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TASS STATEMENT

TASS is authorized to state that party and government leaders of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic have asked the Soviet Union and other allied states to render the fraternal Czechaslovak people urgent assistance, including assistance with armed forces. This request was brought about by the threat which was arisen to the socialist system, eJ4 sting in Czechoslovakia, and to the statehood established by the constitution, the threat emanating from the counter­ revolutionary forces which have entered into a collusion with foreign forces hostile to socia lis m.

The events in Czecloslovakia and around her were repeatedly the subject of exchanges of views between leaders of fraternal socialist countries, including the leaders of Czechoslovakia. These countries are unanimous in that the sup­ port 1 consolidation and defence of the peoples' socialist gains is a common internationalist duty of all the socialist states. This common stand of theirs was solemnly proclaimed in the Bratislava statement.

The further aggravation of the situation in Czechoslovakia affects the vital interests of the Soviet Union and other socialist states , the interests of the security of the states of the socialist community. The threat to the socialist system in Czechoslovakia constitutes at the same time a threat to the mainstays of European peace.

The Soviet Government and the governments of the allied countries -­ the People 1 s Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian People 1 s Republic, the Germa.n Democratic Republic, the Polish People's Republic-- proceeding from the priri­ ciples of inseverable friendship and co-operation and in accordance with the existing contractual commitments 1 have decided to meet the above-mentioned requests for rendering necessary help to the fraternal Czechoslovak people.

This decision is fully in accord with the right of states to individual and collective self-defence envisaged in treaties of alliance concluded between the fraternal socialist countries. This decision is also in line with vital interests of our countries in safeguarding European peace against forces of militarism, · aggression and rewncl:ewhich have more than once plunged the people of Europe into wars. - 2-

Soviet anned units together with armed units of the above-mentioned allied countries entered the territory of Czechoslovalda on Auaust 21. They will be immediately withdrawn from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic aa ~:toon ac the obtaining threat to the gains of socialism in Czechoslovakia , the threat to the security of the socialist counties is eliminated and the lawful authorities find that further presence of these armed units there is no longer necessary •

The actions which are being taken are not directed against any state and in no measure infringe state interests of anybody. They serve the purpose of peace and have been prompted by concern for its consolidation.

The fraternal countries firmly and resolutely counterpose their unbreakable solidarity to any threat from outside. Nobody will oo ever allowed to wrest a single link from the community of socialtst states.

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Moscow, August 22, TASS. According to reports coming in from Czechoslova­ Jda the situation in the country remains normal on the whole. Industrial and agricul­ tural enterprises, government institutions are working as usual. The Czechoslovak population, responding to the call of President L.Svoboda, remains calm displaying a sense of civic responsibility. The command of the allied forces which keeps in touch with the command of the Czechoslovak People's Army helps ensure the internal and external security of the Czechoslovak Socialist State.

As reported earlier 1 the anti-socialist forces are trying to disorganise normal life in the country and create complications in the hope of stirring up nationalistic passions and hostility toward the healthy patriotic forces of Czechoslo­ vakia which are devoted to socialism and toward fraternal countries which came to the aid of the Czechoslovak. people.

Hostile elements are trying at any cost to aggravate the situation, committing grave crimes. Thus they arrested Svestka, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Rude Pravo and member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak

Communist Party 1 and printed a special issue of this newspaper 1 organ of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, attacking the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. Comrade Svestka was released from under arrest by Soviet troops.

The counterrevolutionary forces, particularly in Prague, are resorting to dangerous actions. In the central district of Prague they staged an act of sabotage: burned four Soviet personnel armoured carriers and caused fire in neighbouring buildings. These saboteurs are also trying to put out of operation means of communi­ cation and transport and interfere with food supplies in the city. The counterrevolutionaries are using clandestine radio transmitters and prin­ teries which were prepared beforehand. The slanderous fabrications and inventions

cooked up by counterrevolutionaries and transmitted in this way 1 are taken up by dmperialist propaganda which is trying to pass them off as an expression of the offi­ cial position of Czechoslovakia and its public opinion. In this context should also be viewed the groundless attempts by certain Western powers to take "the question of Czechoslovakia" to the Security Council for cd!scussi.PA.The Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry pointed on August 21 to the untenabi­ lity of this attempt to take the matter to the U.N. 0. , stressing that Czechoslovakia will not agree to its discussion in the United Nations because the relations bet~een Czechoslovakia and other socialist countries are decided by themselves within the framework of the socialist community. President L.Svoboda spoke on the Czechoslovak radio again on the e~n~g of August 21 appealing to the population of the country to remain calm and guard the mainstays of socialism, freedom and democracy. PRESS· RELEASE ~ ~ UNION OF SOVIET. SOCIALIST REPUBLICS MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONs22 August_, 1968 136 EAST 67th STREET. NEW YORK 21. N.Y. N 65

PRAVDA ABOUT EVENTS TIT CZECHOSLOVAKIA

The historic decision of Czechosloval;: p~ty leaders and statesmen to a~peal to the U33R and other allied states for help was pro.:~rpted"by the danger of fratricidal struggle pre~~ared by 11 reaction in Czechosloval>:ia , Pravda nrites today in a lengthy editorial occupying two pages and entitled 1'Defense of socialism 11 is supreme internationalist duty • Pravda stresses ·i:;hat relations with Czechoslovakia and its . CoLununist party have always held an i Ll}ortant ylace in the policy of the CPSU and the 3oviet Gove~~ent. "To the century - old tradi·!Jions of Slav affinity have been added since long ago the unbre~~able ties of joint struggle for 1 the freedo!.l, independence and social · prosress of our peoples ; . The newspa:?er recalls that over a l;mndred thousand Soviet sol­ diers lie buried in Czechoslovak~a. Pravda -vn-i tes: :;Our Party, the Soviet peo:)le are convinced that the wor~:ing class, peasan·i:iry and honest intelligentsia of Cz.echoslovalda have never changed ·i:iheir attitude to our colillllon cause of building a new society , ·tihat ·i;heir feelings remain as f r iendly as 1)efore to our yeo::}le and the cause of socialism in . 1 1 the Czechoslova..t: Socialist 1.e:L')ublic i. ;For our part,-r1e are devot­ ed to ·che friendship r1hich our -'Guo :;?a.rties have been strengthe- ning throughout ·the :)ost-v1ar :years:;. · 'l'he ar·!Jicle no·Ges that the CPSU showed understanding to­ wards the ~.~e cisions of the January ::::lenary ueeting ·of the Central Coru:ai ttee of the Czechoslovalc Communis·!; :?arty . During the talks betueen CPGU und Czechosloval: leaders in IIoscow (January) and Pra5"Ue (February: , it was stated ·that the choice of uays towards socialism, the chci.ce of forms and methods of :;arty leadership ful­ ly and e::.;cclusively rests ,-,ith the Central Committee of the Czechoslova1: Communist Party. iJ.t the same time, the attention of the Cen·Gral Co.mmi ttee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party was, already ·chen, called.;. to the c;rowing activities of right wing revisionist eleillen·i;s. The developments ·t;hat followed showed that the true situation VIas develo:.;ing in the way more :.and more different from the predictions of Czechoslovalc leaders. •

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11The events showed ·that in the Czechoslovak CorJr.'lunist Barty itself ·there was develo :.~ing a situation of dis~ray, vacillation and uncertainty. TI.eactionar:~r, anti-socialist forces VThich relied on world .. im:_1erialism for support were rearing their heads in the country ~: .

The liarch-l~pril ::. 'lenary meeting of· the Central Committee o:t the · Czechoslovak Comnunist Party failed to s ·iiabilise the .s-1- ·t;uatio:'l. Some · of the points of the Party's action :proGra.Ll, . adopted at this Plenar~ meeting, as er~erience showed, actually began to be used by right-~ngers as a sort of a legal platform for fu~ther attacks on the Comimniat P~J on the foundations of socialism, on friendship between the vzechoslovak1 and Soviet i:)eoples== . At ·the I:oscow meeting o:f' Llay 4, Czechosloval= Comnnmist Party leaders sj?ol;:e themselves of the gravity of the situation in their countr~. Tihat is more, they stated that negative fea­ tures in internal :.Jolitical develo::;>ment in Czechoslovakia "go beyond the bounds of our ~1urely internal affairs. and affect fraternal count:t.'ies, for instance, the Soviet ·)nion and ~·?ol~d: :. This is \1hat they literally said then: ':The enemy is ·active. It is seeking to turn events in the interests of counter-revolu­ tion:•.

