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Signs In Warsaw Point To Four Men Shaping Poland
In Warsaw four men loom large over Poland’s future a coal miner turned politician a policeman a churchman and the average worker. Edward Gierek leads the Communist party with aims to revive the economy and keep Poland in the Soviet bloc while handling rivals like Gen Moczar and Cardinal Wyszynski. The worker’s volatile mix of patriotism Catholic faith and wage pressures adds uncertainty about a possible political bargain or clashes ahead.
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Warsaw
Poland
Edward Gierek
Gierek
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Mieczyslaw Moczar
Moczar
Moscow
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Gestapo
Gomulka
Cardinal Wyszynski