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TO SECSTATE WASHOC PRIORITY 7404 

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SUBJECT a MEX I CAN REACTI ON1TO CZECH INVASION 
11 CROWD ESTIMATED ABOUT 11510 DEMONSTRATED FRONT OF SOVIET EMBASSY HERE 5 PM· AUGYS!' 25~ MAN~ PLACARDS "RUSSIA LEAVE 
C~ECHOSLAVAKIA.1" "CHAOS NO~ OLYMPICS YES·" DEMONSTRATORS s~o0iED "SMOOif AT ME, ASSAS I NS.1" "DE ATM T01RUSS I A" ANO EVEN "RUSSI ANS OU~ OF ME~ICO • LET•S BRE~K· RELATIONS•" 
2. PROMINENTLY PRESENT WAS UL~RA•RIGHTlST MURO (UNIVERSITY MOVEMENT ' OF NEW OR I ENU T1 ON J • AL~01 SOME i NTELLEC'T'UALS1 FEW CZECHS• AND SOME ME~lCAN BUSlNESSMEN• 
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3• NO~EWORTHY THAT DEMONS1RATION TOOK PLACE IMMEDIAT~~V FRONT OF SOVIET EMBASSY GATES· WM!CH1GOM HAS '. NOT PERMITTED TO H~PPEN AT US EMBASSY FOR AT LE~ST FOUR YEARS• FREEM~N 
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