The I.~ ?lenary meeting of the Cen·tral ColDLli ttee ·Of the Czechoslovak Communist Party admitted that the biggest danger to ·the cause of socialism in Czechoslovakia is coming from the right. However, the decisions of the ·:·lenary meeting remained . unfulfilled. The anti-socialist forces launched an attack on the line of this Plenar.1 meeting. Statements by anti-Soviet elements became still sharper. Pravda recalls the appeal of"Tlfo thousand words '1 published in the Czechoslovak press by ·t;he counter re­ volutionary forces, whiCh uas an open call for struggle against the Czechoslovak Oomm1nist Party and against constitutional au-t;hority. • The position v1hich the .CPSU Central Committee had been upholding over the last seven months of the events was as folluws: Firstly, the CPSU Central Commi·ctee disJlayed from the very outset an understanding of the decisions of the Czechoslovak Communist Party Central Committee "aimed at correcting Llistakes and shortcomings, im:_)roving Party [lUi dance of all s:;heres of pub­ lic life and at· develp~iing socialist democracy".

Gecondly the CPSU Central Committee alw~s stressed that 1 ' only the leadi.ng role of the Party and continued full Party cont­ rol over the development of events can ,.guar<ee a successful im:;?lementation of the decisions taken;;. - 3-

Thirdly, the CPSU Central Committee "~as believed and believes now that the destiny of the socialist gains of the Czechoslovak people and Czechoslo­ vakia •s destiny as a socialist state tied with our country and other fraternal countries by allied commitments, is not only an internal affair or the Czechoslo­ vak Communist Party". "That is why the CPSU Central Committee considers it its internationalist duty to contribute in every way to strengthening the Cze­ choslovak Communist Party, preserving and consolidating socialism in Czecho-· slovakia and defending it against the scheming of imperialism".

The first and main thing to.cause serious concern and alarm is the situation in which the Czechoslovak Communist Party has found it self, Pravda says. "Without strengthening the Communist Party, without ensuring in practice its leading role, all talk of "improving socialism inevitably becomes a deception". The counter revolutionary forces in Czechoslovakia were persistently campaign-. ing to discredit the Communist Party.

The newspaper says that one contributing factor to the activisation of the anti-communist forces was the wrong stand taken by some of the Czechoslo­ vak Communist Party leaders and their departure from marxist-leninist principles on a number of issues. It was repeated calls by certain Czechoslovak Communist Party leaders for "ending communist monopoly to power", "for separating the Party from power", establishing "equality"between the Czechoslovak Communist Party and other political parties, etc. That triggered off an unbridled campaign against the Czechoslovak Communist Party.

Taking advantage of the indecision and wavering position of the Czecho­ slovak Communist Party Central Committee, the revisionists and right wing forces began denouncing roundly all the activities of the Czechoslovak Commu­ nist Party over the last twenty years, thereby denying its right to lead society and the state. Instead of opposing resolutely the attempts to destroy the Party Central Committee continued to lead things toward turning the Czechoslovak Communist Party into an .amorphous, ineffectual organisation, into some sort of a discussion club.

"The bas.ic leninist principles of party life, those of democratic centra­ lism, and ideological-organisational unity of the Party, began to be actually violaded in the Czechos1ovak Communist Party. The Party found inself on the threshold of legalising factional grouppings and disintegrating into "autonomous",. loosely connected organisations" • Unfortunately, even among members of the Presidium of the Czechoslovak Communist Party ·Central Committee there were people who as a matter of fact took an open stand against the f.eninist principles of Party life. In this conte.)..'t Pravda mentions;statements by Josef Spacek.

The massive campaign in the country for routing party cadres also tended to undermine the guiding role of the Czechoslovak Communist Pary". Criticism · of individual leaders had grown into an .indisGriminate demand for mass removal of party leaders. Many e;cpertenced people devoted to the cause of the party - 4-

and the workfng class who fought courageously against fascism and took an ~ active part in building socialism, were thus removed. "An atmosphere of real pog­ romand "moral execution" of cadres was created".

"A definite political line was clearly showing through, a line tot removing from active political life ideologically and politically staunchest com­ munists who took a firm stand against the right-wing opposition". This is

the only way to qualify t for instance 1 a statement by Cestimir Osar, Secr(3tary

of the Central Committee · of the Czechoslovak Communist Party 1 who urged admission of 200,000-300,000 young people to the Czechoslovak Communist Party. The policy of wholesale routing of leading cadres was also extended to important links of the machinery of government, trade unions and the youth league. Most of the government members were replaced. "Among those removed were also quite a few persons whom Czechoslovak Communist Party leaders described as reliable and staunch communists after the January Plenary meeting" •

"No less dangerous to the cause of socialism in Czechoslovakia was also the fact that apart from a sharp weakening of organisational and political work the Czechoslovak Communist Party leadership actually handed over control over mass media to the right wing and anti-socialist forces. :Niany newspapers, radio and television of Czechoslovakia were actually at the disposal of certain groupings pursuing clearly anti-socialist aims ••.

"In short, there developed a situation in which right wingers could

openly make anti-socialist statements in the press 1 hold demonstrations and meetings under their counter-revolutionary slogans while statements giving a Mlrxist-Ieninist appraisal of the situation in the country were suppressed and those who made them persecuted".

The newspaper says further that reaction in Czechoslovakia launched an offensive on Merxist-Ieninist ideology. Actions by the enemies of socialism clearly exhibited methodicalness and sense of purpose. They pursued one aim - to undermine the ideological-theoretical basis of communism.

The widely publicised statement made by Cestmir Cisar at the meeting in Prague marking the !50th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, was also reduced to renunciation of Leninism and denial of its international significance. "There developed an atmosphere in Czechoslovakia when it was fashionable and profitable to attack M1rxism-Ieninism but dangerous to uphold the basic principles of communist teaching. - 5-

How can it be explained? By a poor knowledge of theory on the part of certain leaders or deliberate encouragement of those who would like to deprive the Party of its theoretical weapon, who would like to destroy the basis of the ideological unity of the Czechoslovak Communist Party with other units of the world communist movement? 11

Pravda says further that an uncritical, non-class approach to certain pages in Czechoslovak history was gaining increasing currency in the country, the Masarik cult was revived and Benes who led his country to Munich was lauded to the skies.

Pravda also calls attention to the fact that no small efforts had been made in Czechoslovakia recently to stir up sentiments among the people which cannot be described otherwise than na.tionalistic. This was the aim of a noisy propagan­ da campaign which was artificially built up before the Cierna nad Tisou meeting between the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party and the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee. This campaign was directed not against the class-enemies of the Czechoslovak working people, not against the imperialists but against the closest friends, the Soviet Union and other fraternal socialist countries.

"If the leaders of the Zcechoslovak Socialist Republic did not want to listen to the opinion of their friends, did not want to heed their voice, and did not want to follow the same road with them, then whom were they going to orient themselves on, with whom did they want to go? And whete did they want to seek a guarantee o'f security and sovereignty for the Czechoslovak pecple, and its socialist gai!ls aga!nst attacks from imperialism? 11

11Appa!'ently certain leaders of the Czechoslovak Commun~.ot Pa1ty believed that by Stirring up nationalistic passions it is possible to secure a wider support for their positions from the broad sections of the population including the right wingers and the enemies of socialism. But this is a dangerous road. It is dangerous above all because it would lead them further away from those who are the natural allies and true friends of the Czechoslovak Communist Party and the people of Czechoslovakia ...

The enemies of Soviet-Czechosloyak fr!andship kept harping on the idea that all of Czechoslovakia •s .. troubles .. allegedly stemmed from following until recently some .. Soviet brand of socialism" "imposed 11 on her. - 6-

The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia have different state structure, different systems of economic management and sub­ stantionally differing forms of solution of the nationalities problem, the newspaper writes. "All talk of 'imposing• the 'Soviet brand of socialism• on Czechs and Slovaks is nothing else but a malicious and provocative lie".

