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NSC 10,p 041RSC 011SP 02,ss· 251USIA 121SA 0J1SAH 021SAL 011SR 011 
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P 232216Z AUG 68 
FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5227 ' 
INFO KSMISSION USUN NY PRIORITY 170 

C• Qi N F I eE .. T I ' i;, E_As 76'10 
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SUBJEC~s CZECHOSLOVAKIA 
le I MET THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEPUTY FONMIN RAUL 
NASS To DISCUSS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS RE CZECHOSLOVAKIA 

AND LEFT WITH HIM SUMMARIES OF DEPARTMENTAL SITREPS 
AS ' WELL AS BOHLEN BRIEFINGS AND RELATED MATERIALo 

2. N~ss, RECENTLY RETURNED FROM MOSCOW AND EASTERN 
EUROPE, EXPRESSED SURPRISE ABOUT USSR ACTION• HE 
H~D BEEN ASSURED BY USSR FONMIN OFFICIALS THAT NO 

RPT NO REPRESSIVE ACTION WOUTLD BE TAKEN AGAINST THE 
L~IERAL 
CZECH REGIME OF DUBCEK• HE HAD BEEN 
SlMILARLY IMPRESSED BY SENSE OF COMPLETE NORMALCY 
ANO OPTIMISM OF CZECHS DURING HIS VlSIT THEREe 
YUGOSLAV DEPUTY FONMIN HAD TOLD HIM THAT USE OF 
USSR FORCE AGINST CZECHOSLOVAKIA WOULD SEr BACK 
COMMUNIST MOVEMENT TW£NfY YEARS. ROMANIANS H~O 
EkPRESSED SIMIL~R SENTlMENfS• 

3• NlSS NOTED A GENERAL L~TlN AM~RlC~N CONCER 
AIOU' TME RE~URN OF THE COLO WAS B!C~USE OF TMtS USSR 
AC,?ON AND AGREED TH~T IMP~C~ lN EUROP~ AND MtD E~ST 
COULD IE DANGEROUS• WE AGREED TO KEEP N CLOSE CONTAC' 

l...Bi1~WELOPMEN~S UNFOLD•