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Ciech officials said talks with the candidates were scheduled in early May and a final decision was expected soon after. The groups are: Credit Lyonnais Investment, Credit Lyonnais Securities, Evip International and Bank Zachodni brokerage; NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd and Bank Pekao SA; Schroders Polska, Allen & Overy Poland, Deloitte & Touche Sp. z o.o., Deloitte & Touche Audit Services, Powszechny Bank Gospodarczy; Union Bank of Switzerland, Bank Rozwoju Eksportu, KPMG, Clifford Chance; and Coopers & Lybrand, Bank Handlowy. Ciech had 1995 sales of about $90.
Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz assured the European Parliament last week that Warsaw would safeguard the former Auschwitz death camp, but reprimanded the body for suggesting Poles needed a lesson about racism. The previous week the Parliament adopted a resolution condemning plans to build a supermarket near Auschwitz, where World War II German invaders murdered a million Jews, thousands of Poles and others. The resolution criticized Polish authorities for allowing a demonstration by a right-wing fringe group at the death camp.
Prime Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz assured the European Parliament last week that Warsaw would safeguard the former Auschwitz death camp, but reprimanded the body for suggesting Poles needed a lesson about racism. The previous week the Parliament adopted a resolution condemning plans to build a supermarket near Auschwitz, where World War II German invaders murdered a million Jews, thousands of Poles and others. The resolution criticized Polish authorities for allowing a demonstration by a right-wing fringe group at the death camp.
