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FROM  WALT ROSTOW  
TO  THE PRESIDENT  
INFO GEORGE  CHRISTIAN  
CITE  CAP 82289  
eEGRiT  
HEREWITH CIA•s ASSESSMENT  OF THE SITUATION  IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA  
AS OF  6:30 A.M.  EDT  AUGUST 30,1968  

1. CZECHOSLOVAK COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS WERE REPORTED BY AP TO BE GATHERING IN PRAGUE EARLIER TODAY FOR ANOTHER 
EXTRAORDINARY PARTY CONGRESS. A SEPARATE PRESS SOURCE, HOWEVER,INDICATED THAT DUBCEK INTENDS TO CALL A CENTRAL COMMITTEE 
MEETING SATURDAY TO DISCUSS HOLDING THE CONGRESS EARLY 
NEXT MONTH, PROBABLY BEGINNING 9 SEPTEMBER. IN ADDITION,
THE PARTY HAS ALSO SCHEDULED A MEETING OF CHAIRMEN AND 
SECRETARIES OF THE NATIONAL FRONT•s REGIONAL COMMITTEES FOR 
3 SEPTEMBER IN PRAGUE. 
2. DUBCEK HAS TOLD THE CZECHOSLOVAK NEWS AGENCY THAT 
GUARDING OF THE PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE BUILDING HAS BEEN 
TURNED OVER TO REGULAR INTERIOR MINISTRY PERSONNEL. HE ALSO 
SAID THAT THE PRESIDIUM, SECRETARIAT, AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE HAD RESUMED WORK IN THE BUILDING. 
3. THE CURFEW IN PRAGUE WAS LIFTED LAST NIGHT . 
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE INTERVENTION. SOVIET 
TANKS REMAINED OFF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES, LINED 
UP ON SIDE STREETS. THE SOVIET GUARD, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, HAS BEEN LIFTED FROM THE US EMBASSY. ALTHOUGH TROOPS STILL ENCIRCLED THE RADIO AND NEWSPAPER BUILDINGS, NORMAL COMMUNI• CATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN RESTORED. 
4. LITERARNI LISTY THE LIBERAL MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK WRITERS• UNION AND LONG A BASTION OF DISSINDENT INTELLECTUALS,PUBLISHED ITS FINAL ISSUE THIS MORNING, DESPITE ITS WRECKED OFFICES, PREFERRING TO STOP PUBLI­
CATION RATHER THAN BOW TO THE IMPOSITION OF CENSORSHIP. THE FINAL ISSUE FEATURED A CARTOON OF A SOVIET SOLDIER STANDING ON TOP OF A TANK AND HOLDING A MACHINE GUN. THE CAPTION READ: "WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE••••• OR I SHOOT 
YOU!" 
5. MOSCOW CONTINUES TO SHOW SENSITIVITY TO WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL COMDEMNATION OF THE INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. AN ARTICLE IN TODAY'S PRAVDA TRIES --INEFFECTIVELY --TO DEPICT A GROUNDSWELL OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE SOVIET INTERVENTION. ALTHOUGH CLAIMING WIDESPREAD BACKING WITHIN THE THIRD WORLD FOR THE INTER­VENTION, PRAVDA WAS ABLE TO CITE ONLY THE POSITION OF IRAQ AND OF AN ARGENTINE TRADE 
UNION ORGANIZATION, ALONG WTH THE ABSTENTION OF INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND ALGERIA IN THE SECURITY 
COUNCIL VOTE TO BACK UP ITS CASE. 
6. WESTERN MILITARY ATTACHES IN BUDAPEST BELIEVE THAT ONLY ABOUT 2,000 -2,500 HUNGARIAN TROOPS ARE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THIS ESTIMATE IS BASED ON THE OBSERVATION OF HUNGARIAN ARMY 
INSTALLATIONS, MOST OF WHICH APPEAR TO BE FULL. THE ATTACHES HAVE ALSO BEEN MAKING DAILY TOURS OF THE HUNGARIAN-RUMANIAN BORDER AND HAVE SEEN NOTHING TO SUPPORT RUMORS OF A SOVIET MILITARY 
BUILDUP IN THIS AREA. 
DIG: 301137Z AUGUST 1968 
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