We type till 2 or sometimes till 3 a.m. We sleep where we can, here in the hall, on chairs. I volunteered to help because I wanted to make my tiny contribution as a solitary mother. My daughter is 12 and is at home all alone. She came to the gate twice. And we only talked across the gate. But she understood and on departure she gave to understand that everything is OK and that she will be fine

On behalf of the authorities, [USSR] ambassador Aristov made an official statement expressing concern over the development of the situation in Poland. They think that our counter-offensive is less than effective, one cannot see activists taking action, the tone of the press being self-accusing or defensive. There are many western journalists on the Coast, instigating. They are surprised that we have not banned travel to and from the West yet. He was curious what solutions we consider and what actions we are going to take. The tone of his statement was rather categorical, it sounded like a warning against a danger. [...]

As for our propaganda, we must emphasise that we have already examined and met workers’ demands; we are not going to examine demands hostile to socialism.