The World - News from Nov. 6, 1985
The Polish Communist Party’s Central Committee met amid reports that Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski will step down today as premier, to be replaced as head of government by Deputy Premier Zbigniew Messner. Under a plan reportedly discussed by the Central Committee, Jaruzelski would remain as first secretary of the Communist Party and the principal Polish leader, but he would concentrate his efforts on rebuilding the party, weakened by the workers’ revolt five years ago that gave birth to the now-outlawed Solidarity union.
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