l.eader.ship suggests that if the Soviet.s insta.11 a.n Ull­popula~ repressive occupation regime) ~t will very likely provoke active resistance on the part of the population. 
3. Tho Czechoslovak party congress which wa.s held t6day resulted in ·a ringing declaration of loyalty to the Dubcek 1•egime. The Congress threatened to ca.11 a general st1•ike "fo1~ an unlimited time1' unless negot:iations on the withdrawal. of occupa ti.on .f·:>rces and the relen.se of arroEs'ted 
CzccJ1oslovak leadel's beg·in within 24 houl."s. The strike is currently timed for n6on ori 23 August. The Congress called upon all communists lllld pa ~riots to work for the ei1d of the occupation, denied .tha1; any competent civil or party organ had l'eq·uested i.nteJ.•vention, and read out of the party 
.~hose membe1"s who "in this difficul.t time have• not proved themselves." The numbei' of delegates prosent, given ea.rlier as a.bout 950, has increased to 1, 069, ena.bling tb.o gathering 
legally to conduct party affairs. 
4. A meeting of the Bratislava city committee of the· Slova.k cornm.unist party also llas pl.edged suppoi.. t to the Dubcek regime and has called for a special Slovak party congress. 
·The B1'atislava. meeting included delegates unable to attend 
. 
the Czecho~lovak party· co11g1"ess. 
5. Cl•owds were J~eportE~d milling a:rou11d the streots of Prague this afternoon and early evening. The signs of