OF POWER. 1t 1 SOLE. T A . I& THE PRO.TEOTIO,N OF LEGAL ORDER
IN THE COUNTRY AND THE: CREATION: OF' EXECUTIVE GUARANTEES THAT RILL..
MAKE IT:-POSSIBLE TO RESTORE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE. THIS IS THE LAST
PATH=- WE CAN TRKE.TO INITIATE THE EX.TR?CaTION OF THE C:OUNTRY,'.
FROO:.THE' CR1SIS,..TO' SAVE THE COQNTRY FR'O iY?SINTnkflT?'Til. THE
FONNITTEE_FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE HAS RrPOINTED-PLEN.IROTEN.TIRRIESY
M?LITAR:Y `C.OMKSSRRS flT RL:L: LE ECS:: + TRT?AD iN,IS T.RATI.ON: AND: IH
SOME ECONOMIC UN-I~T .: THE. P'ci;NIPOTEIIT?AR -COMMi9t ' HAVE. BEEN
G?RED THE RIGHT TO SUPERVISE THE ACTIVITY OF OR ANS Of STATE
00MI.NIS.TRRTION' FROM MINISTRIES` TO PERISHES. - THE PROOCLAMATIONN.
OFF. THE MILITARY COUNCIL FOR NRT?ONAL-SRLV.ATION flbD THE DECREES
PUBLISHED TODAY DEF?NE.,IN DETAIL THtNORHS-OF PUBLIC ORDER. FOR
t.H? DURATON-:OF MARTIRL.`LAW..
THE MILITARY COUNCIL..WILL BE DISSOLVED WKEN,THE RULEAF LAW ONCE
>IOAIN. REIGNS SUIrREMEY :WHE# CONDITIONS` PERMIT THE. NORMAL.FUNC,TIONING
OF CIVIL' ADMINISTRATION. AND- OF REPRESENTOTIVE BURIES.
HOEEVERY, LET NO ONE:. COUNT ON,WEAK~E S R.,VACILLATION.
IN: TTHE NRME? OF NATIONAL INTEREST,; A NUMBEi OF PE+3PLE
PRESENTING A TH.REAT`TO THE. SAFETY aF 'HE STATE.HAVE BEEN IN.i:ERNED
AS A= PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THIS" AROUP CONTAINS EXTREMIST
ORGANIZZAT?OHS. ON THE ORDERS. OF THE MILITARY` CflUNCIL
SEVERAL 'Did; EN. PEOPLE WHO': ARE. PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING
ABOUT , R 'PROFOUND CR?SIS IN THE-, STATE: 'IN. THE i9W 4' S AND- WHU- AB USti1
POSTS FOR" PERSONAL GRIN , HAVE ALSO.=BEEN INTERNED. ' THEPEOPLE
INCLUDE ; EDSARD OIEREKY P'IOIR JRROSZEWICZ'r.. ZDZI:SLnW:GRUDZIEPIr..
JERZY- LU.KfSZEWICCZ, JAN SZYDLRKt TADEUSZ WRZASZCYZK AND OTHERS.. ;
LIST'W`ILL BEPUBLISHED. :WE WILL CONS.STENTLY PURGE
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POLISH LIFE OF EVIL!,..IRRESPECTIVE OF= FROM WHERE': IT :IS GErIERHED.
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