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TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7099 

USMJSSION USUN NEW YORK 
INFO AMEMBASSY BONN 
AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE 
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AMEMBASSY LONDON 
AMEMBASSY LUXEMBOURG 
AMEMSASSY PARIS 
AMEMBASSY ROl'fE 
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UNCLAS BRUSSELS 8899 
SUBJ• FURTHER BELGIAN REACTION TO ClEC~ DEVELOPMENTS 
RE'• BRUSSELS 1156 ANO 8874 
lo SOCIA~ CH JSTIAN PART~ f~SCJ AND ~IBERAL PAR~Y IPLP)
BOTW Pue~JS~EO COMMUNlQU 9 AV9U T 22 PROTESTlNG SOV1E~ 
I TERYENTION J CZECHO LOYAKlA AS VtOL~TlON or "D!MDCRA1lC 

L11ERTJE" AND U AN • T .~ THEV ADDRESSED APPE~LS TO 
"tNTERNATlONAL J~IT U ON n TO RENDER ALL POSSSILE AID TO 
ClECHOSLOY~K • PL, co""UNfUE TQOK STANO AG~INS~ 81~8,AN
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2• STATEMENl JISUED SY YOU'~ ORG#NIZATtON OF SOCIALIST P~RTV 
CONDEMNED "0010US AGSRESSlO~ff AG•lNST ciECHO LO~AKIA ~NO H!~D 
TH~T "TM?S C~J~[ WILL MORTGAGE tM¥POT~Eo~rJ roR A LONG TIME 
ATTITUDE OF MUTU~~ ONOERSTANDING.~ t1~TEHEN1 A~&G ATTAC~ED 
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OF PARENT SOCIALIST PARTY WILL MEET AUGUST 26 TO EXAMINE CZECH SITUATION .• OFF".ICIAL PARTY ORGANti LE PEUPLE1 HAS TAKEN STRONG LINE CRITICIZING SOVIET INJERVENTION• 
3o DEMONSTRtTION ORGANIZED BY VARIOUS YOUTH GROUPS TOOK PLACE BRUSSELS EVENING AUGUST 22 WITH NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS EST1MATED AT 500• GATHERING WAS ADDRESSED BY PROMINENT FIGURES FROM ALL THREE MAJOR PDLITICAL 1 PARTIES• ABOUT 50 YOUTHS HELD AN ALL"'NIGHT VIGIL OUTSIDE SOVIET EMBASSY WHERE . THEY WILL : REMAIN UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON AUGUST ' 231 AT WHICH TIME A FURTHER DE~ONP STRATI ON IS SCHEDULED IN FRONT OF EMASSY o ADD I Tl ONAL · DEMON"' STRATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR AUGUST 24 IN ANTWERP AND BRUGES• 
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4Q AT PRESS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENT WITH FONMIN HARMEL1 CZECH CHARGE JANDIK STATED VIEW OF HIS GOVERNMENT THAT TROOPS OF WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES SHOULD LEAVE CZECHOSLOVAKIA AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE• STATEMENT CARRIED TELEVISION NEWSCASTS• KNIGHT 
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