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.3 U3J: CZ EC H0 SL 0 VA I\ I,~ EMBASSY EXPRESSES SUPPORT OF CZECH 
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I. CZ~C!-1 CHAt=cGE: rn P~RIS K?.IZ, MADE ST.~TEN:'.~lT TO P~ES3 AFTERiJOON 
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OF AUGUST ·21 SU?POFffHJG "TH~ REGULP.n LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY A~m 
THE STATE HEADED BY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC LUDVIK SVOBODA, HEAD 
0F sav~qNME~T OLDRICH CERNIK, ~ATIO~AL ASS~MBLY PRESIJENT 

, 	STEFlU S~JRi{OVSKY AND FI2ST SECRETARY OF C0!1~1!J{JIST PARTY :~L SXM! D2R DUBCEK. HE !\RE IN co:•! PLETE .:\GRE Ef:!EN T WI TH WHAT TH~ ?RZSIDUM OF TH~ P.4RTY HAS DEC EJED." KRIZ MADE STATEMENT CH1 .2EHALF OF ENTIRE EMBASSY. 
2. ACCORDI~3 TO A?P DISPATCH, KRIZ HAD RECEIVED NO I~STRUCTION 
TO r~:ri. IC~: DEM!-\ '1C H~ TO F::L:i:i cii GOV ~R 1}Ji1iE:~rr H THAT TIME. Howsv ER' 
Ii'. LATL'.: AFTE:R;J·JO:~ 1\RIZ ~E?OHT~DLY MAuZ VISIT TO QU;~r·s EUROPEAiJ 
DiqESTOR PUAUX TO INFOR~ F~ENSH GQV~RNM~~T OF CZECH SITUATION~' 
CZ'.:CH P1113AS3.!\D1? PITHP1P:T WHO RSTU1'.-JZJ PRE:CIPIT8U.3LY T:) PARIS 
t:_,y .6!JTQMOBILE MIDNIGHT AUGUST 21 FR0:'1 VACATIO:'J Hl CZE:CHOSLOVAKIA 
~~I~FJ?CEO x~rz·s STATEME~T IN INTERVIE~ ~ITH AFP MORNING Of 
f\. 1•1s1_1ST 2:2. PITHA~T TH.~NKED FRENCH GOVZFD!:-1EflT ~~~!D PEOPLE "DJ 
T 1~::; ·U\!12: ·J~-THE LEG.~L GGVER:J~;'iI~:N-T OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA" FOR THE 

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