WORLD IN BRIEF : POLAND : Reluctant Walesa Would Take Office
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa said he will run for his nation’s presidency “if really forced,” although he would prefer a break from political life. “Quite simply, I wouldn’t like to be the president, just like I didn’t want to be a trade union leader,” Walesa said after addressing the International Labor Organization in Geneva. “But fate has gone against me before and maybe I will just have to keep on going making reforms.”
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