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reported by our Em~assy in Prague and a UPI dispa~ch. Soviet troops are still occupying Prague newspaper off~ces, Ru<le Pravo is the only • Ceech newspspel.-being publi~hed • and Moscow is said to want the other ~cntral papers replaced with one Nation~ l Front newspaper. The Ctcchs are sa(d to be res~sting this effort, with Premier Cernik negotiating directly with Brezhnev by t.clephone. Soviet troops reportedly will not be withdrawn from Czechoslovak citie~ before Sunday at tha earliest beNrn$e of Soviet qissatisfactions now being di.scussed with the Cze.ch regim~. According ,to the UPI account, t1~e Soviets are freezing Czech ·. Party leader Dubcek out of th~ bilateral :nc.gotiat.io~s on the Czechoslovak situa ti~~m. (Prague Embtel 3380, UPI 023)' · 
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