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EO 12958 3.~(b) (1)>25Yrs 
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SC #11680/68 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
l>'troctoi'ato of Intelligence ., ..21) Jttly 1968 
--=tNT.ELl,IGENc! MEMORANDUM .­
~/; 'Tha Situation in Czechoslovakia 
C· (As of 4~ou P.M. EDT) 
·4 The co11:rro11t11t:lon between Czuchoelovak Rnd Sov:lot. 
leaders opCJned this morni.ng o:t ni110 (Czoch t:iml~) in Cicrna nad Tisou (which contrary to AP does not menn "QJ.n,;sboro") 
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in southeastern Slovnkia, just inside the bordor. All
.. . but· two ot the Soviot pol:l.tburo--Kirilonko nnd Polynnsky
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who are tending the store iri Moscow--are participating. The Czechoslovak dolcgation includes all the pres1d1um mombore ~ P.lu11 ~GS1dont Svobodi.-:jf'Thero h~a boon no word from tha meeting, nnd the Czochoslovnk Nows A~ency doo~ not expect any until lato to~iBht or tomorrow morning. 
~ Altho~gh polem;i.cs on both .sides wero tonod down 
somewhat for tho occns1on,. tho Czechoslovaks Are u11der 
immenso Soviot ~sychological-~ilitary pres~ure. 

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