reagan.utexas.edu - 6/16/2009
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The President's New Conference December 17, 1981 The President. Good afternoon. I have a statement which is being handed out, but I will read it for the sound media. The Situation in Poland All the information that we have confirms that the imposition of martial law in Poland has led to the ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/15/2009
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On September 2, 1939, in the wake of
Hitler’s invasion of Poland, the British House of Commons...
met to rush through a military service bill. But the House was stunned when Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said he wasn’t ready to ask for a declaration ...
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Reagan didn’t remain silent on Poland
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... the next day (emphases mine): The President. “Your Holiness, I want you to know how deeply we feel about the situation in your homeland.” “I look forward to the time when we can meet in person.” “Our sympathies are with the people, not the government .” Three days later , Reagan made his point crystal clear in a press conference: All the information that we have confirms that the imposition of martial law in Poland has led to the arrest and confinement, in prisons and detention camps, of thousands of Polish trade union leaders and intellectuals. Factories are being seized by ...
Does Obama care?
Power Line —
... notes that Reagan immediately reacted to the imposition of martial law by publicizing his conversation with Pope John Paul II the next day:
The President. "Your Holiness, I want you to know how deeply we feel about the situation in your homeland."
"I look forward to the time when we can meet in person."
"Our sympathies are with the people, not the government."
Reagan elaborated his views three days later in a press conference:
All the information that we have confirms that the ...
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