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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549


                                    FORM T-1

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                       STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE
                        TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
                    CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

                Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility
                 of a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) __


                      STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
              (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

                Massachusetts                                04-1867445
      (Jurisdiction of incorporation or                   (I.R.S. Employer
  organization if not a U.S. national bank)              Identification No.)

     225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts                02110
     (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

      John R. Towers, Esq.  Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary
               225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02110
                                 (617)654-3253
           (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

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                         (POLAND COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
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              (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)


              (NEW YORK)                                 (06-1070447)
    (State or other jurisdiction of                    (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

                          POLAND COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                             C/O CHASE ENTERPRISES
                              ONE COMMERCIAL PLAZA
                               HARTFORD, CT 06103

              (Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)

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       POLAND COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 9-7/8% SERIES B SENIOR NOTES DUE 2003
                        (Title of indenture securities)
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                                    GENERAL

ITEM 1.  GENERAL INFORMATION.

         FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE TRUSTEE:

         (a)  NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY TO
         WHICH IT IS SUBJECT.

                 Department of Banking and Insurance of The Commonwealth of
                 Massachusetts, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

                 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington,
                 D.C., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.

         (b)  WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
                 Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

ITEM 2.  AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.

         IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
         AFFILIATION.

                 The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee or of its
         parent, State Street Boston Corporation.

                 (See note on page 2.)

ITEM 3. THROUGH ITEM 15.  NOT APPLICABLE.

ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.

         LIST BELOW ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS PART OF THIS STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.

         1.   A COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE TRUSTEE AS NOW IN
         EFFECT.

                 A copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee, as now
                 in effect, is on file with the Securities and Exchange 
         Commission as Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of
         Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with
         the Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940) and
         is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

         2.   A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF THE TRUSTEE TO COMMENCE
         BUSINESS, IF NOT CONTAINED IN THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

                 A copy of a Statement from the Commissioner of Banks of
                 Massachusetts that no certificate of authority for the trustee
         to commence business was necessary or issued is on file with
         the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 2 to 
         Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of 
         Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Morse 
         Shoe, Inc. (File No. 22-17940) and is incorporated herein by 
         reference thereto.  
         3.   A COPY OF THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE TRUSTEE TO EXERCISE CORPORATE 
         TRUST POWERS, IF SUCH AUTHORIZATION IS NOT CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS
         SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OR (2), ABOVE.

                 A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise
         corporate trust powers is on file with the Securities and Exchange
         Commission as Exhibit 3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Statement of
         Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee (Form T-1) filed with the
         Registration Statement of Morse Shoe, Inc.  (File No. 22-17940) and is
         incorporated herein by reference thereto.

         4.   A COPY OF THE EXISTING BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEE, OR INSTRUMENTS
         CORRESPONDING THERETO.

                 A copy of the by-laws of the trustee, as now in effect, is on
                 file with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 4
                 to the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee
                 (Form T-1) filed with the Registration Statement of Eastern
                 Edison Company (File No. 33-37823) and is incorporated herein
                 by reference thereto.


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         5.   A COPY OF EACH INDENTURE REFERRED TO IN ITEM 4. IF THE OBLIGOR IS
         IN DEFAULT.

                 Not applicable.

         6.   THE CONSENTS OF UNITED STATES INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEES REQUIRED BY
         SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT.

                 The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the
                 Act is annexed hereto as Exhibit 6 and made a part hereof.

         7.   A COPY OF THE LATEST REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE TRUSTEE PUBLISHED
         PURSUANT TO LAW OR THE REQUIREMENTS OF ITS SUPERVISING OR EXAMINING
         AUTHORITY.

                 A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee
         published pursuant to law or the requirements of  its supervising or
         examining authority is annexed hereto as Exhibit 7 and made a part
         hereof.


                                     NOTES

         In answering any item of this Statement of Eligibility  which relates
to matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the obligor or any underwriter
for the obligor, the trustee has relied upon information furnished to it by the
obligor and the underwriters, and the trustee disclaims responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of such information.

         The answer furnished to Item 2. of this statement will be amended, if
necessary, to reflect any facts which differ from those stated and which would
have been required to be stated if known at the date hereof.



                                   SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, State Street Bank and Trust Company, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has
duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Boston and The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 23RD day of JANUARY, 1997.


                                        STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY


                                        By: 
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                                                 HENRY W. SEEMORE
                                                 ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT


DATED: JANUARY 23, 1997





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                                   EXHIBIT 6


                             CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, in connection with the proposed issuance by POLAND
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.. of its POLAND COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 9-7/8% SERIES B
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2003,  we hereby consent that reports of examination by
Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such
authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor.

                                        STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY


                                        By:  
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                                                  HENRY W. SEEMORE
                                                  ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

DATED: JANUARY 23, 1997





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                                   EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of State Street Bank and Trust Company of
Boston, Massachusetts and foreign and domestic subsidiaries, a state banking
institution organized and operating under the banking laws of this commonwealth
and a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business June 30,
1996, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of
this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act and in
accordance with a call made by the Commissioner of Banks under General Laws,
Chapter 172, Section 22(a).





                                                                                                      Thousands of
ASSETS                                                                                                Dollars
                                                                                                 
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
     Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       1,787,130
     Interest-bearing balances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       7,756,486
Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       8,430,910
Federal funds sold and securities purchased
     under agreements to resell in domestic offices
     of the bank and its Edge subsidiary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       4,090,665
Loans and lease financing receivables:
     Loans and leases, net of unearned income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       4,426,059
     Allowance for loan and lease losses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          70,088
     Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       4,355,971
Assets held in trading accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         880,647
Premises and fixed assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         367,731
Other real estate owned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           1,067
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          65,772
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          33,530
Intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          68,505
Other assets    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       1,002,465
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Total assets    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      28,840,879
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LIABILITIES

Deposits:
     In domestic offices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       7,531,683
         Noninterest-bearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       5,387,924
         Interest-bearing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       2,143,759
     In foreign offices and Edge subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      12,050,265
         Noninterest-bearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          46,768
         Interest-bearing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      12,003,497
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
     agreements to repurchase in domestic offices of
     the bank and of its Edge subsidiary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       5,337,231
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury and Trading Liabilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         871,847
Other borrowed money  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         794,349
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          33,530
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         665,616 
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Total liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      27,284,521 
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EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          29,931
Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         276,915
Undivided profits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       1,247,942
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           1,570
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Total equity capital  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       1,556,358
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Total liabilities and equity capital  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      28,840,879
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I, Rex S. Schuette, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the above named
bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in
conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

                                      Rex S. Schuette


We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.

                                      David A. Spina
                                      Marshall N. Carter
                                      Charles F. Kaye





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