The forcel'~ which tried to undermine. the positions of the Czechoslovak Communist Party were doing everything in their power to make it appear as if economic ties betwee·n our countries were disadvantageous and even burdensome to Czechoslovakia, Pravda writes. The sole aim of such statements was "to prepare the ground for reorienting Czechoslovak economy on the 'Jest". The experience of Socialist construction shows that economic relations of Socialist countries are relations of a new type. Allround cooperation and mutual assistance is the basis on which a rapid economic development proved possible, the article says. In the last seven years industrial output in CMEA countries made a gain of 76 per cent while in developed capitalist countries the increment did not exceed 45 per cent. · The Czechoslovak press was trying to impress upon the working class and the whole population of the country that a wrong economic policy pursued by the Czechoslovak Communist Party < allegedly was a handicap to raising the wellfare of the people~ · It is known,however, that for the output o~electricity, steel, cement, textiles, footwear and meat Czechoslovakia is ahead of the developed capitalist countries in Europe. It holds one of the leading places in the world for the per capita output of machinery

Czechoslovak-Soviet trade was pictured in the.n~ative light. In the past 12 years (1956-1968* the USSR has delivered to Czechoslovakia 17 000,000 tons of grain, almost 700,000 tons of cotton, 5l,OOO,OOo1 tons of oil and many other goods. "If Czechoslovakia had had to buy all these goods for hard currency, she would have had to spend some 3,500,000,000 dollars", the newspaper writed. Did the USSR switch over to a purely commercial basis in its trade with the Czechoslovak Socia­ list Republic as Ota Sik, Deputy Chairman of the Czechoslovak Government, was practically leading to in his criticism, it would create many difficulties in the republic 1 s national economy. The CPSU constantly i ·lproves the style, forms and methods of party and state development, Pravda points out. The same work is being done in other socialist countries. It is done in a ~uiet manner on the basis of socialist-system principles.

'~nfortunately, the discussion on economic reforms in Czechoslovakia rested on a different basis. The discussion, on t one hand, concentrated on the indiscriminate criticism of all the previous development of socialist economy, and on the ot·her, on proposals to replace planned principles by market, spontaneous relati ons gi ving full play to private capital. - 7 -

The economic discussion in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was expl~ted by revisionist and counterrevolutionary elements obviously seeking to divert the country's. economy to the 11 capitalist road • "Certain Czechoslovak leaders began revision a number of major foreigp. policy positions an,d· commitments of Czechoslova­ kia under the Warsaw treat;r and the bilaterB.l treaty w.i th the So­ tiet Union". "There are certain tendencies in Czechoslovak foreign policy particularl3" in European affairs, which cause serious concern! Pra~da s~s. These, specifica~ly, were a~mon­ strated quite c early in statements by foreign minister Jiri Hajek. There have been certain attempts to deal a blo'l;l at the 'vlarsaw treaty. Thus, ~aclav Prchlik, responsible spoke~an of the Czechoslovak Communist Party Central Committee, called in a public speech for revising the stru.cture of the 'v/f}rsaw t:vea.ty organisation and cast aspersings on the activiwies of the polltical consulta.ti ve commi tte.e of the Warsaw treaty organi­ zation. "One might 1;txp8o1i tha1J su0h actions would be condemned by the leadership of the Czechoslo·vak Communist Party Central Committee but it never happened". No breach in the Warsaw treaty must be allowed, Pravda stresses. "Such a line runs counter to the vital interests of all member nations of the Warsaw treaty organisation, including those of the Soviet Union". The article says that the Czechoslovak frontiers on the West are actually open from the Czechoslovak side. "This created a ~·i tuation when saboteurs and spies tmuggled by imperialist intelligence services began crossing freely into Czechoslovakia from \lestern countries. Imperialist agents had an opportunity of smuggling secretly arms into Czechoslovak territory". Czechoslovak leaders know that 'vJestern Germany does not recognize the present European frontiers, continues to insist on the right to speak "on behalf of all Germans", lays as before claims to West Berlin and that the FRG Government ha~ not y'6t renounced fully its ~bition to gain access t .o nuclear weapons, and has not stated that the Munich treaty is invalid from the very beginning, Fravda writes. "Nevertheless statements were made in Czechoslovakia favouring rapproachmell't,.-with West Germany and stronger ties with it. The matter went so fe1· that it was officially stated on behalf of the Czechoslovak Government that Czechoslovakia's policy in European a-.ffairs .was shaped in many ways by the fact that Czechoslovakia lies between the Soviet Union and '•lest Germany". "Such an approach is· abso·lutely devoid of class cont-ent, it runs counter to historical experience and does not meet the - 8 - interests of security of Socialist countries and Czechoslovakia herself."

Noteworthy are facts showing an inadmissible attitude to Czechoslova­ kia •s committments following from the Warsaw treaty in connection with the recent military staff exercises of Vvarsaw treaty member countries in Czechoslo­ vak territory. The presence of Soviet troop contingents was described by the anti-socialist and right-wing forces as an occupation of Czechoslovakia.

"Only a country ignoring its allied committments can act in this way. Members of the ·warsaw treaty organisation could not but draw appropriate conclusions from this" 1 the article says.

"Those behind the unfriendly anti-Soviet campaign will not be able to force into oblivion the fact that Czechoslovakia can retain its independence and sovereighty only as a socialist country 1 as a member of the socialist community.

Pravda says that as a matter of fact the political opposition which formed in Czechoslovakia aimed at restoring the capitalist order.

Specifically the leadership of the people's and the socialist party was talking of removing the Communist party from power. The social democratic party went into action against the Czechoslovak communist party. "Club -231", was an openly counterrevolutionary organization headed by the veteran fascist Brodsky, former bourgeois general Palecek, Rambousek and Cech who were once condemned as agents of an imperialist intelligence service, and ·. others.

"Anti-socialist organisation in Czechoslovakia had the broadest connections with foreign countetrc,.\~lutionary emigree centres and foreign bourgeois parties and circles" fit

. . ~ ·-·· ~ ...... "Things were heading for an open counterrevolutionary coup attempt", Pravda stresses.

"Counterrevolution wanted to seize power quietly 1 without an armed conflict but it also foresaw other possible developments. The kno'Wl'l · f.:\c.ts · .~,f uncovering secret arms Caches show that reaction did not rule out the possibility of an armed clash with the supporters of socialism. A union of officers 11 of the former benes army 1 "Association of servicemen abroad 1 was set up large groups of counterrevolutionaries of whom some crossed over into Czechoslovakia carrying weapons drew closer to Czechoslovak frontiers and got together in immediate proximity to the frontier.

11 The analysis of the counterrevolutionary anti-socialist utterances that had been made in Czechoslovakia convincingly shows that they were rather organised than spOntaneous by nature".

"The people who were working for .counterrevolutionary ends were connected with foreign intelligence services, with imperialist circles abroad.

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Besides 1 some of the organizers of counterrevolutionary forces had until recently tried to keep in the background. The rightwing forces had their people in the leading bodies of the Czechoslovak Communist Party and were well-informed on their actions" •

The Communist and Workers• Parties of socialist countries did everything in their power in support of the communists 1 all the working people of the Czecho­ slovak Socialist Republic 1 to prevent the dangerous tum of events 1 the article says.

At the Ciema nad Tissou meeting and at the Bratislava conference 1 the representatives of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party pledged to take urgent and concrete measures to stabilize the situation in the country, strengthen and protect socialist gains. "Yet 1 after the meeting in Ciema and the conference in Bratislava 1 the leading organs of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic had done nothing to reAJff counter-revolution, while the right-wing anti-socialist forces had even stepped up their activities".

Pravda writes: "The Cierna nad Tissou meeting revealed a division of forces in the Presidium of the Czechoslovak Communist Party Central Committee. While a minority of the Presidium members with Alexander Dubcek at the head spoke from openly rightwing opportunist positions, most of the members took a principled line and stressed the need for vigorous struggle against the reactionary anti-socialist forces and against connivance at reaction.

"But the right-wing revisionist elements in the leadership of the Communist Party and Government of Czechoslovakia thwarted the fulfilment of agreement reached in Ciema nad Tissou and Bratislava on defending the positions of socialim in Czechoslovakia 1 on the struggle against anti-socialist forces and a rebuff to imperialist machinations. Vl/hile professing their desire to defend socialism, these people were in fact trying to gain time and were encouraging counter-revolution. Their wicked treacherous actions created a real threat to Czechoslovakia's socialist gains. Double-dyed reaction came on the Czechoslovak political scene.

The newspaper says that "it is not only the road of socialist democracy on which the Czechoslovak people embarked in January but also the very foundations of socialism and the Republic itself that were imperilled".

"An atmosphere absolutely inacceptable to socialist countries was created. In that situation it was necessary to act and act purposefully and resolutely without losing time. Therefore the Soviet Union and other socialist states decided to meet the request of Czechoslovak Party leaders and statesmen to render urgent assistance to the fraternal Czechoslovak people 1 including assistance with armed forces".

