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who is very scared.

Have you heard

what happened in Gdask?

I know about the street fighting.

Voivodship Committee of

the party is on fire.

Hello.

Hello.

Comrade secretary can we talk?

You wanted to talk to the bandits

without any authorization?

Mariaski, you are finished!

GDASK Voivodship Committee of

the United Polish Worker's Party

GDASK Board room of

the Voivodship National Council

Please.

ALOJZY KARKOSZKA

First secretary of the Voivodship Committee

Comrades, let's start. There is no

need to present, but please let me.

of the United Polish Worker's Party

There is comrade Zenon Kliszko

with us today.

The member of the Politbiuro of

the Central Committee of our Party.

In this emergency

procedure we invited

Karol Hajduga

the deputy director from the Lenin

Shipyard to this executive meeting.

There were some tensions

in Gdynia today,

that is why comrade Hugon Malinowski -

the first secretary

from the City Committee of our Party -

is here with us today.

Can we start?

Comrades, I am opening

the executive's meeting.

GDYNIA:

Strike Committee meeting

Welcome!

Good evening.

- What are you working at?

- We are writing an address.

- To the workers.

- Pass me the pen.

Well... You're here?

She is my employee.

Yes, sir.

I help with copying, but I do it in the

handwriting. It takes a lot of time.

- Don't you have the typewriter?

- If I had this small from the office...

It's not a problem.

I will send the driver in a moment.

I will tell him.

Thanks.

Do you want tea?

- Yes, please.

- Give him tea!

Here is the address.

Comrades, today, the situation in Gdynia

was very tense, but kept under control.

As you are aware,

a large protest of workers

of main city workplaces took place.

Workers from Komuna Paryska Shipyard,

Dalmor, Port and others were involved.

Protest was peaceful,

no vandalism acts occured.

Workers called a strike committee

representing them all.

This committee met with

the president of the Presidium of

the City National Council,

comrade Mariaski.

Demands were presented.

The worst is the situation

of Navy Shipyard.

OK, now comrade

Karol Hajduga, please!

Party members of our shipyard

presents a set of claims that,

when met, can relieve

the situation in our shipyard.

I cannot see any other measures

for handling this situation

other than negotiations.

It is now clear to me,

that Voivodship Committee

and Gdask Shipyard management

do not identify themselves

with the Party ideals.

They do not agree

with the price increase

and are subject to

strike members pressure.

That exactly is the cause for

ineffectiveness of positive trends!

Are your ideological compasses

misaligned, comrades?

Listening to your speeches,

statements and assessments,

one can conclude, that party members

have done absolutely everything

possible. Absolutely everything!

Clear and simple question

comes to mind:

Why did these riots

occur in Gdask,

and not other voivodships?

I can answer that question.

The main cause for all

this is you.

You are not convinced of

the necessity of price increase!

Now here is comrade Hajduga,

considering negotiations

with the crew.

There is an answer

to that, comrade.

You do not negotiate with the

counterrevolution -

you fire at the

counterrevolution!

Even if three hundred workers are to

die - the rebellion will be crushed.

Shipyard can be blown to bits,

plowed and rebuilt.

Shall you disagree, you may submit

your party legitimacy now.

You're attitude is incompatible

with the party ideals!

As for the price increase.

No demands will be heard.

And that is to be spoken clearly.

By tomorrow, riots will be

eliminated and peace restored.

Two military divisions

will enter the city.

We summon you to avoid

such incidents as those

that took place in Gdask

which resulted in

bloodshed.

Well...

Game is over!

Get the f*** out of here!

Take all of them!

Don't beat the girl!

Faster, faster!

Faster! Faster, move your ass!

Faster!

Don't you have eyes?

You are beating your own!

What is going on?

Some kind of fog.

As it is inside.

Komuna Paryska Shipyard

WEDNESDAY 16th December 1970

Stefa!

Look!

- Bruno, it's great!

- Like new one.

As soon as it runs dry,

we will hang it in the kitchen.

I finished. We have to give back

the washing machine.

I am coming.

Bruno, come on!

- That's you. Please come in.

- Good morning.

Good morning. Bruno, you know

where to put it? Over there.

- We are sorry, it took a little

bit longer. - It doesn't matter.

We would like to pay. It was two hours

and a half, so it's four fifty, yes?

Stenia, two hours ok.

- Four zloty and it will be ok.

- All right.

- No more penny!

- Thank you very much.

GDYNIA The Presidium of

the City National Council

Comrade, secretary Porzycki from the

Shipyard came with an urgent case.

...and those people.

I recognize you comrade.

- And why are you here?

- We are from the Shipyard.

I can see that you are from the

Shipyard. You are instigators!

- All of you should be put under arrest!

- We came here to release

the committee which was arrested,

and legalized by Mr. Mariaski.

Comrade Mariaski

was suspended as he acted illegally

- and had no right to talk to you.

- Comrade secretary,

the whole Shipyard crew waits

for the arrested to be released.

If they are not released, those people

can go outside the Shipyard.

Ten thousand people. What if they

go outside the Shipyard?

Over there, at the Shipyard, do you

have the situation under the control?

Not even a single peas

will drop onto the tanks.

Come with me, comrade.

Something is going on. Go to

the secretary and call the Shipyard.

If we are not back in half an hour it

means that we were arrested. Go! Call!

And?

I am with you.

- They wanted to arrest you

but I stopped them. - I told you!

- What are we doing?

- I don't know.

If they are not released,

people will bit us.

They put the information

on the speakers. They are waiting.

We are going back!

The army divisions

and the militia entered the streets

and they are there only because

that the work was abandoned

which resulted in acts of

devastation, robbery and assaults.

If we talk about this

we can and we should talk about

the Gdask Shipyard workers

responsibility of those acts,

for the destructions.

We should talk about

taking this responsibility.

First of all,

about going back to work.

Not about shifting this

responsibility to others.

To the authority.

I summon you again,

shipyard workers -

go back to work!

There are all necessary conditions

for that! It is also necessary

so you can all soon celebrate

Christmas and the New Year.

Thank you for your attention.

Good night.

That was the speech of the deputy

prime minister Stanisaw Kocioek.

- To your coming back to work!

- This is Gdask television.

- We are going back to Warsaw.

- Cheers!

- Then, should I make you sandwiches

for work tomorrow? - Sure, make some!

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