U.S. Official in Poland for Talks
Associated Press
WARSAW —
The first senior U.S. official to visit Poland since 1981, when Solidarity was crushed and martial law imposed, began a round of talks today that he said will help determine if the United States should lift economic sanctions against Poland.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead met first with Foreign Minister Marian Orzechowski. Before leaving Saturday, he is to have talks with Polish leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski and Prime Minister Zbigniew Messner.
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