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P 221415Z AUG 68 rM AMEMBASSY PARIS TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5352 INFO AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY ROME US MISSION NATO 473 USUN 1240 
UNCLAS 	PARIS 19771 
SUBJ: 	CZECHOSLOVAKIA EMBASSY EXPRESSES SUPPORT OF CZECH GOVERNMENT 
lo CZECH CHARGE IN PARIS KRIZ, MADE STATEMENT TO PRESS AFTER~OON 
OF AUGUST 21 SUPPORTING ''THE REGULAR LEADERSHIP OF THE PARTY ~ND THE STATE HEADED BY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC LUDVIK SVOB0DA1 HEAD OF GOVERNMENT OLDRICH CERNIK1 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ' STEFAN SMRKOVSKY AND FIRST SECRETARY OF COMMUNIST PARTY ALEXANDER DUBCEK• WE ARE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH WHAT THE PRESIDUM OF THE PARTY HAS DECIDED•" KRIZ MADE STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF ENTIRE EMBASSY• 
2• ACCORDING TO AFP DISPATCH, KRIZ HAD RECEIVED NO INSTRUCTION 
TO MAKE DEMARCHE TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT AT THAT TlMEo HOWEVER1 IN LATE AFTERNOON KRIZ REPORTEDLY MADE VISIT TO QUAI•JS EUROPEAN DIRECTOR PUAUX TO INFORM FRENCH GOVERNMENT OF CZECH SITUATION~ 
CZECH AMBASSADOR PITHART WHO RETURNED PRECIPITOUSLY TO PARIS BY AUTOMOBILE MIDNIGHT AUGUST 21 FROM VACATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA REINFORCED KRIZ 0 JS STATEMENT IN INTERVIEW WITH AFP MORNING OF AUGUST 22• PITHART THANKED FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE "IN THE NAME OF THE LEGAL GOVERNMENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA" FOR THE 
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UNCLASSIFIED PAGE ' 02 PARIS 19771 22t444Z EXPRESSIONS OF DEEP SYMPATHY FOR ClECHOSLOVAKIA• IN PARTlCUL~R1 
PITMART PRAISED PCF STATEMENT CONDEMNING OCCUPATION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. TO EMPHASIZE FEEL1NGS OF EMBASSY AFP NOTED THAT CZECH FLAG FL~ING OVER EMBASSY AT HALF STAFF• SHRIVER 
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