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4. sou~c~ OAVE~RAMATIC ACCOUNT OF EVENTS LEADING TO INVASION :· ·WHICH IN PART SUSSTANTI-A!E'S rROM .CZECH'SIOE DAVID 131NOS:R NEW I l \ YORK TrNeS ·srPTENBER 5 STORY FROM oc..NN~ .

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;. A1 .. 1i~0A(IMI' .LOCAL·: TI()1E.. AUGUST 2! COMNUNICATIO~JS ADNINlSTRA1lON 
CHl E.f ANO F'ORMER CULTURE Ml ~trsrER }{OF'FMAN AND CTX HEAD SULEK • 
INSTRUCTED PRAGUt RADlO 10 .ASK lIS 'L!ST£N£RS TO STANO BY FOR 
INPORtANf PROCLAMATION W}UCH WOULD . SE Mf\DE. MOMEN!ARILYo ~IH£N 

· HOFFMAN INDICATED PRQCLAMATION WOULD ANNOUNCE NEW GOVERNMENT, 
~ STATION DI~&CtOR TELEPHON~D SMRKOVSKY WKO TOLD HIM ro ·~oLb ..... 

EVERYlKLNGt AND "THAT SOVlE"T F'ORCE:S .. HAD INVADED CO,UtJ!RYo 
•. Rt.Gut~~ StAilOfv/STAF'.F' WAS .. RE.CALLED BUT COULD NOT OEi INTO TH~iR . 
orF!¢!~ WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN LOCKED BY ~OV!Et ~GEflTSo <It .. 
lS N:or£o F-Brs R~CORDS 1f50 Ac M" AS APROXIMATE TIME Or BROADCAST 


RE: EUTR\' . FOREIGN .roRCES~) 
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G, . ACCORDING ro SOURCE •. SOVIET CONt;PlRACY INVOLVED THE ~ 
I FQLLOWifm Wl1'H B.ESPECi'IVE.: ARSAS or COMPET'ENCE._t PQ1.l1.LC.AL~1LAK.,_ ~ 
I.!.iD~~ _(J!!Il, JiQLDUl I MED I A,J:..0.NtH.9J. ~H.9fJNAll, SVES!KP.t FORMER • 

PAR SCHOOL CHIEF' ~~.. ...SLJL[K~ FOR~iEf'< RADIO CIUE.f. Nfi..RK_O,
\ 	CHtY.QJJP.E1LAJ1.D-1::IB.ABAL(-SECURl TY CONtROL 7SALG0Vl~~ ··wHd .HAD 
A~TINat~) sovrEr ·,-·AKE.-ovER or t\IR?oRt-At·rn .col'i1'1T.ss10NtD .ro MAKE • , 
NECESSARY AR~ES!S~ FORMER PRONLNENT .lO~ALOGUE l\.UERSPERG 
REPORTED 10 HAVE PLt'\YED SINIStSR ROLE~ · PLOT ff.t.,L TRROUGH · 
WH£N CONSPIRACY UNABLE TO ANNOUNCE NEW REGIME~ 

· 7. DUBCEK AND CERNJK WERE LATER ARRESTED AND TAKEN SEPARATELY 
F'R rsr r.o BR AT lSL'AVA \\1HERE ~EK-S,E.VtRELY_fil'~E.N UP ANO .. 


.. 	1 HRt:ArE.NEO WI rH TRJ AL AS 'TRAl!OR THEN LA1'ER rn.ANSPQR1"£D TO .1 POLAN[)., SOURCE lS CONVlNCE'D CZ£C}1 LEADERS WOULD HA\IE eEE.N . EXECUTED tF .SUBSTITUTE', ~EGJ.NE .HAP _BEE~ rout~~(> .. . "~ .... .. 
s. · rt·~ MEAtniME. SVOBODA lN. MO~COW . WAS CONF'RONTED BY s·ovrErs . 
WITH NE~ GOVERNME~l LlST WHICH HE R~FUSEO TO ACCEPT, UNDER 
fKREAT OF CO~lNITTING SUICIDE" HF. lNSISTED ON ?RESENCE OF 

' ARR£STE:O t.EADERSi SOURCE'WHO WAS EYE WITNESS· WHEN THEY WERE; 

: '· BROUGHf. IN SAIO.·OUBCEX COM?LE!El~Y SPEECHLESS ANO CEf{NIK WAS IN .:·'J!'£ARS~ SVOBODA. FELl CeRN l K OV£R FOR BROKEN SONES~ S~Yit~G HE .'4:~t9 AL.L RIGHT ,ANO SrlOlJLD PULL HINSElF TOGE!H£Fio SVOBODA . . 
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Aro DRINK FOR DUBCEK AND CERNIK~ CONVERSATIONS BEGAN WHEN 
OTHER LEADERS WERE PRODUCED BUT SOVIETS REFUSED TO ALLOW 
KRlEGEL TO ·PARTlOIPATE. 
9, ACCOHDlNO. TQ SOURC~! CONSPIRAT-ORS .ARE. NOW 0 UN-l'OUCHABLE.. 
BUT ARE MOST NERVOUS· OVtR POSS1SLE CHANGES AMONG THE(R . 
PRDfEC!ORS IN MQSCOW. HE PLACES .GRE AT BLAME ON CERVONENKO 
WHO REPORT£0LY TOLD SOVIET LEAD~RS ·THAT TEN PERCE'N! POPULAR 
SUPPORT ¥i10ULD' OE SUFf'l C!£NT ro INST ALL NE.W REG! ME' .aur £VEN 
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\i,<lTK CZ£CH PUBLIC OF. TBOSE WHO LIKE EAPXJLP ARE DOIN\i lHEtR 
B£Sf WMAAORfAOur TOLERABLE .SE~TLEMENtS .~ITH SOVI~TS• 

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