-~LSI. 
DEPf\RTiffit T Or __,,;:.;._..;;...;;.;.STATE
~­
-___ 
CZECH '1'/\ SK YORCE
............... . . Situa_t,ion Reeoy~ 1700 ,hours ETP1 !'!ugu,st 27>. 1968 
1, Dubc~l> Ap_pea ls to N~~.J..or Sypp_o1:E, CB,lmn~L cH'lc}_l.D1dence: Evi<lc-ntl? without prepared text Dubcek appealed first to nation and then more specifi­cally to the Party for support and accentancc of the realities of tho situation. His speech· indicat~s that he doe.s not expc.c.t automatic ac.cept­anc.e. of the compromise reac.hed st Mose.ow by eithel: the counti:y ot" the P~rty. Saying that all '~corr~ctly el~cted" officials will re.turn to their -fonctiorisJ Dubcek leave~ ~upresston••withouc act~ally saying s6--that whi.le dele~ates to the extraor<lincn.·y Party Congr.~ss Ol:i.ginally scheduled tO'l: Scritembe.t· 9 had bee.·o. correctly elec.ted, the· n~.w Party officials e.lected by the ~landestinely h~ld Congr<-.ss on August 22 are not in the "correcLly ele.cted" c~tegory. 
Dubbek said that there is an agreement concerning the departure of the troops 
of the Wal:saw Pact colmtries fi:om Czechoslovak territol'Y and t.bat, there.fore, 
."distrust arous(-'.d in this direction l.s unjustified and harmful. '1 Troops w~.11 
be moved immediatQ.ly from towns l\nd villages into arees reserved for them. 
It wouid'be very imprudent to try to interfere with their mov~mcnt. 

In bis ·~p?ea.l to the. Party Dubc.c.k asks that instructions which he will be 
issuine .s Party First Secretary be respected by all functionaries, i~cluding 
delegates to 14th Party. Congress, He will have discussions wj.th comrades on 
all leve!a. concerning the instructions. 

Dubcek $:.so announces that he is asslmling function of Comn1ander of the Peo?le's M-iliti.a, and that h~ will sumnion shortly a Central Committe~ meeting at which Party Congress delegates ~ill bo in attcn~ance. All this suggests th~t results of the Al:gust 22nd extl.'aordi.nary Congress will not be allowed to .stand but that a maximu:>1 effort will be made not to ant.:ago!1iz.e those who had organized it. " 
In the final ?ortion Dubcek endorses program adopted at January and April . 
Pl<:n.ums of: the Central Committc:ic, saying that 11 we stood on this position 8'nd 

. we st.and on it today." In tld.s he echoes Svoboda who in his speech eBrlier 
tod.a·y also -ref<>.rred l:o the Ap1~il Plenum (at wbic.h th~ Action Program (,.fas 
adopted). even though the Czechoslovak-Soviet communique? does not refer to 
it . . (It refers only .to the January and May ones.) Total impression of 
spcC'.ch •. o that Dllbcek expects a great deal of trol\ble ahead. 
2. !~Si O~gf-.!.~~-t!-£n£...1'DE..2J:~~.L9.£Untr.)~ ~£:2..ti.2n....Yal i9.i..~L_Q..f Mosc.ciw 
Ag~~_g2fS1t~: E.mbassy ·P'r'1gu~ 1·cport$ that the fre.e 1·edio .has been carr~'ing 
re.soluti0~·'\s irom tht:oughout the country, mosl:ly from pcirt.y organiz~t1ons, 
terming. the. Moscow agt:ecm~nt. as capitlllation art·ivcd Rt under duress. A 
c.onst:a t:y recurring then\(". of the resoll\l'.iOn$ i.s a demand for the ir.K.('diac:e· 

wit:.hd1:awc:?l. o( all troops and rQ.jcction of all C(!nsorship. Hany of ·he 
resolut::.ons specU:i.cally c:ndorse the actions of the Attgust 22 clan<lescine: 
14th Party Cong1:"oss, t.hllS in effe.ct negating the mandate or .those conserva­
tives who took petrl: in the oogotiaticli o.f thC\ Mose.ow agrc~mcnt~ but who were 


DECLASSIFThll 
E.O. 12356. Sec. 3.4 
NLJ 9/? #~ 
!Iv "'lf· NARA, Date/,e-;7-f?J 
Ii I
.. 

f. 
t 
i_;
I !I 
/1
.' 
I"... 
1 
t • •. i:
.. 

' .
j.i.ii 
I ,' 
I" 
.::: 
/.:
!t: 
.. 

i)=·' 
I' 
1.· 
1l: 

..

. 

l· 



.. .. .. 

-2 ­
not elected to Party organs on August 22. Resolutio .a ca:ricd by Radio Czcc.hoslovald.a fl:'om the City C m~11itt.ecs of Ostrava ttnd Plzen demand J.l refei:endt.tn\ on the egrce:rnent a~ well a.s immediate withdrawal of troops from C~echoslovak territory. 
,.. 
jf, 
l{' I •.;
..
.,
.. 
.. 
I.: 

r: 
.. 
•'!..· 
r 
I· 
I 
I 
{ I I 
I 
I' I 
· 1 
... 
! 
c• 
l 
,. 
.•