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However, insofar as the existing Polish government is con-
cerned, ideology is an important restraining element which prevents
thettranslation of Polish insistence on domestic autonomy into actual
striving for national independence. Even though the Polish nation
itself expects and hopes for national independence, and even though
Polish nationalism creates pressures in that direction, the existing
communist regine is committed to certain propositions making it
necessary to maintain close liaison with the rest of the communist
camp. Accepting unity and rejecting Titoism, Gomulka, his quarrels
with other communist regimes notwithstanding, does not desire a
dissolution of the communist camp. he has always insisted on a
relationship which would permit the communist regimes to enjoy a
measure of domestic autonomy, but which would at the same time main-
tain esternal unity against the dangers which he apparently believes
exist: imperialism and capitalism. Gomulka, subscribing to the no-
tion that socialism and eventually communism will spread throughout
the world, cannot engage in actions which, in his own judgment, would
be beneficial to the interests of the enemies of communism.
Looking into the future, one should not expect striking aser-
tions of domestic autonomy on the part of Comulka, There are important
restraints in the way. In addition to the ideological, there is the
geographic factor. The geographical position of Poland, its political
isolation in the orbit, as well as the economic dependence of the new
Polish industries on raw materials from the rest of the communist
camp, narrowly restrict the range of independent adtivity of any
Polish government. Even antiscommunist Poles are inclined to feel
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