Our_view_on_NATO___________[ignore]

[Boleslaw Tejkowski <tejkowsk@bolek.i-lolek.pl>]

                                           Warsaw, 8 March 1998


                    OUR VIEW ON NATO

      The Polish National Community represents the views of most Polish
citizens and warns against the harmful decision on the Polish integration
with NATO. The idea of Poland joining NATO is strongly criticized by
growing number of people in Poland and amounts to 70% of the whole
population.

      The Polish President, Parliament and Government hide that fact from
the public and they are reluctant to carry out a referendum on Polish
integration with NATO, which raises serious objections among the citizens
in Poland.

      The idea of Polish integration with NATO is strongly supported by
the Government which, at the same time, turns a blind eye to poverty,
unemployment, deplorable housing conditions and misconceived policy in the
field of agriculture, education and welfare. The Government does not
represent the voice of the nation any longer. It turns down any offer of
cooperation with parliamentary and non-parliamentary parties.

      That impudent propaganda of Polish integration with NATO brings
adverse effects. People feel that it is a non-democratic attempt to impose
American and West European power on Poland. This results in growing
resentment towards the USA and Western Europe. But first of all such
operation would entail enormous costs for Poland, a sudden slump of the
weapon manufacturing industry and drastic reduction of the Polish army to
180 000 soldiers whereas Germany possesses 600 000 soldiers. NATO is
viewed by the Polish society as a means of dismantling Poland and
replacing the Polish Army by foreign, mostly German, military forces.
This poses a serious danger to Poland because of the neo-Nazi aura in
Germany and, above all, in the German Army. People in Poland are alarmed
by a growing domination of Germany in the NATO structures and by
pan-Germanic tendencies in reunified Germany.

      People in Poland are afraid that integration with NATO will
antagonize Poland and other Slavonic states, such as Russia, and Poland's
close neighours: Belarus and Ukraine. NATO's presence in Poland is a
threat not only to the Polish nation and other Slavonic countries, but
also to Europe and the world. The American and European policy of
confrontation with Russia would make any peace treaties or disarmament
agreements impossible and might cause excessive armament race. The Western
countries should remember that the NATO expansion means a new division of
Europe resulting in a potential military conflict and in the isolation of
Russia from the rest of the world. The NATO-free Poland should be a link
between Russia and Western Europe, and, as a result, would bring 
considerable benefits to the USA and Europe.

      We do hope that a thorough analysis of the issues presented above
will be of reciprocal benefit not only to Poland and the USA, but also to
the peace process in all the countries of Europe and the world.


   Leader of the Polish National Community - Boleslaw Tejkowski

   Deputy Leadres of Polish National Community - Barbara Krygier
                                               - Jan Jedrak
                                               - Bogdan Partycki
 
    Member of the Executive Board of 
             the Polish National Community - Jarogniewa Cieslak
 

Polish National Community PWN
00-682 Warsaw Hoza 62 Str, Poland

Postal Address:
00-956 Warsaw 10, skr. poczt.15, Poland



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