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Poland #276874

CBS Evening News for Monday, Apr 06, 1981
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(Studio) East Germany's defense of Warsaw Pact troops' gathering on border with Poland quoted; Czech Communist party leader Gustav Husak said warning Polish Communist party during conference in Prague today.
REPORTER: Dan Rather

(Prague, Czechoslovakia) Husak's warning outlined; films shown. Presence of USSR President Leonid Brezhnev during speech noted; USSR -Czech rel. discussed. Apparent implications of Brezhnev's visit here considered.
REPORTER: Tom Fenton

(Moscow, USSR ) USSR press interpretation of Polish events noted; public response to Poland's situation examined. Films shown. USSR presence in Afghanistan mentioned.
REPORTER: Gordon Joseloff

(Studio) Pravda's response to Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's criticism reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather

(Bonn, West Germany) Weinberger's continued criticism of USSR involvement in Poland outlined. [WEINBERGER - defines current problem.] USSR past and current military presence in and around Poland mentioned; Weinberger's arrival in Bonn, West Germany, for NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) meeting with regard to missiles in Europe noted. Dilemma facing allies with regard to USSR and Poland outlined.
REPORTER: Ike Pappas

(DC) State Department's conflict with Weinberger's statement noted. Last Friday's remarks by State Department spokesperson William Dyess with regard to timing of USSR invasion recalled. [Today, DYESS - says Department doesn't believe invasion is imminent.] Basis of Department's new position reported.
REPORTER: Diane Sawyer

Reporter(s):
Fenton, Tom;
Joseloff, Gordon;
Pappas, Ike;
Rather, Dan;
Sawyer, Diane
Duration:
00:07:20

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