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TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7934 
INFO USMISSION NATO 
AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY PARIS 

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SUBJECT1 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 
1• ACCORDING TO NEWS BROADCAST1 CZECHOSLOVAK EMBASSY ROME RELEASED STATEMENT AFTERNOON AUGUST 21 THAT ' MiLlTARY iNTERVEN• Tl ON HAD OCCURRED DESPITE WI LL OF · PRES I DENT 1 NAT I ONAL ASSEMBLY:. AND 1 GOVERNMENT OF CZECHOSLOVAK I A.• 
2• ITALIANS . TELL US THAT WHEN SOVIET AMBASSADOR RYZHOV CALLED 0 N M I N I S T E R W I TH 0 U T P0 R t F" 0 L ·I 0 EAR LIV TH I S M0 RN I NG T 0, DEL I VER; ORAL ' STATEMENT (SEPTEL1)~ HE ASK~Dr FOR EXTRA POL~C PROTECTlpN FOR sov I Er EMBASSY. TH 'l s· WAS GI VEN~ BUT LATER . IN DA y UNKNOW PERSONS MANAGED · TO THRow · SOME ROTTEN EGGS AGAINST TMA T EMBASSY• 
3• WE : ARE INFORMED THAT AS OF LATE AFTERNOON AUGUST ?J' JT~L:l.ANS MAD! REC:E:IVED 1 N01 REQUESTS FOR· ASYLUM FROM! CZECMOS~O\/AKS IN IT Al.•.l'r' o 
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