After internal debate the Solidarity leadership decided to go along, not to press for legal status.

By early today, both the Government and the Solidarity leadership appeared to be seeking some kind of negotiated end to the remaining strikes.

And the Solidarity leadership may not be able to persuade them to.

In the ranks of the Solidarity leadership, Walesa has no challenger.

Those feeling have been aggravated by the talk in the Solidarity leadership about possible forms of cooperation.

However, the central Solidarity leadership, which has operated remarkably openly in recent months, is increasingly seeking to influence events.

Now, he is returning to Poland as a guest of the Solidarity leadership.

Almost immediately after the legal Solidarity leadership had been arrested, underground structures began to arise.

The Solidarity leadership has demanded that the union be restored to legal status before it would agree to discussions with the authorities.

For the Solidarity leadership, it was a moment of triumph.