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ACTION ARA 16 
INFO RSR 011EUR l51USIE 001CIAE 001DODE 001GPM 041H 021iNR 07,L 13, 
NSAE 00,NSC 10,P 04,RSC 01,sP 021SS 251AID 281Pc l56SAH 021 
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P 222303Z AUG 68 
FM AMEMBASSY PANAMA 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4664 

UNCLAS PANAMA 4419 
JOINT EMBASSY/USIS MESSAGE 
• SUBJECT• MEDIA REACTION TO INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA•AUG 22 
REFa PANAMA 4411 
le PANAMA NEWSPAPERS CARRIED EXTENSIVE ADDITIONAL DETAILS ANO PHOTOS1 WITH EDITORIAL CONOEHNATION OF INVASION O~ CZECHOSLOVAKIA• 
2• RADIO STATIONS, HOWEVER1 REFLECTED FASTER REACTlNG 
CAPABILITY BY DIVIDING THEIR MAJOR NEWS COVERAGE BETW!EN l~VA~lQN ·~o ARRIVAL OF POPE IN COLOM~IA• CHANNEL ~-rv, S~PPQR,!W "•O ADM~ ISTRATION1 CARRIED BRIEF EDITORIAL CONOEMN~TION ON " b 
DAY NEWSCAST. 
Department, of,State 

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P*'ESIDENT1 SAMUDI01 DEVOTED ~~A~i.Y ALL fRONT PAGf.;·. TO Y,PJ lt...llQ~TS 
4NO PHOTOS o~ CZECHS SEATED IN PATH OF SOVIET T~NKS~ ANO OuSTID 
CZECH LEADERS. EDITORIALLY EL MUNDO VtEWEO THE RUSS1A••LŁ0 INVASION AS ILLUSTRATION O~ GUATEMALAN J~A~ JOSE,ARtYALO~' ._ 
ANYl•IMPERIALISTIC FABLE OF SHARK AND.S~RDŁNE• RU$SIA~ US.AND 
RED CHINA WERE IDE TJFIED AS SHARKS• ,. 
6. LA ESTRELLA DE PANAMA EDITORIALIZED ABOUT POPE•S VJSJT ALTHOUGH IT CARRIED SEVERAL AP REPORTS ABOUT INVASION ON FIONT '-•GE• · : 
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1. NOONTIME EXPRESO GAV~ civER BA~K P~GE TO i~v~stoN ANri 
EOlTORIALLY LIKENED INVASION TO "AFFRONT •GAINST THE CONSCl!NCE· 
OF ALL FREE MEN ON ~ARTH•••" 

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