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Moscow, August 22, TASS. The numerous meetings, resolutions and 1 etters by working people of the Soviet Union, of other socialist countries testify to a complete and total approval and support of the measures taken in defence of socialist gains in Czechoslovakia. These measures have been supported and solldarized with by many communist and workers • parties, by working people and progressive forces.

Some statesmen of several bourgeois countries are beginning to take a realistic position. Of course, the imperialist quarters, which are staking on tearing Czechoslovakia away from the community of socialist states, cannot put up with the collapse of their hopes. They are continuing to create aroud the Czechoslovak events an atmosphere of tension and political hysteria. This especially concerns the ruling quarters of Bonn. They are raging, involantarily giving away the! intentions connected with the activities of counterrevolutionary forces in Czechoslovakia.

Throughout August 22 the situation in Czechoslovakia was on the whole calm. Nevertheless, anti-socialist forces in Prague continued their subversive activities trying to spread tension and uncertainty among the population. Continued use for these purposes is made of clandestine radio broadcasts .. Counter - revolutionary leaf-lets being printed. Incendiary posters containing slanderous attacks on prominent Czechoslovak party and government leaders, as well as on allied troops, have been pasted up in some parts of Prague. Cars with loudspea­ kers transmitting clandestine radio broadcasts have appeared in the streets.

Underground radio stations and illegal publications, as well as Western propaganda centers are spreading the most low-grade falsifications. Certain officials are rendering them direct service in this. Thus, O.Sik, J.Hajek, F. Vlasak and S. Gasparik announced that they would discharge government functions "outside Czechoslovakian territory", which, as a matter of fact, nobody had authorised them to do.

Everybody who :pride the cause of socialism in Czechoslovakia will waive the claims of ban~"Upt politicians and those who back them to speak in the name of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. According to reports coming from Czechoslovakia, the servicemen of the allied armies are displaying restraint in a difficult situation, helping with honour, dilm!ty, and a fine sense of duty, the working people and brothers in class --the working people of Czechoslovakia-- to uphold the cause of socialism, to do away with the threat to the security and sovereignty of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It can often be seen in the streets and squares of towns and villages how officers and men of the allied troops canyon friendly talks with the population, reply to numerous que·stions, help them to assess correctly the political situation, expla.tning the nC"hJe goals pursued by these troops.

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Most active among these clubs is "C::lub-231" so named after a clause in the constitutional law on the defence of the republic under which, after

the rout of the OCClGtion in February 1948 1 enemies of socialist Czechoslovakia were punished for anti-state and counterrevolutionary activities. As is knoW!l, in the process of the application of this law some officials abused power. But the rectification of these abuses of power does not cancel the revolutionary essence of the law and does not permit all sorts of shady characters and counter­ revolutionaries to use facts of the rehabilitation of honest people in their interests, Meanwhile "Club -231" assembled over 40,000 members, mainly former criminals and persons guilty of crimes against the state. It was noted by the newspaper "Rude pravo•• that this club1s members include former nazi generals, SS officers, ministers of the puppet, so called, slovak state created in their time by the nazis, representatives of the reactionary clergy and traitors. These people are guilty of the death of many innocent communists and upright citizens of Czechoslovakia.

The openly counterrevolutionary organisation "Club-231" was headed by sucl people like the old fascist Brodsky, the former bourgeois general Palecek, condemend in their time for espionage activities as imperialist agents, Rambousek, · Chen and others. All these are dyed-in-the-wool and malicious enemies of socialis:. The fact that this club was a gathering of the most inveterate reactionaries is also proved by the statements made by some justly rehabilitated political leaders • They wrote that among members of the club there were "collaborationists of the occupation period, thieves, murderers who have been and remain enimies of our nation and all upright people, Also in the ranks of this club were such people who struggled during the revolution of 1948 and after it against progressive forces in our state, committed political murders and other acts of violence". Could one believe assurances that this scum has disconfinued such "activities" 'J Could one believe statements that they were ready, together with the Communist party I to defend the SOCialist system in Czechoslovakia? It is worth listening to the die-hard fascist Brodsky who incidentally got the post of secretary general of "Club-231". At one of the meetings of the club1 s members he said, fuming with hatred for communists: "We will pull the legs of communists out".

The chairman of the club in the district Praha-1, one Grdy, also did not conceal his criminal views. He stated that "t he situation in the country is very suitable for overthrowing the socialist system" •

It must be noted that "Club-231" created a ramnified network of its committees in the provinces. Branches of this club appeared even in the United States and Canada. Iv1embers were recruited from Czechoslovak, emigres -­ political criminals , turncoats, traitors and other scum. The club •s branc~es actively started to collect money into its fund.

Printed recently in the newspaper "Rude pravo" was an open letter to Srom, secretary of "Club-231" in Southern Bohemia. The author of the letter A. Cerny exposed this "secretary'' as a black market profiteer and traitor. Srom, who now seized the post of secretary of th~ regional organisation of "Club-231", ' - 3- as reported by the author of the letter and confirmecl'bydocuments and excerpts from an autobiography written by Srom himself, was the owner of a big pri· vate enterprise. After the liberation of Czechoslovak,ia .he worked as an economic executive and was tried several times for various machinations. Then he become a paid American agent and, as admitted by himself, supplied the American intelligence service with secret information.

Member of 11 Club-231 11 Frantisek Foul! maintained constant ties with the editor of the emigre magazine ., Cvedecetvi .. in Austrie and agent of the Central intelligence agency of the United States Pehacek, as well as with staff members of the 11 Free Europe 11 radio station, which clearly intimated its readiness to give the club every assistance if only it did not becoma .. a branch of the com..'llunist 11 party of Czechoslovakia • Jaromir Nebesky from Frague ~ an

The imperialists immediately di:Jce1ned the genuine countenance of the 11 members of "Club-231 • The already mentioned general from bourgeois Czechoslovakia Palecek was a co:1stant companion of the British ambassador in Prague Barker. The well-known functionary of 11 Club-23l" Gruby is the son of a former minister of the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The leadership of the club included the terrorist Kebl and one Slavik whose father now heads the reactionary organisation "Council of free Czechoslovakia 11 in the United States. 11 11 Prasek, one of the leaders of Club-231 , did not conceal his hatred for the communist party and said workers in Czechoslovakia should be deprived of power. Another club member, Siska, demanded the complete liquidation of the communist party of Czechoslovakia. Activists of "Club-231" drove freely around Czechoslovakia's town and villages, urging people not elect communists into the leading bodies of power o P.t the same time thE:!y collected information in the centre and !n the provinces about members of the communist party of Czechoslo­ vakia "in order to settle account::; w!th them in due time ...

11 11 Such are only some of the openly violent features of Club-231 •

The "Club··of non-party activists" did not lag behind in its hostile anti-communist and anti-sovi~t activities. T~1is club is headed ty one of the most reactionary leaders , a fierce enemy of socialism I. Svitak who works in the Academy of sciences of Czechoslovakia. He was expelled from the ranks of the communist party of Czechoslovakia but was viewd lately as a 11 Victim of deforma­ tions ... His assistants were Rubacekc Musil, and Klementjev -- agents of the in­ ternational zionist organization "joint ...

The leaders of this club tried to recruit followers not only among the scient! and technical intelligensia but also among workers and servicemen. W'ith this purpose they set up branches of their -club qt enterprise·s and in various organ!- ·. ' • . .· , - 4 - :- ... zatJons. They called these branclles "societies in defence of speech and the press", which became especially fashionable in. Czechoslovakia this summer .. The main task of these "societies" was to defend the "right" to appear in the press, on radio and televis~on of those people who attacked the communist party of Czechoslovakia and all prOgreSsive forces of the country.

At the same time they created obstacles for representatives of healthy elements of Czechoslovakia , trying t() deprive them of the possibility to work actively in the press and radio.

But the gentlemen from the "Club of non-party activists" made extensive use of the radio and television for their anti-socialist statements and recNited by means of the mass media new members of their organization.

The ultimate aim of the leaders of this club differs little from the aims of the people from "Club-231". Liquidation of the communist party of Czechoslo­ vakia and of the socialist gains in the country, revival of the bourgeois republic of the Masaryk type -- such was the aim of these "defenders of socialism". They tried to captUre responsible posts in various government bodies, to take a place on the front stage of the country• s political life. The .. Club of non-party activists" went so far as to arrogantly demand full participation in the mapagement of the state, the 11 right" for the club•s activists to occupy leading posts.

