WORLD IN BRIEF : POLAND : Reluctant Walesa Would Take Office
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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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