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CZECH t~TIO~AL FRON! PRIORITIES 
R"DIP CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN CZECH 1200 GMT 30 AUG 58 L 
(6055, 1236, ~350, AND 1520 KCS) 
(TEXT) HE CENTRAL co~ J HAS ISSUED 
·A STATEME~T OF ·THE PRESENT POLITICAL SITUA N • AS WE ~ANT OUR LIFE TO SE NOPMALIZED, THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE REGARDS AS URGENT THAT TH~ SOL~TION OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BE GIVEN PRIORITY: 
FIRST, VE REGARD IT AS FUNDAMENTAL THAT THE DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN 
AR~ED FORCES BE !~SURED. WE ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT 
OM I~D!VIDUAL STAGES UNTIL THE COMPLETE DEPARTURF OF FOREIGN TROOPS, 
SO THAT THE FULL 80VEREIGNTY OF OUR STATE IS RESTORED • 

SECO~r, IN THE INTEREST OF THE NOPMALIZATIOM OF THE POLITICAL, 
ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL LIFE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA WE DEMAND THAT WITH!~ 
THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORGANS, THE ORGANS 
OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE NATIONAL FRONT, AND ORGANIZATIONS AFFILIATED 
WITH THAT FRONT ARE ENABLED TO CARRY OUT NORMAL ACTIVITY, INCLUDING 
PUBLICATION ACTIVITY. THIS WILL ENABLE US TO FULFILL THE TASKS THAT 
FA~E US AT PRESENT. 

THIRD , WE INSIST UNCONDITIONALLY THAT FOREIGN TROOPS ~ND OTHER 
FOREIGN ORGANS RESPECT THE MOSCOW NEGOTIATIONS AND DO ·NOT INTERFEPE · 
IN OUR INTERNAL RELATIONS. FOR THAT REASON UNLAWFULLY DETAINED CITIZE~~ 
OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST -REPUBLIC SHOULD BE RELEASED -AT ONCE • · 
C?WE ALL) APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE ~ITH SOVEREIGNTY ABOUT 
ALL STATE AFFAIRS IN THE _SPHERE OF INTERNAL SECURITY, TOO. 

FOURTH, THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL FRONT EX~RE~SES 
ITS CONSENT ~ITH THE COURSE OF ACTION OF ITS PRESIDIUM. FROM 21 . 
TO 29 AUGUST,·INCLUDING THE PROTESTS AGAINST THE VIOLATION OF THE 
SOVEREIGNTY _OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC WHICH IS CONTRARY 
TO THE 9ASIC NORMS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ALL IDEAS ABOUT COMRADELY 
AND FPIENtiLY RELATIONS BETWEEN SOCIALIST STATES. . 

FIFTH, WE EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO OUR PEOPLE FOR THEIR PRUDENT , 
U.l!TED, AND FIRM ATTITUDE IN THE CRITICAL DAYS , AND FOR THEIR LOYALTY 
TO FREEDOM, SOCIALISM , AND DEMOCRACY. WE APPEAL TO THE ORGAJIZATIONS 
U~ITED IN THE NATIONAL FRONT AND TO ALL CITIZENS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA 
THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PRESERVE THEIR NATION.AL AND CIVIC PRIDE . AND 
THAT TH~Y DO NOT EVADE A REALISTIC VIEW OF THE FACTS , SO rHAT ~E CAN 
l\GAIN JOP.JTLY SHAPE OUR OWN LIFE. / 

wE APPEAL TO ALL PEOPLE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO INSURE FULLY THE 
PRESE T ECONOMIC TASKS AND THE NORMALIZATION QF OUR LIFE BY PAT?.IOTIC 
IORKI ~ EFFORTS AND CONSCIOU~ RESPONSIBILITY • CWORDS INDISTI~CTl 
TO REESTABhISH POLITIC~L AND PUBLIC LIFE IN THESE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. 

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