Haig attacks Soviet intimidation in Poland during Madrid visit
Secretary of State Alexander Haig accused the Soviet Union of intimidating Poland and warned of serious consequences for East West relations. He spoke in Madrid after a Middle East trip that aides say produced a Lebanon cease fire, amid talks on a Spanish defense treaty and arms credits.
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Alexander Haig
Soviet Union
Poland
Haig
Middle East
Lebanon
U.S
Terence Todman
Max Kampelmann
Jose Perez-Llorca
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Washington
Ousted Polish leaders Face Possible Trial
Ousted Communist Party chief Edward Gierek and ex Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz may go on trial for Poland’s economic chaos. The Zycie Warszawy report comes ahead of a session to unveil an emergency economic program and personnel changes. Solidarity gains momentum as Gierek’s successor Kanin meets Gdansk activists.
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Poland
UPI
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Edward Gierek
Piotr Jaroszewicz
Zycie Warsawy
Gierek
Gdansk
Solidarity Union
Solidarity
Stanislaw Kanin
National Commission
Moscow
New York Times
Kanin
Zycie Warszawy
Wloclawek
Edward Szymanski
Truce in Lebanon held as relief ops begin
In Beirut and Zahle a cease fire held after eight days of fighting between Syrian peacekeeping troops and Lebanon’s right wing Christian forces. At least 265 civilians were killed and about 1,000 wounded as a Red Cross convoy aided victims and a French hospital plane prepared to evacuate the gravely injured.
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U.S
Lebanon
Middle East
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International Red Cross
Zahle
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France
Red Cross
Phalange Party
Amin Gemayel
Battle for Fer managh and South Tyrone seat pits Sands West
More than 1,000 British troops and armed police guard 41 polling stations as voting opens in the Fer managh and South Tyrone by election. Prison hunger striker Bobby Sands faces Protestant leader Harry West for a House of Commons seat left vacant by Frank Maguire. Police ring booths amid tensions from sectarian divide and recent violence.
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