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communist leaders to adjust their doctrine to the specific require-
ments of their situation, and to suggest that the range of the par-
ticular must be widened at the expense of the universal within the
communist ideology. Even while not tantamount to a direct challenge
to the international unity of the camp, such application nonetheless
introduces a particular perspective which in the long run is inimical
to the unity of the orbit. If Gomulka's views were to become wide-
spread within the camp and if they were accepted by all communist
leaders, much of the unity of the camp would be fractured.
Gomulka's continuing insistence on his domestic autonomy
thus reflects underlying tension in the international communist
camp. To this day, even though Gomulka has acknowledged the pri-
macy of the principle of communist unity, even though he has reluc-
tantly accepted the principle of Soviet leadership, and even though
he has condemned Yugoslav insistence on their independence, Poland
remains a potential challenge to the unity of the communist camp.
The fact that Poland enjoys a measure of relative autonomy means that
the so-called construction of socialism proceeds in Poland on lines
somewhat more palatable to the masses who are tired of Stalinist
oppression and desire a greater measure of individual rights and
individual freedom. In Poland there is still a measure of free
speech. contact with the West has expanded, and fear of the secret
police has decreased. These are considerations which mark the Polish
road to socialism as something rather different from that applied
and pursued elsewhere.
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum.
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