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Poland #515752

NBC Evening News for Friday, Mar 20, 1981
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(Studio) Intensification of labor unrest in Poland following police attack on union members in Bydgoszcz; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(Warsaw, Poland) Condition of union members attacked by police noted; films shown. Arrival in Bydgoszcz of Lech Walesa and his efforts to ease tension discussed; Prime Min. Wojciech Jaruzelski's popularity noted. [Solidarity SPOKESPERSON - notes police must act within limits of law.] Possibility of ntnwide. strike Monday cited; USSR mentioned.
REPORTER: John Cochran

(Studio) State Department warning against USSR intervention reported; former ambassador to Poland Richard Davies' criticism of repeated warnings to USSR outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Cochran, John
Duration:
00:03:00

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