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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page8 the stars and stripes tuesday August 2,1988 anti soviet protest broken up in Poland Warsaw Poland up police used truncheons to break up an anti so Viet demonstration by some 200 people  protesters members of the con federation for an Independent Poland or Ken charged that the soviets stood bin the 1944 Warsaw uprising As the nazis killed More than 200,000 poles. At least three people were arrested inthe demonstration. Later police allowed one activist historian Wojciech Ziembinski to Lay a Wreath at the Tomb of the unknown Soldier. As about 300people looked on he demanded the withdrawal of soviet troops from Poland. We want the return of the polish territories robbed from us and the withdrawal of the troops by the neighbouring Power he  activists Marian Miszczak of Lublin and Grzegorz Rossa of Warsaw were injured and taken away in police vans. The Leader of Ken Leszek Moczulski was detained his wife said. Protesters questioned Why the soviet army never came to the Rescue of poles when the nazis razed Warsaw in Retalia Tion for the  soviet Union attacked Poland 17 Days after the nazis invaded to ignite world War ii. The Kremlin annexed part of Poland and deported More than 3 million  to dissident polish historians about 1.5 million poles died in the soviet Union. The protest occurred As the official news Agency Pap published an interview with a polish historian who referred to the major discordant note in polish so Viet relations asking Why the soviet army did not intervene to save the Cit Yand its population from the germans in August 1944.it was the most direct approach yet to the Issue by the official polish Media which have in the past absolved the soviet army of standing by while the City was  the interview historian Eugeniusz Duraczynski said there is no conclusive answer to Why a july 27, 1944, directive by Josef Stalin ordering soviet units to Ford the Vistula River and March toward the City was not carried out. Today we know the least about All of the circumstances and tenets of the soviet policy Duraczynski said. Even so Viet historians do not know this. Maybe in connection with glasnost some new sources will come to  after a mass at St. John s Cathedral about 200 supporters of the Ken a illegal political party attempted to March to the Tomb carrying posters that said Well never Bow in front of mos cow and in tribute to the heroes of the Warsaw  were quickly stopped by a police. The group retreated and marched i another direction to the old City Square where they placed their posters at a Monument dedicated to the children of the uprising. The Monument was visited by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev during his visit to Poland july 11-16. Police encircled the group now num Bering 40 people but they did not inter Vene As Krzystof Krol of Ken declared for More than 40 years we were on our Knees. It is High time we got  mass at the Cathedral like similar masses in several other Warsaw churches is traditionally held on the eve of the uprising against nazi occupation which broke out aug. 1,1944, and lasted for 63 Days. Twisting Down to the Pool taking advantage of sunday s Clear Rainy spell appears to be Over and Many skies thousands of Tokyo residents await their turn for a Slippery Nde Down flock to one of the City s huge pools the Long Long serpentine water slides weathermen have said the area s Long ending with a splash into the Pool. Tunisia s ruling party endorses Leader Tunis Tunisia a the govern ing party s first Congress since the ouster of Tunisia s founding father has endorsed the new president and called for confederation of North african nations. American officials have expressed concern that the idea could greatly extend libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi s influence in North Africa. The three Day c9ngress of the constitutional democratic rally marked a Triumph for founder Habib Bourguiba s successor president Zine Al abiding Ben Ali. He was confirmed sunday As part Leader amid enthusiastic applause of More than 2,000 delegates. The delegates adopted a Resolution endorsing a future great Arab maghreb without  the Congress unanimously backed Tunisia s membership inthe proposed confederation of North african countries with Algeria Morocco Libya and Mauritania. The project has gained momentum since the recent reconciliation Between Algeria and Morocco and Tunisia and Libya. Such a confederation Long was blocked by the algerian moroccan conflict Over the disputed Western Sahara but it be came a practical possibility following the reconciliation in May Between the two Arab neighbors. In addition Tunisia broke relations with Libya following Qadhafi s expulsion of More than 30,000 tunisian work ers in 1985. However the two neighbor patched up their differences late last year. To promote the planned confederation Ben Ali was due to begin a four Day visit to Libya on Friday. The Steps planned for the group in clude a joint identity card for the five participating nations. The party Congress also confirmed Ben Ali As party president. It thus ensure that it would retain its political pre Emi Nence at least in the immediate future. Ben Ali 52, a former army general and Bourguiba s prime minister seize Power last nov. 7, after seven physicians certified that the 84-year-old Veteran Leader was incapacitated by senility. More than 50 years ago Bourguiba formed the party he named the constitutionalism socialist party to Lead Tunisia to Independence from France in 1956. I recently was renamed the constitutional democratic rally. Bourguiba remains under closely guarded House arrest but he has not been charged with a crime. At the Congress opening Friday Benali promised to maintain a balanced political liberalism based on political pluralism and a free Enterprise Economy. For the first time leaders of the thre Elegal opposition parties were invited to attend a governing party Congress. Parliamentary elections Are to be he Din november. Presidential and legislative elections usually coincide in Tuni Sia and Ben Ali is expected to run for election in november. Chilly Britain was All wet during july London a while the United states suffered through record drought and heat shivering Britain slogged through its wettest july in 52 years. Soaked by downpours and chilled in subnormal temperatures tourists spent vacations in raincoats. Homeowners struggled to keep up with the Back Yard Jungle growth. Rain forced the postponement of the men s ten Nis finals at Wimbledon and the last Day of the British open Golf championship. Scotland had the worst of the downpours. Average rainfall there was the heaviest since mod Ern records began Well Over a Century ago in 1869, the nation s meteorological office said sunday. Fort William in the Highlands had 12 inches. Glasgow was Only half As wet with 6 inches. England and Wales had the wettest july since 1936, the office said. The Mercury Rose to its High est 77 degress at Margate at a time of year when temperatures in the 80s Are not uncommon. Highest Overall rainfall totals for Britain were inthe Central lowlands of Scotland which had be tween 2 a and three times the Normal july rainfall. In England Manchester had 5 /2 inches of rain Birmingham 4 inches and London 2 a inches. In the Center of the capital it has rained on sundays at least a bit every Day since july 18. Nationwide average temperatures for the month were below Normal everywhere the weather depart ment said  
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