3. 
"HARD DISCUSSIONS TOOK PLACE BUT WE GOT THROUGH THEM." 

4. 
NEGOTIATIONS ON TROOP WITHDRAWAL WILL START WITHIN A 


WEEK. ABOUT TEN PERCENT OF PRESENT STRENGTH, AND ONLY , WILL REMAIN, AND MOST OF THE FORCES SHOULD LEAVE 
BY OCTOBER 28. . 
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5. NO SOVIET OBJECTIONS TO FEDERALIZATION PROGRAM BUT CZECH .\ 
PARTY SHOULD NOT BE ORGANIZED UNTIL AFTER "FURTHER NORMALIZATION BZ 
IN ANY EVENT CZECH PARTY CONGRESS SHOULD BE HELD ONLY AFTER 

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HOLDING OF CZECHOSLOVAK 14TH PARTY CONGRESS WHICH HAS BEEN 
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INDEFINITELY POSTPONED~ 
6. 
DIFFERENCES ON DEFINITIONS OF NORMALIZATION CONTINUE• 

7. 
CZECHOSLOVAK DELEGATION DID NOT CONCEDE DANGERS OF COUNT­


ERREVOLUTION NOR DID IT ACCEPT ACCUSATIONS IN WARSAW FIVE LETTER. 
8. SOVIETS AGREE BEHAVIOR OF CZECH PRESS HAS IMPROVED BUT 
EVEN CZECHS THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SOME "POLITICALLY 
NAIVE" ARTICLES HAD RECENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED. KAPPARENTLY 

AT THIS POINT CERNIK REJECTED RUMORS THAT "COLLABORATION" IN 
SENSE OF SUBMISSION TO THE SOVIETS HAD BEGUN>. 
·g. "THOSE JOURNALISTS WHO DO NOT AGREE WITH US SHOULD LEAVE 
THE MEDIA BECAUSE WE DO NOT WISH THEM TO WORK WITH us.·