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NID: POLAND: ROUNDTABLE ACCORDS SIGNED

Approved for Release: 2019/10/29 C06826736 To r Special Analysis POLAND: Roundtable Accords Signed The Roundtable accords signed yesterday by Solidarity and the Warsaw government that legalize Solidarity and allow significant participation by the opposition in parliament leave each side with difficult commitments to keep and formalize only general agreement on the goals of painful economic reform. The failure of the official union (OPZZ) to sign a controversial wage-indexation formula may presa e a battle over Solidarity's power and influence in Poland's factories. Solidarity is touting major achievements like the legalization of free unions, important access to the media, a liberal freedom of associations bill, and a new freely elected chamber in parliament...