Former leaders of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party alllt) raised their heads in the situation that took shape in the c~ntry in recent weeks. As is known 1 the Czechoslovak Social Democratic party ceased to exist in 1948 when revolutionary elements in the Social Democratic party decided to unite with the Communists. But under the flag of "democratic socialism" 1 that was now being implanted in Czechoslovakia, the Social Democratic party also began to reappear. Reactionary elements from its former leadership refused to obey the decision of the national front and the Central Committee of the Communist party of Czechoslovakia prohibiting the creation of a Social Democratic party. Trying to split the ranks of the working class 1 these leaders of the Social Democratic party launched extrem·ely vigorous activities against the communists of Czechoslovakia and advertised in every way the bourgeois system. In their subversive work they did .. not stop short of any means 1 created underground party committees at enterprises and circulated their cherished plans of liquidating the communist party of Czechoslovakia. Close contact was established with former leader of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic party the British agent Valim, who is now in London.

Capitalising on the obtaining situation the leaders of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic party held a meeting of the preparatory committee in Prague on June 21. Taking part in it were representatives of former social .democrats from separate regions of Bohemia and Moravia. After this 1 regional and district committees 1 as well t'lS hundreds 'of prlma.ry organisations of the - 5 -

Czechoslovak Social Democratic party were set up. This party actually began to act openly against the Communist party of Czechoslovakia.

The reactionary clubs and organizations that appeared in Czechoslovakia i:Js well as the reviving Czechoslovak Social Democratic party intensified even furtl the abnormal situation in Czechoslovakia. Honest communists experienced a growing alarm for the destinies of socialism in Czechoslovakia. This alarm grew inside the country, among those fraternal parties that treasured the glorious road traversed by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic in the past years. The increasingly arrogant actions by anti-communist and anti-socialist forces in Czechoslovakia created a threat to the socialist system in Czechoslovak!, itself. It is not fortuitious that coming out under the slogam of "removing conservatives from state bodies" the reactionaries from various clubs and organizations began to demand pre-term elections to the National assembly. They hoped for a defeat of the Communist party of Czechoslovakia at the polls and were actually preparing for a counterrevolutionary coup.

The aid given these days to socialist Czechoslovakia, the entrance into tha country of troops of allied socialist countries dealt a resolute blow at the si­ nister plans of the international and internal Czechoslovak reaction. It is not difficult to understand whose interests are served by those who now frenziedly come out in the defence of the so-called Czechoslovak democracy" 1 who are running around with leaflets saying "Down with the Communist party of 11 Czechoslovakia .. 1 Down with the USSR'', "Death to communism ••. These people cannot treasure the socialist gains of the 14-million-strong people of Czechoslovakia. The scum from the "Club-231 .. or the 11 Club of ncn-party activists", who are in a hurry "to lay the last bouquet on the tomb of friendship 11 with the Soviet Union 1 could not care less about the consequences of their "exercises .. on the population of Czechoslovakia.

The counterrevolutionaries and those W"lo inspire them should better know that their criminal plans will never materialise. Nobody wlll ever 11 be permitted to tear a single link out of the community of socialist states •

11 V. RUDNEV IZVESTIA .. , August 22 1 19 68 ' Pross-ReL ... sc - # 68 August 23, 1968

UNION OF SOVIET SOCJAtiST REPUBLICS Mission to the United Nations 136 East 67th Street; New York ====- -- ===-=====:----=--======---======

CALL TO CITIZENS OF CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

Our brothers 1 Czechas and Slovaks I

This call is addressed to you by the Governments of the People's Republic

of Bulgaria 1 the Hungarian People •s Republic, the German Democratic Republic 1 the Polish People's Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Responding to the call for help, with which leading Party leaders and statesmen of Czechoslovakia, loyal to the cause of socialism, appealed to us, we

instructed our armed forces to give the working class 1 the entire Czechoslovak people 1 the necessary help in the defence of their socialist gains, which are being threatened with more insistent encroachments of internal and international reaction.

Precisely such actions follow from the commitment collectively adopted in Bratislava by the communist and workers• parties of the fraternal countries to jointly support 1 consolidate and prote(,"1: the socialist gains of every people, to offer a rebuff to the intrigues of imperial! sm ~

Encouraged and supported by imperialists, the counterrevolutionaries are spoiling for power. The anti-socialist forces which seized key positions in the press, radio and television villified and abused e~hing that had been created by the hands of industrious Czechs and Slovaks in the course of 20 years of the struggle for socialism.

The enemies were baiting the cadres loyal to socialism 1 shaking the foundatiol)s o~ law and order, ruthlessly debarred class conscious workers and

fanners from the participation in the country's political life 1 were persecuting honest intelligentsia who did not want to take part in anti-popular actions.

Trampling underfoot socialist laws 1 the counterrevolutionary forces established their organisations in preparation of the seizure of power. All this was camouflaged with demagogic talk about democratisation l We believe that this will not mislead the Czechoslovak people devoted to the ideals of socialist democracy. True freedom and democracy can ben ensured only through the strengthening of the leading role of the working class and its vanguard-- the glorious C'omm!Jnist Party of Czechoslovakia. · - 2 -

It is for this aim that the January Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee

of the Communist Pe.t!:y of '.Jzechosl.ova!-:ia cc:.l!ed .:rJr 3 ('l'~~::.s Plena:;,y Maetir.g laid the beginning for remedying the mistakes committed in the past). Our parties and peoples supported the just striving to strengthen and further improve socialist de­ mocracy.

But in the recent months, anti-sociaiist forces 1 under a deft disguise 1 got

down to undermining the foundations of socialism. Several persons 1 who wormed

into the state and party leadership of Czechoslovakia 1 actually covered these

subversive activity 1 helping counter-revolution, thereby 1 to musterits forces for the concluding stage of struggle for seizure of power.

At the Soviet-Czechoslovak meeting in Cierna nad Tisou and at the Bratislava conference of the communist and workers• parties the representatives of Czechoslolrakia had declared their intention to stand guard over the interests of working people and to cut short the activities of the reaction aimed at under­ mining socialism. They had promissed to consolidate the unity of Czechoslovakia and the fraternal socialist countries.

But these assurances and commitments remained unfuilfilled which fact further encouraged the anti-socialist forces and their foreign patrons to step up their hostile activity. The enemies were preparing to plunge the country into chaos i to sacrifice the freedom and independence of their homeland to their mercenary selfish aims.

The counter-revolutionaries hoped that in the complicat~d and tense inter- national situation resulting from the aggressive actions of American imperialism and particularly the increased activity of the revanchist forces in West Germany they would succeed in wresting Czechoslovakia from the community of the socialist states. But these hopes are futile. The socialist states have sufficient might in order to stand up for a fraternal country, to defend the cause of socialism.

Dear friends! Your class brothers have come today to help you. They have not come in order to interfere in your internal affairs but in order to offer, together with you, a rebuff to counter-revolution to safeguard the cause of socialism and remove the threat to the sovereignty, independence and securlty of your fatherland.

Troops of allied fraternal countries have come to you, so that nobody could take away your freedom won in our joint struggle against fascism, so that nobody could prevent your advance forward along the radiant road of socialism. These troops will leave your territory, "'llen the threat to freedom and independence of Czechoslovakia is eliminated. i

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We believe that the unity and cohesion of fraternal peoples of the socialist community will triumph over intrigues of enemies.

Long live Socialist Czechoslovakia I Long live friendship and fraternity of peoples of socialist countries I

The Council of Ministers of the People •s Republic of Bulgaria. The Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic. The Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic. The Council of Ministers of the Polish People's Republic. The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

***** 17es s-R£...... ~e - *68 August 23, 1968 i \ .

UNION OF SOVIET SOCJAJ.JST REPUBLICS Mission to the United Nations 13 6 East 67th Street, New York ==== --==- -=-===!==---===~==------===== -

CALL TO CITIZENS OF CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

Our brothers, Czechas and Slovaks I

This call is addressed to you by the Governments of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian People's Republic, the German Democratic Re public, the Polish People's Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Responding to the call for help 1 with which leading Party leaders and

statesmen of Czechoslovakia 1 loyal to the cause of socialism, appealed to us, we instructed our armed forces to give the working class, the entire Czechoslovak people, the necessary help in the defence of their socialist gains, which are being threatened with more insistent encroachments of internal and international reaction.

Precisely s:1,1ch .actions follow from the commitment collectively adopted in Bratislava by the communist and workers I parties of the fraternal countries to jointly support, consolidate and protect the socialist gains of every people 1 to offer a rebuff to the intrigues of imperialism.

