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Polish regime frees
Solidarity unionists
WARSAW, Poland
Martial law authorities began
freeing 1,000 interned Solidarity
unionists, farmers and intellec
tuals Thursday and their release
came so fast that some found no
one to greet them at a prison
bus-stop
"We were just told that we were
released We got our belongings
and said good-bye." said one
unionist freed from Warsaw's
Bialoleka prison, where 35
Solidarity members walked out
after 4 Vi months.
At the same time, four Solidarity
chiefs in hiding called for talks
with the Communist government
and freedom for union boss Lech
Walesa, who has been held since
the Dec 13 crackdown
The releases came one day
after a government communique
announced the partial amnesty
and a major easing of martial law
restrictions, including suspension
of the 11 p.m - 5 a m curfew and
other concessions
The announcement came the
same day as Poland’s spiritual
leader Roman Catholic Arch
bishop Jozef Glemp said at the
Vatican that Polish-born Pope
John Paul's scheduled August
visit had been postponed until
conditions improve in Poland
Glemp had conferred with
Polish Premier Gen Wojciech
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Jaruzelski before visiting the pope
for two days of talks, and there
was speculation the government
released a third of those detained
in return for cancellation of the
pope's trip
John Paul has backed
Solidarity and criticized martial
law His June 1979 visit to Poland
incited outpourings of nationalist
and religious fervor that helped
create the climate for Solidarity
and the now crushed reform
movement
Banker named new
Salvadoran head
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador
Or Alvaro Magana, a politically
independent banker, was elected
provisional president of El
Salvador by the Constituent
Assembly Thursday
The vote was 36-17 with seven
abstentions It followed several
days of maneuvering between the
war-torn Central American
nations centrist Christian
Democrats and five rightist
parlies
The 60-seat assembly was
elected March 28 and was
empowered to choose a provi
sional president to replace the
civilian-military junta, rewrite the
constitution and schedule general
elections, probably next year
Magana, a 56-year-old U S -
educated economist who has
headed the National Mortgage
Bank for 17 years, is considered
an independent who holds
moderately conservative views
He has pledged to make econ
omic recovery his top priority
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