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l'. ~foscow Tsl ks-!£, C,o_n t inue Mond8y: Czech ....Soviet talks were expected to 
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I that Soviet terms include gu~rantees of closer coordination of io~eign p~licy 1•· 
avoidance of ~ies with Bonn, reimposition of . ;,.;~n~orships Cllrbs on nop-communi~t
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permf. tting Dubcek to resume his post. EE \1ources reported u favorable dev~lopme.nts f,•;
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2. EmbDssy Re.e_orts 7'rouble W! th Sovie~: Emba3sy Prague ask~d that Embassy 
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into of· an apartment a rid confiscation of a shotgun, and t.hc incru~d.on of Soviet ,q .. soldiers into ~he Embessy gard~n. 
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6. ~'2..~t':.~_Ro.m-1n~~n P~lemi~f!_ Truce Reported: ..t:..F? reports from Buchar~st that RomaniB on Sunday agro~d to stop t-rading insults in return for 'Hoscow(s pleds~ not to interfere in Rom8r.ia •s domestic aff8irs, in talks between Roman).~n !eRder Ceauscsc.u and Sovic.t Ambassador Ba sov. 'l'he Romt1n!an about.­i~ce was linked to som~ tough talking by· Basov) as well fls 'to Ccausesc.u's talks on Sat<.o:day with Yugoslsv Pres:'..dent Ti to. Meanwhile Moscow di.smissed allegations of Soviet ~nd Bulgarian croop concentrations on the Romanian bot·dcr as 0 .s fabrication of imperialist pro;)a.ganda!' (FBIS 109, 8/25; 17, 8/26; Reutc~s, 785, 8/25)
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7. ~gos la~ TR1{(~ St::rongcr Moves: •. Yu~:03_av ~'J ...,:-ty mee ting CidOptt~c a resolution cal line i or ~ n i mmccH.Rt.e e.nd t.o t .i.1e Sovicc:-led occupation ·and app~rently for the first time warned t:h~t YugoslJv troops we1:e ready to defend Yugoslavia's sovcrci guty. According to rc?orcs leaves in Yugoslav Army have b<>cn c.ilncelled, officers on leave h"ve been l.~ccallcd to. ~uty> and soldi~.rs due !or discharge in September are being kept in the setvicc. (FBIS 103J 8/25; AP 75, 8/25). 
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