Encouraged and supported by imperialists, the . counterrevolutionaries are spoiling for power. The anti-socialist forces which seized key positions in the press, radio and television vlllified and abused e\&Ything that had been created by the hands of industrious Czechs and Slovaks 1n the course of 2 0 years of the struggle for socialism.

The enemies were baiting the cadre.s .loyal to socialism, shaking the

foundations of law and order 1 ruthlessly debarred class conscious workers and

farmers from the participation in the country• s political life 1 were persecuting honest intelligentsia who did not want to take part in anti-popular actions.

Trampling underfoot socialist laws 1 the counterrevolutionary forces established their organisations in preparation of the seizure of power. All this was camouflaged with demagogic talk about democratisation I We believe that this will not mislead the Czechoslovak people devoted to the ideals of socialist democracy. True freedom and democracy can ben ensured only through the strengthening of the leading role of the working class and its vanguard-- the glorious Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. - 2 -

It is for this aim that the January Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechos!.oval::Ja c.:-:lled fnr~ tr:1:.r.: Plenc..:y: ~'->'-'·-~::q .! ::·. •. ~ the beginning for remedying the mistakes committed in the past). Our parties and peoples supported the just striving to strengthen and further improve socialist de­ mocracy.

But in the recent months 1 anti-socialist forces 1 under a deft dlSIJ'..lise .. got

dow:n to undermining the foundations of socialism. Several persons 1 who wormed

into the state and party leadership of Czechoslovakia 1 actually covered these

subversive activity 1 helping counter-revolution 1 thereby 1 to musterits forces for the concluding stage. of struggle for seizure of power.

At the Soviet-Czechoslovak meeting in Ciema nad Tisou and at the Bratislava conference of the communist and workers• parties the representatives of Czechoslotvakia had declared their intention to stand guard over the interests of working people and to cut short the activities of the reaction aimed at under­ mining socialism. They had promissed to consolidate the unity of Czechoslovakia and the fraternal socialist countries •

But these assurances and commitments remained unfuilfilled which fact further encouraged the anti-socialist forces and their foreign patrons to step up their hostile activity. The enemies were preparing to plunge the country into chaos, to sacrifice the freedom and independence of their homeland to their mercenary selfish aims •

The counter-revolutionaries hoped that in the complicat~d and tense inter- national situation resulting from the aggressive action·s of American imperialism and particularly the increased activity of the revanchist forces in West Germany they would succeed in wresting Czechoslovakia from the community of the socialist states. But these hopes are futile. The socialist states have sufficient might

in order to stand up for a fraternal country 1 to defend the cause of socialism.

Dear friends! Your class brothers have come today to help you. They have not come in order to interfere in your internal affairs but in order to offer, together with you'- a rebuff to counter-revolution to safeguard the

cause of socialism and remove the threat to the sovereignty 1 independence and security of your fatherland.

Troops of allied fraternal countries have come to you, so that nobody could take away your freedom won in our joint struggle against fascism, so that nobody could prevent your advance fozward along the radiant road of socialism. These troops will leave your teiTitory, when the threat to freedom and independence of Czechoslovakia is elim.tnated.

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We believe that the unity and cohesion of fraternal peoples of the socialist community will triumph over intrigues of enemies.

Long live Socialist Czechoslovakia 1 Long live friendship and fraternity of peoples of socialist countries I

The Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The Council of Ministers of the Hungarian People's Republic. The Council of Ministers of the C....erman Democratic Republic. The Council of Ministers of the Polish People's Republic. The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

***** August 23, 1968 * 69 UNION OF SOVIET SOC'IP. UST R8 PUBLICS Mission to tl•e lJniteJ Nat:i.oas 136 East 67th Street, New York ---- ==-=-=- VVHO ARE THEIR PATRONS? w "The more arrogant do the counter-revolutionaries become in Prague after discarding their "humanistic'' and .. democratic" camouflage, the more often they resort to subversions and make use of weapons, stocked up in advance, against the Czechoslovak patriots and the troops of fraternal countries that came to their assistance --the more active. are the external impe­ rialist forces in defending them.

This should have been e.xpected .. Only hopelessly naJ.ve people who have lost any trace of class vigilance could think that it would be possible to re-reducate arid tum into fighters for socialism the agents of imperialis1s wt.o pretended for some time to be together with the upright people working in accor­ dance with the decisions of the January Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist party to strengthen the mainstays of socialism and to develop socialist democracy.

Now, these gentlemen appear before the whole world in their true colours and the people of Czechoslovakia will doubtlessly find a way to expose them completely and render them harmless. Therefore, the imperialists are experiencing a growing alarm and an.xiety on seeing the failure of their perfidious plans. They thought that the cunningly camouflaged counter-revolution would be able to undermine guietly the mainstays of socialism in Czechoslovakia, lull the vigilance of communists, try to capture key posts in the party and government apparatus and then bring Czechoslovakia back to the capitalist camp.

Reports coming from Prague show convicingly that the anti-socialist elements were thoroughly preparing in advance for two variants of struggle: the so-called "quiet" one of worming their way to key positions, and the violent one.

It is not accidental, for instance, that during these days the counter­ revolutionaries made such an extensive use of the mass media --they had at their disposal clandestine trans4nitt8rs • printing fa c ilit~es, stocks of paper 1 a secret distribution network, etc. Facts show that they also have caches of weapons.

Of course, on being encountered with such a situation the healthy patriotic forces of Czechoslovakia will be able to put their house in order. The fraternal socialist countries, acting in accordance with collective commitments signed in Bratislava 1 will help them in this .. The actions of counter-revolutionaries, however, are contin u.ing, although they are doomed to failure. -2-

It is realised in the "Atlantic., capitals that the imperialist agents who have now disclosed their genuine countenance will suffer a fiasco. But the people in those capitals want to make at least some political capital on the obtaining situation, having launched a tremendous campaign in defence of the Prague counter-revolutionaries. lt is hoped that some people, deprived of truthful information and having been mislead by the terrible slanderous concoctions now circulated by clandestine radio transmitters, will-fall -for the bait ••

Just look at the patchwork "Holy alliance., that is now being formed in the West in defence of the Czechoslovak counter-revolutionaries. As expected, the most active are the VJ"est German politicians, the main roles being played by such characters as Mr. Strauss whose 11democratism" is sufficiently known _..;. in his dreams he sees a sanguinary suppression of communism.

Attempts to teach 11 democracy•• and 11tolerance" to fighters for the cause of socialism are being made also by such guards of imperialism' s interests as some leaders of the United States and Britain, the Australian Prime Minister John Gorton who is notorious for his speeches in defence of the dirty war waged by the United States in Vietnam and where he sends Australian young men to die 1 or the fascist dictatcr in Paraguay Stresner whose representative in the United Nations Organisation has joined the group of NATO countries which had raised in the Security Council the concocted .. Czechoslovak question ...

This disordered choir is conducted, as might well be expected, by the Council of the aggressive Atlantic pact.

It met 1n Brussels on August 21, as the American United Press Inter­ national ~~:m ::.-....:.;fully r.tressed, the events in Czechos!ovakJa were the key item on the a:.: .-:nda .. E was there that a plan for a political oper;~tion against socialist countries was W•)rk~d out 1 an operotion which representatives of the United States and its allies ln UHC began carrying out a few hours later.

A curtous coincidence: Almost simultanously in Copenhagen members of the Gc:.n':3ral C.)unc1J. of the socialist international includ1ri.~ Italian ex-Deputy Pr!me Minister Nenni who came to Copenhagen specially fer the purpose and others of his ILK spoke in the same spirit and from the same positions against socialist countries.

What an amazing show of solidarity of which certain socialist party leaders so like to talk, exclamation but solidarity with whom end .in what? :nhe reply is furnished by the facts: solidarity with NATO imperialists in their attempts . undermine the mainstays of socialism.

History repeats itself in a way: a somewhat similar s~tuation developed in 1956 when Soviet troops helped courageous Hungarian communists to curb the rampaging forces of counter~revolution. Naturally the facts mentioned above cannot surprise anyone. They only help to seen better the mechanism of class -3-

struggle in the presentday world.

The fraternal parties of working people 1 progressively minded people in many countries voice solidarity and support for ·the actions of the Soviet Union and other socialist countries who are helping the Czechoslovak people in their struggle against internal reaction and external imperialist forces. The last few day~

however 1 also brught to light such facts which are hard to understand. I have in view the inconsistent stand, as I would put it, taken by the leaders of certain communist parties who display a distrust of the actions of the healthy forces of Czechoslovakia and fraternal countries and at the same time an unaccountable lack of understanding of the danger which the increased activity of the counter-re­ volutionary forces in Prague represents to the cause of socialism.

