Approved For Releau 2000/09/11 : NLJ-00-1-180-3-3-8 ~ •PRJORI+vvJrJ. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Intelligence Information Cable IN 76928 fj· /' PAGE 1 OF 5 PAGES s"frTE/INR DIA NM CC/MC CIA/NM CC NIC NSA 500 ONE CRS OER FBIS CCS IRS AID USIA DOI EXO FBI nis. mate:tal contain• information dectillg the National Defenae or the Unlted States within tbe meaning of the Eaplonage Lawa, Title 18, 0.8.0. e.ca. m and '1M, the tl'&J.l8m1aa0n or reve1at1on or whlcb ln any manner to an unautborlzed person is prohlb1ted by law. GROUr 1 Excluded fr-•••-•tic ~~ F9REIGN DISSEM dow,.9recli1tg e•d decla11irteotioft THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT. NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. -SECRET 232024Z CITE 25X1A DIST 2 3 AUGUST 1968 COUNTRY: USSR/CZECHOSLOVAKIA/FI NL AND DOI: 25X1C 2 SUBJECT: CENTER PARTY VIEWS ON FINNI SH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN RELATION .... IMPLICATIONS CAUSED BY THE SOVIET INTERVENTION IN CZECH­OSLOVAKIA .. If PADA: I . ....,. SOURCE: 25X1X .. . SUMMARY: THE CENTER PARTY LEADERSHIP BELIEVES THE CZECH CRISIS HAS PLACED THE FINNISH COMMUNIST PARTY IN A FRIGHTFUL DILEMMIL, UNLESS THEY DISAVON THE SOVIET INTERVENTION IN A "TlTO-LIKE'/t STANCE THE 1968 FALL COMMUNAL ELECTIONS WILL BE CATOSTROPHJ.~ F'OR THEMo IF THEY DO, SOVIET RETALIATION AGAINST THEIR SFl.IT PARTY COULD THREATEN THE .,, . '.'i CURRENT BALANCE.Or POIJER IN THE FCPo NEVERTHELESS, THE FCP MAY BE r. • , ... . ~te F9RiOH;bl i;)lii&M Approved For Release 2000/09/11 : NLJ-001-180-3-3-8 SANITIZED --SECRET A~ority,RRC.Nl..J DJ>J-J • ,3• .3 By.JA.+I • NARA, DateJ ~.~I>-I> 1 ...............,. ~ EDITIONS -. ·. . .. .1: Approved For Release 2000/09/11 : NLJ-001-180-3-3-8 IN "76928 25X1 A PAGE 2 OF 5 PAGES SECRET ..WO F0REiG~l QIS~i!M • C4uHm ocmtrol1) F.c.JfC!D ·r.o ..DISAV o; FIR ML y THE SOVIET ACT ION r 0 PRESERVE ITS ELECTORAL BASE WHICH lS ALR.EADY EXPERIENCING DEFECT IONSo THERE IS FEAR BY THE CENTER PARTY J.;EADERSHIP AND BY AHME MINISTER KOIVISTO THAT FENNO• SOVIET REL:ATIONS RISK D·ETERICEATION IF FINNISH DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE t· T 0 -ESCALAT··E IN ABUSE AND VI Cl.ENCE AGAI NS! THE USSR o . END SUMMARY o . ~..I J. THE .CENTER . PARTY LEADERSHIP HAS INFORMALLY DISCUSSED THE DOMES• T"IC ...AND. ·r..CEEIGN I.MPL ICAT IONS OF THE SOVIET ACT ION AGAINST CZECHOSLO• ~ .v:A~IA. DCPIESTICALLY, THE FINNISH COMMUNIST PARTY CFCP> IS IN A FRIGHTFUL DILEMMAo THE REACTION OF THE FINNISH PEOPLE TO THE SOVIE ACTION HAS BEEN MUCH STR~GER THAN INITIALLY EXPECTEDo CCMMUNISI' CANDIDAl'ES FCR ELECTION IN N'• . ~. ~ ----u;1n0Ni0 7}. • ---I • ·: '; . • , \ ..... · .;w•.. · ··~ Approved For Release 2000/09/11 : NLJ-001-180-3-3-8 25X1A