CIA • 1989

NID: POLAND: SITUATION REPORT

Approved for Release: 2019/10/29 C06826761 POLAND: Mazowiecki Reportedly Asked To Form Government Situation Report President Jaruzelski apparently has asked Solidarity adviser Mazowiecki to form a government; a Solidarity-led government might offer weary Poles new hope for genuine power sharing but would still face staggering economic problems and probably stiff bureaucratic resistance. Jaruzelski is waiting for the results of a potentially stormy Communist party Central Committee plenum that opens today before making a formal announcement. Mazowiecki, however, hinted publicly yesterday that Jaruzelski had asked him to form a new government...