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INFO EUR 151SAH 021SAL 011SA 011CCO 001CIAE 001DODE 00PNSAE 001 
NSCE 00,sso 001USIE 001GPM 041NSC 101SP 021SS 251RSC 011L 031 
H 021P 04110 131INR 071NIC 011ACDA l61E i51RSR 0iP/139 W 
P 2~l615Z AUG 68 
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 
TO SECSTATE WASHOC PRIORITY 6614 

UNCL~S SANTIAGO 5098 
SUBJa CZECH AMBAASSAOOR CALLS ON PRESIDENT FREI 
• Jo CZECH AMBASSADOR STANISLAV SVOBOOO SPENT 30 MINUTES YESTERDAY WITH PRESIDENr FREI REVIEWING CZECH SJTUATI0No AT CONSLUSION INTERVlEW SVOBODA TOLD PRESS FOLLOWING fN ANSWER TO QUEST10NSs 
2~ NO CZECH ORGAN SOLICITED INTERVENTION 
OF 5 COUNTRIES, ALTHOUGH POSSIBLE THAT SOME MEMBER OF 
CEN~RAL COMMITTEE DID SO. 

3o CAB ES FROM PRAGUE RECEIVED BY CZECH EMBASSY TMURSOAY IND~CAJEO FOREIGN MINISTR~ OPERATING NORM~LLYBUT NOT "GOVERNMENT OR NATlONAL ASSEMBLY~" FOREIGN MlNJSTRY H~O IN11RUCrED EMBASSIES TO INFORM AUTHORTlES OF MOST COUNrRtES ABOUT ClECH EV[N~St EMBASSY M~S NOT NEWS OF DUBECK• 
ASKED PEOPLE TO KEEP CA~M AND OCCUP~lNG TROOPS. 
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