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INFO NEA 13110 131CIAE 001DOOE 001NSAE 001NSCE 00,sso 001USlE 001 
CCO 001GPM 041H 021INR 071L 031NSC 101P 041RSC 011SP 021SS 201 
0 210800Z AUG 68 
FM AMEMBASSY TEHRAN . 
TO SECST~TE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6492 
INFO USMISSION USUN IMMEDIATE~~~ 

&1 E1 e RE f TEHRAN 6118 l____---~<;:;>::S 
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INVAS~ON OF CZECHSLOVAKIA 
IG FROM FOREIGN MINISTRY SOURCES WE UNDERSTAND SOVIET 
AMBASSADOR HAS ASKED FOR AUDIENCE WITH SHAH• PRESUMABLY HE WtLL PEDDLE SOVIET LINE~ I•Ew ENTRANCE OF CZECH TERRITORY BY WARSAW PACf ARMED FORCES IS IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FROM CZECH "PARTY AND ST~TE OFFIC~ALS"• 
2o PRESUMABLY SOVIETS ARE MAKING SIMILAR DEMARCHES IN OTHER 
WORLD CAPITALSo 
3o ALSO PRESUME IT TOO EARL¥ FOR US TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FDR SHAH CREF'!TEL)o 
~9 ASSUMING DUBCEK GOVT H~S BEEN O¥ERTHROWN1 FOREIGN MtNiSTRY CONCLUDES THERE IS NO RPr NO C~ECH GOVT 10 LODGE COMPLAJN' BE;.OREUN SECURITY COUNCIL• BU' G01 WONDERS WME,HER OTMER POWERS MiGHr NOT AT LEAST ASK UNSC CONSiOERATlO~ OF THE StTu•TlON tN CZECHSLOVAKlAe 
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MEHR DECLASSIFIED 
E.O. 13292, Sec. 3.4 
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