Doesn't it show that some of our friends abroad, clearly misled by imperialist propaganda, have failed to grasp the situation that has arisen and hurry · voice their PJ,sagreement with the actions of socialist countries who honour their commitments undertaken in Bratislava? Our friends should be alerted by the ., fact that the .New York Times which devoted on August 22 seven pages to the

developments in Czechoslovakia 1 published a vicious article full of insults

to socialist countries and their great ideals 1 and maliciously "hailed" those communist leaders who, as the article said, "came out against socialist states" which have rendered urgent aid to Czechoslovakia at the request of its party and government leaders •

It should be said that many parties including the Vietnam workers' party wh'.ch stand::; :t::1 the frontline of anti-imperialiHt stn..:ggle 1 saw right away who ars ·:::I1e ,anemies and who are the friends and gave a correct political evaluation of the developments in Czechoslovakia.

All people fighting for peace and socialism 1 the communists in the first place, have a common enemy-- imperialism. They have a common aim-- to f,. fight this enemy and to defeat it. They have a common duty -- unbreakable

revolutionary solidarity in struggle. This is where we 1 communists, stand. And we shall not be moved .. And we shall win l

YURI ZHUKOV I "PRAVDA", August 23, 1968 ~ .Q.. ' UNION OF so~{·~~:LIST REPUBt~s·l=~E:S·RELEASE MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS 136 EAST 67th STREET. NEW YORK 21, N.Y.

COMMUNIQUE OF SOVIET-CZECHOSLOVAK TALKS

Moscow, August 2 7, TASS. Follows the te.xt of the Communique on Soviet-Czechoslovak talks:

Soviet-Czechoslovak talks were held in rJioscowfromAugust 23 to 26 with the participation: From the Soviet side-- L.I.Brezhnev, General Secretary of the CPSU

Central Committee 1 A. N. Kosygin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, member of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee 1 N. V. Podgomy 1 President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, members of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee I G. I. Voronov I members of the Political Bweau of the CPSU Central Committee 1 Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian

Federation 1 A. P. Kirilenko, member of the Political Buteru of the C PSU Central Committee 1 secretary of the C PSU Central Committee, D. S. Polyansky, member of the Political Bureau of the C PSU Central Committee, first Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR 1 M.A. Suslov 1 member of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Com­ mittee, secretary of the CPSU Central Committee 1 A. N. Shelepin, member of the Poli­ tical Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee, Chairman of the AUCCTU, P.E.Shelest, member of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Communisty Party, K,F.Katushev, secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, B.N .Ponomarev, secretary of the CPSU Central Commit­ te, Defence Minister of the USSR A.A. Grechko, Foreign Minister of the USSR A.A, Gromyko;

From the Czechoslovak side -- L. Svoboda, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, A, Dubcek, First Secretaxy of the Central Committee of the

Czechoslovak Communist Party, J.Smrko ·vsky 1 President of the Czechoslovak National Assembly, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, O.Cemik, Chainnan of the Government of Czechoslovakia, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, V.Bilak, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak

Communist Party 1 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Slovak Communist Party, F. Barbirek, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, Vice-Chainnan of the Slovak National Council, J. Piller, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak

Communist Party 1 E. Rigo, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, J .Spacek, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, O.Svestka, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, M. Jakes, Chairman ......

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of the Central Control and Auditing Commission of the Czechoslovak Communist

Party, J .Lenart 1 alternate member of the Presidium of the Czechoslovak Communist

Party Central Committee 1 Secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak

Communist party 1 B.Simon, alternate member of the Presidium of the Central

Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party 1 G.Husak1 Vice-Chairman of the

Government of Cz~choslovakia, A.Indra 1 secretary of the Central Committee of the

Czechoslovak Communist Party 1 Z.Mlynar 1 secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party 1 colonel general M. Dzur 1 Minister of National

Defence 1 B. Kucera 1 Minister of Justice of Czechoslovakia 1 V. Koucky, Czechoslovak Ambassador to the USSR.

During the talks in a free ·comradely discussion the two sides conside­ red questions ·relating to the present development of the international situation 1 the activizaUon of imperialism's machinations against the socialist countries, the situation in Czechoslovakia in the recent period and the . temporary 'entry of troops of the five socialist countries into Czechoslovakian territory.

' The sides expressed their mutual firm belief that the main thing in the present situation is to carry out the mutual decisions adopted· in Chiema-nad-Tisou

and the Bratislava Conference 1 as well as to implement consistently the practical steps following from the agreement reached during the talks.

The Soviet side stated its understanding of and support for the position of the leadership of the Czechoslovak Ccmmun1•t Party and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic which· intends to proceed from the decisions passed by the January and May Plenary Meetings of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist

Party with a view to improving the methods of guiding society 1 developing socialist democracy and strengthening the socialist system on the basis ·of Mar.x:l.sm-Leninism.

Agreement was reached on measures aimed at the speediest nonnalisa­ tion of the situation in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Czechoslovak leaders infonned the So.viet side on the planned immediate measures they are canying out with these aims in view.

It was stated by the Czechoslovak side that all the work of Party and state bodies through all media would be directed at ensuring effective measures

serving the socialist power 1 the guiding role of the working class and the Communist Party 1 the interests of developing and strenqthering friendly relations with the peoples of the Soviet Union and the entire socialist community. Expressing the unanimous striving of the peoples of the USSR for friend­

ship and brotherhood with the peoples of socialist Czechoslovakia 1 the Soviet lea­ ders confinned their readiness for the broadest sincere cooperation on the basis of

mutual respect 1 equality 1 territorial integrity 1 independence and socialist solidarity. The troops of the allied countries, that entered temporarily the territory

of Czechoslovakia 1 will not interfere in the internal affairs of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Agreement was reached on the terms of Withdrawal of these troops from its territory as the situation in Czechoslovakia normalises. - 3-

The Czechoslovak side infonned the Soviet side that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Chechoslovak Armed Forces had given the latter appropriate orders with the aim of preventing incidents and conflicts capable of violating the peace and public order. He had also instn~cted the military command of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to be in contact with the command of the allied troops •

In connection with the discussion in the United Nations Security Council of the so-called question on the situation in Czechoslovakia, the representatives of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic stated that the Czecho­ slovak side had not requested the submission of this question for consideration by the Security Council and demanded its reDDval from the agenda.

The leaders of the CPSU and the leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia confirmed their determination to unswervingly promote in the international arena a policy meeting the interests of strengthening the solida­ rity of the socialist community , upholding the cause of peace and international security.

As before, the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia will administer a resolute rebuff to militaristic, revanchist and neo-nazi forces that want to revise the results of the Second World War, to encroach on the inviolability of the existing borders in Europe. They confinned again the determination to fulfull unswervingly all commitments undertaken by them under multilateral and bilateral agreements concluded between socialist states, to strengthen the defensive might of the socialist community, to raise the effectivity of the defensive Warsaw Treaty Organisation. ·

The talks -passed in an atmosphere of frankness, comradeship and frien- ship. )' ••. PRESS-RELEASE ~ ~ ; t.

A\. ! ';j~:;t ~ 7I 19 I) J UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS 136 EAST 67th STREET. NEW YORK 21, N.Y.

