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PAG~ 02 STATE 22539~ 
WITHOUT CZEC~ KNOWL~DGE OR REQYEST CZECH GOVERNMEN[ W~ICH co~­SID~RED SOVIET ACTION VIOLATION CZECH SOVEREIGH·-y !ALREADY. 
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2• RE CZECH REQUEST FOR SOVIET INTERVENTION• BOHLEN NOTED 
SOVIET STATEMENT ctTED 22~674 CLAIMS CZECH GOVERNMEN~ REQUESTED 
SOVIET ASSISfANCE WHEREAS ONE POLISH REPORT NAMES CZECH " ACTiVISTS" 
AND TASS CLAiM~ "UN~AMEO CZECH OFFltiALS"~ BOHLSN INWifED AT• ­
TENTION FACT THAT NEARLY 2lt-HOURS AFTER INTERvi::NTION! SOVS 
HAVE NOT OFFrRRED NAME OF SINGLE cZ~CH OFFICIAL REQUEsfJNG 
SOVIET ASSISTANCE. HE NOTED ALSO ~TATEMENT BY CZECH UN REP 
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STATING SOVIET INTERVENTION UNDERTAKEN WITHOUT PRIORi CZECH 
K~OWLEDGE AND CONSIDERED AS VIOL~TiON riF sOVEREIGN~Y~ 
3• BOHLEN STATED THAT REPO~TS FROM NEW YORK INDICATE, six 
COUNTRIES (US1 UK 1 FRANCE1 PARAGUA Y1 OENMARK1 CANADA! HAVE 
REQUESTED SC CONSID~RATION CZ~CH M~TTER AND THAT BRAilL~ANS 
wbULD HAVE JOINED IN REQUEST HAO THEY NOT" BEEN PRESIDENT UNSC 
THIS ESSION. BOHLEN SAID NO I~OIC~f ION~ o~ CZECH ACT10~' AT s~ 
WHERE WE EXPECT FAVORABLE VOTE ON I NSCRIPTION OF AGENOA IT EM 
BUT SOVIET VFTO ON SUBSEQUENT SC ~ES. . 
4• BOHLEN MENTIONED THAT CZEC~ FON~~N QN HOLIDAY IN YUGOSLA VjA OTHERWISE REPORTS INDICATE ALL CZ~CH CC PRESIDIUM MEMB~RS DE· 
TAINEO IN CC BUILDING.FURTHER, WE UNDERSTAND THAT DESP I TE SUBSTANTIAL SOVIET TROOP PRESENCE Al.L CZECH RADIOS: H~VE NOT YET BEEN SILF.NCED• 
5• BOHLEN SAID WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN sov, DECIDED ~N~ERVENE eui SPECULATION JS MOSCOW PROMPTED BV ULBRICHT CZECH V1SIT AND 
SUBSEEUQNT PLEA TO SOVS ON DANGER TO GOR• BOH~EN CITED REPORT~ 
THAT KOSYG I N;1 BREZHNEV AND PODGORNV CALl.ED BACI< F'RDMI VACA Tl ON TO CC MEETING MOSCOW MONDAY PM• EVIDENT, HOWEVER1 SOWlEr INTER• VENTlON Pt.ANS DRAWN UP LONG lN ADVANCE~ 
6 BOMLEN REPORTED ALL NATO GOVERNMENTS AS WELL ~s: RUMANJAN, YUGOSLAV ANO FRENCH AND ITALIAN COMMUNIST P~RTIE -MAD ISSUED ATEMENT DEPLORING SOVIE! AC11DN 
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PAG~ 03 STATE 225~94 
NOTED THIS DOES NOT APPEAR IN SOVIET STATEMENT TO PRESIDENT 
JOHNSON BUT THAT IT IMPLICIT FRof.f'TE:xr ·; KNAPPsTE:INI SAID FRG 
FEARED M 0 vE AG AI N sT BERL I N ~· 8 6HLEN -RE p LI E0 wE HA vEI N 0 . IND I tAT .I. 0 Ns 
SOVIET INTENTIONS RE BERLIN OR . REPORTS ACTIVIT"IES TH~T AREA 
BEYciNO CLOSI~G OF S~HOENFE~D ~IRP6RT IN ~AST B~RLIN. 
8• BOHLEN ADDED US STILL ABLE CONTACT AMEMBASSY PR~GUE AND NOTED THAT CZECH•AUSTRIAN AND czECH•FRG -BOROERS OPEN FORI FOREIGNERS (aur NOT cZEcHs> ro LEAVE CzEcHOSLOVAK .IA AND cZECHS ro RETURN• eoHCEN sTATEo No coNCRETE INF"o .-oN ·NaN .. soviET wP TRooPs oN czE:cH SOIL• AND1 A~CORDING KNAPPSTEiN, FRG His NO REPORts o~ SOYlEi TROOPS NEAR FRG BORDERS• --. 
9• BOHLEN SAID US STILL CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTIONS . ~FTER 
EXPECTED SOV i ET VETO ON SC RES.• -. --. .
• 10• BOHLEN NOTED SOVS. STATED INTEREST IN RETAINING1F~VORAB~E U~/USSR RELAfIONS AN6 KNAP~ST~lN-~E~TIONED SOVIET~! "EVEN" MA6E SIMILAR STATE:MENT IN NOTE ·ro BONN• -. .. -­
l • l N FINAL REMARKS1 BOHLEN CI TED FOUR. REASONS FOR! SOV I E:T · 
Apl ON AGAINST "I NTOLERABL;" ~ZECH· SITUAT 'I ON a 
A• !HREAT TQ IDEOLOGICAL P~RIJY1 
B• MI~l!ARY SECURIT~~ 

C• ~FFECT ON GORa 
D• FEAR OF ANTI·SOVIET PROPAGANDA OUTBURSTS WHICH INEVITABLY FOL~OW THAW iN FORMERLY PRP·SOW1E! REGiME, GP.3. ~USK