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R 2-12~5Z AUG 68 FM C~MEMBASSY AMMAN TO SECSTATE WASHDC 6226 INFO AMEMBASSY LONDON UBtNT C~IRO AH[HBASSY BEIRUT AHCONSUL JERUSALEM AMEMB~SSV TEL AVlV AMEHBASSY KUWAIT AMEHBASSV ADEN AM!:HBASSY JIDDA 
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Department of Stai·e 

UNCLASS1F'IED 
PASE 02 AMMAN 06323 2~1459Z 
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OCCUP~TlON AT REQUEST OF SEWERAL I CZECH LE~DERS ANO WOULD BE TEHPORARV • At.SO NOTED THAT CilECH ' CHARGE 0 'AF'FA I RES IN AMMAN H~D CONFERRED WITH SEVERA~ AMBASSADORS IN JORO~N ANO ~T~TEQ HE H~D NOr RECEIVED ANVTH~NGt FROM HIS GOVT ABOUT THE EWENTS BUT WOULD LEAVE ,OR BEIRUT. SHOR~L~ TO MEET THE CZECH AMB TH~REo AUGUST 24 PAPERS GAVE E~TENS1VE ROUNDUP OF EVEN~S ANO QUO~ED IR~QI PRESIDENT BAKR AS S~YING HE HOPED FORCES OF W~RSAW PACT WlLL BE WITHDRAWN VERY SOON AND TM~r HE HOPED ClECHOSLOV~KiA . WOULD CONTINUE ADHERE TO SOClALIST L~NE• WEEKL~ AKHBA k AL USBU' HE~DLINED "COLL~PSE OF ZlONIST COUP D'ETAT IN CZECHOSLO¥AKiA" AND "VIOLENT BLOW DEALT ev RUSSIA TO ZIONISM ANO THE WEST~" SAME WEEKL~ GAVE LONG ACCOUN~ OF EVENTS AND THEN CHARGED THAT "ltONISTS ANO THE AGEN~S OF USA AND WEST GERMAN~" WAGeD A BATTLE OF "REFORMS" OUR I NG WHICH ' ARMS WERE SMUGGLED BY WEST GERMAN¥ INTO CZECHSLOVAKIA• 
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Department of State TELEGRAM 

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P~GE 03 AMMAN 06323 24t459Z 
Sa JORDAN TELEVISON BROADCAST 15~MINUTE SPECIAL BY ITS NEWS SEC 11' 1 0 N 0 N EVEN I NG AUG 1 2 3 '• PRES EN TA TI 0 N WAS I N F' 0 RT HR I GMT CONTRAST TO AMBIVALENT ATTITUDE REFLECTED IN PRESS EDiTORlA~S• THE BROADCAST ATTACKED THE BRUTAL INVASION OF CZECHOS~OVAKJA• 
IT TRACED CHRONOLOGY REFERRING BACK TO HUNGARY IN l956~ SHOWiNG Flt.MS OF' BLOODSHED AT THAT T1ME• CHRONOLOGY OF RECENT EVENTS GtVEN IN DETAIL~ BROADCAST QUOTED AMB BALL'S tASTIG~TlON O~ SOVIET ACTION. A VOICE THAT COMPETENT OBSERVERS DESC RI BED AS S~RCAST1C SAID THE RUSSIANS STATED THAT THEY HAD BE EN ASKED BY CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO INTERVENEQ SVHMES