No issue since Afghanistan has exacerbated differences in the Communist world as much as Poland. For months Enrico Berlinguer's inde pendent-minded Partita Comunista Italiano had become ever bolder in its sup port for Poland's independent unions. In a communique last December, it even warned the Kremlin of "extremely grave consequences" in the event of a Soviet invasion—meaning that the P.C.I, might break with Moscow altogether. Last week, in a rare public display of a Communist family quarrel, the Soviet Communist Party was revealed as having blasted Berlinguer in no uncertain terms. The Italian weekly Panorama published a confidential letter from...
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