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TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6514 
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INFO AMEMBASSY RAWALPINDI 

AMEHBASSY ANKARA 
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UNCL~S TEHRAN 6165 
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FOREIGN MtNtsTRv TODAY ISSUED THE FOLLOWING ST~TEMENT ON THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENi1s POSITlON IN REGARD TO THE 
RECENrt" OEWELOPMENTS I NI C~ECHOSLOYAKI A a 
THE IMPERIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT, E~PRESSlNG DEEP SORROW AND 
S~HPATHY TOWARD THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN N~TtON• CONSIDERS ANY INTERFERENCE IN THE AFF1ARS OF O'HER NA?lONS AND AN~ RESORT 
TO FORCE IN INTERNATlONAL REL~TIONS CONT~~R~ TO IN~£RN~Tl0NAL 
L~W AND PRACT1CES AND THE PR~NC(PLES OF TME UN~TED NA!lONS 
CH~RTER• THAT IS WHV TME MlLITAR~ IN~ERV.EN~10N IN CZ!CMOSL· 
OV~KIA WHICH HAS BEEN C~RRIED OU~ WtTMOU~ THE REQUEST OF THE LEG~LL~ CONSTlTUTED GOVERNMENT 0, TM~T· NA~lON IS UNUUSTtFiABLE TO THE IR~NIAN GOVERNM!Nf• THE IMPERfAL ?IANiAN GOWEAN~tNT MOPES A Jusr SOLUTION WILL BE FOUND WHERES~ TM! R GMW-8 0, JM£ C2ECHOSLOYAK PEOPLE, LIKE ALL O~HER INDePENDfNt N'TlONSI SH~L~ SE PRO~Ec:ED IN ACCOAD~NCE WITH TM! WtlMES OF t.H J NKJlmN• ME IR