COMMUNIQUE OF SOVIET-CZECHOSLOVAK TALKS

Moscow, August 2 7, TASS. Follows the text of the Communique on Soviet-Czechoslovak talks:

Soviet-Czechoslovak talks were held in Moscow from August 23 to 2 6 with the partie!pat! on: From the Soviet side -- L.I.Brezhnev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, A.N .KosygL•, Chairman of the Council of lv:dnisters of the USSR, member of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee, N. V. Podgomy, President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, members of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee, G. I. Voronov, members of the Political Bu:1eau of the CPSU Central Committee, Chairman of the Council of :Ministers of the Russian Federation, A.P.Kirilenko, member of the Political Butemof the CPSUCentral Committee, secretary of the C PSU Central Committee, D. S. Polyansky 1 member of the Political Bureau of the C PSU Central Committee, first Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, M .A.Suslov 1 member of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Com­ mittee, secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, A. N. Shelepin, member of the Poli­ tical Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee, Chairman of the AUCCTU, P.E.Shelestt member of the Political Bureau of the CPSU Central Committee, first secretary of the

Central Committee of the Ukrainian Communisty Party, K.F .Katushev 1 secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, B.iJ.Ponomarev, secretary of the CPSU Central Commit­ te, Defence Minister of the USSR A.A. Grechko, Foreign Minister of the USSR A.A. Gromyko;

From the Czechoslovak side -- L. Svoboda, President of the Czechoslovak

Socialist Republic, A.Dubcek 1 First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, J .Smrko·vsky, President of the Czechoslovak National

Assembly 1 member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak

Communist Party 1 0. Cemik, Chairman of the Government of Czechoslovakia, me mber of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, V.Bilak, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Slovak

Communist Party 1 F. Barbirek 1 member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of

the Czechoslovak Communist Party 1 Vice-Chairman of the Slovak National Council, J.Piller, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak

Communist Party, E .Rigo 1 member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the

Czechoslovak Communist Party 1 J .Spacek, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, O.Svestka, member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, M.Jakes, Chairman - 2- of the Central Control and Auditing Commission of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, J. Lenart, alternate member of the Presidium of the Czechoslovak Communist

Party Central Committee 1 Secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak

Communist party 1 B.Simon, alternate member of the Presidium of the Central

Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party 1 G.Husak, Vice-Chairman of the Government of Czechoslovakia, A.Indra, secretary of the Central Committee of the

Czechoslovak Communist Party 1 Z. Mlynar, secretary of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, colonel general M.Dzur, Minister of National

Defence, B. Kucera, . Minister of. Justice of Czechoslovakia 1 V. Koucky, Czechoslovak Ambassador to the USSR •.

During the talks in a free comradely discussion the two sides conside­ red questions relating to the present development of the international situation, the activization of imperialism's machinations against the socialist countries, the situati9n in Czechoslovakia in the recent period and the . temporary ' entry of troops of the five socialist countries into Czechoslovakian territory.

The sides expressed their mutual firm belief that the main thing in the present situation is to carry out the mutual decisions adopted in Chiema-nad-Tisou and the Bratislava Conference, as well as to implement consistently the practical steps following from the agreement reached during the talks.

The Soviet side stated its understanding of and support for the position of the leadership of the Czechoslovak Ccmmun1Jt Party and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic which intends to proceed from the decisions passed by the January and May Plenary Meetings of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party with a view to improving the methods of guiding society, developing socialist democracy and strengthening the socialist system on the basis of Marxism-Leninism.

Agreement was reached on measures aimed at the speediest normalisa­ tion of the situation in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Czechoslovak leaders informed the Soviet side on the planned immediate measures they are carrying out with these aims in view.

It was stated by the Czechoslovak side that all the work of Party and state bodies through all media would be directed at ensuring effective measures serving the socialist pOwer 1 the guiding role of the working class and the Communist Party 1 the interests of developing and strengtlsing friendly relations with the peoples of the Soviet Union and the entire socialist community. Expressing the unanimous striving of the peoples of the USSR for friend­ ship and brotherhood with the peoples of socialist Czechoslovakia, the Soviet lea­ ders confirmed their readiness for the broadest sincere cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, equality 1 territorial integrity 1 independence and socialist solidarity. The troops of the allied countries, that entered temporarily the territory of Czechoslovakia 1 will not interfere in the internal affairs of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. Agreement was reached on the terms of withdrawal of these troops from its territory as the situation in Czechoslovakia normalises. - 3-

The Czechoslovak side informed the Soviet side that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Chechoslovak Armed Forces had given the latter appropriate orders with the aim of preventing incidents and conflicts capable of violating the peace and public order. He had also instructed the military command of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to be in contact with the command of the allied troops •

In connection with the discussion in the United Nations Security

Council of the so-called question on the situation in Czechoslovakia 1 the representatives of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic stated that the Czecho­ slovak side had not requested the submission of this question for consideration by the Security Council and demanded its remval from the agenda.

The leaders of the CPSU and the leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia confirmed their determination to unswervingly promote in the international arena a policy meeting the interests of strengthening the solida­ rity of the socialist community 1 upholding the cause of peace and international security.

As before 1 the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia will administer a resolute rebuff to militaristic, revanchist and neo-nazi forces that want to revise the results of the Second World War 1 to encroach on the inviolability of the existing borders in Europe. They confirmed again the determination to fulfull unswervingly all commitments undertaken by them under multilateral and bilateral agreements concluded between socialist states, to strengthen the defensive might of the socialist community, to raise the effectivity of the defensive Warsaw Treaty Organisation.

The talks -passed in an atmosphere of frankness 1 comradeship and frien- ship. PRfSS-RELEASE . UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS *92 MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS qctober 11, 1968 136 EAST 67th STREET. NEW YORK 21, N.Y •

• 0 0 r SIGNING OF SOVIET-CZECHOSLOVAK TREATY

PRAGUE. October 16. TASS. A treaty between the gove mments of the USSR and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on the terms of the temporary stationing of Soviet troops on the · t$ rritory of Czechoslovakia was signed by the Chairman of the USSR Council of tl.1nisters A.N. Kosygin and for the Czechos­ lovakSoctalist Re~blic by the Chairman of the Czechoslovak Government o.cemik. The treaty was drafted in accordance with the agreement reached in the course of the Soviet-Czechoslovak talks held in Moscow from August 23 to 2 6 and from October 3 to 4, as well as in Prague on October 16 and the August 3 Statement of the Bratislava meeting.

The treaty will be ·IJ.lblished after ratification by the sides.

During the signing of the treaty A. N. Kosygin and 0. Cemlk exchanged speeches. ·

X X X KOSYGIN'S SPEECH Jcr TEE SIGNING OF THE TREATY

PRAGUE. October I6. TASS. ·The ma~n purpose of the treaty on the tenns for the temporary stay of Soviet troops in the territory of Czechoslova­ kia is to create solid guarantees of Czechoslovakia's security, of its socia­ list gains, to safeguarde reliably the interests' of all the socialist community from encroachments of the forces of imperialism and reaction, the Olalnnan of the USSR Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin said here today during the signing of the treaty.

The. signing of this document was one of the concrete out.comes of the talks conducted of late between the party and government leaders of our two countries and other socialist states. These negotiations proceeded in an atmosphere of comradeship and principledness and permitted to draw up a concerted political llne, meeting the interests of our countries and of all the socialist community.

The treaty concluded today, Alexei Kosygin continued, is based on the mutual trust of the communist part~ , IJOVemments and peoples of the -2-

Sov1et UnJ.on and Cze choslovalda. This found expression also ln the fact that under the t~eaty the bulk of the Soviet troops, ~s well as of the forces of the Polish People's RepUblic, the Hungarian People's Republic, the German Democratic Republic, and the People's Republic of ,Bulgaria will be withdrawn from Czechoslovakia by stages within the next few months • In adopting this decision, th~ socialist countries believe that the process of the normalisation of the situation in Czechoslovalda, which has begun, will continue and that the Czechoslovak people will not allow the antJ-sodalJst forces to stop this process. This ia why it is necessary to do everything to strengthen confidence between our countl1es 10 that nothing could undermine it.

The eoncluded treaty 1 the ChaDm8n of the USSR Council of Ministers went on tov say, wW be of great importance 1n the intemaUonal plaDS. It 1s dictated by concern of the socialist countrtea for the 1trengthen!ng of peace and security 1n Europe. Where the peaceful life of the people• 1s threatened by the mounting revanchist aspirations of the Welt-German milltariats, 1nten­ sWcat1on CJI. war preparations by the aggressive NATO bloc.

The treaty demonstrates the resolution of the socialist states to ensure reliably the 1nv1olabil1ty of their frontiers, of the borders of all the ·,*Jaliat community.

The countries of the socialist community are dedicated to the ideals of peace and progress, but as long as the NATO exists we must strengthen in every way the Warsaw treaty which stands guard over the peace and security of the peoples and expresses the interests not only of the sod811st countries, · but also of all the PfOGJ'8Ss1ve forces of the world.

The enemies of aocial!sm will fume and rage, wW try to distort the meaning of our treaty, to aggravate international tension. The enemies of CHchoslovak-Sovtet friendship went nothing more than to put up a wall of alienation, to. sow distrust between our peoples. Nothing different can be expected of them. We must oppose this by our unity which is stronger because tt is engendered by the cQmmunity of our class interests, our goals of buJJd!ng socialism and communism.

In conclusion, Kosygtn expressed the convictton that the treaty will meet with the broadest support and approvaJ of the peoples of the USSR and

Czechoslovakia 1 other soc.t.alist nation•, and .all the forces- which pr.tze the cause of peace and socialism.

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