. ABOUT MONGOLIA

Polish point of view

1. A street in Addis Ababa had been renamed 'Soviet-Ethiopian Friendship Street';
2. There were French strikes;
3. A Polish cardinal had been elected Pope - no name."

"Some other Poles and I rushed to the bar and drank to Cardinal Wyszynski. No one expected Woytyla to become Pope."



Unlike in Russia, Andrzej was not trailed by the KGB. Instead, he arrived at the airport to find no one to collect him. While the Polish Embassy attempted to contact the geological party, he made the most of his time in the city.  Buddha-devoid Gandan was on Ulaan Baatar's outskirts, almost deserted since Mongolians were afraid to be seen there. Behind it, in the countryside, lay the original 'Black Market'.

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