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SUBJECT• JAPANESE REACflON TO CZECH SITUATION 

• 3t JAPAN SQtlA~IST:' •••~Y ISSUED STATEMENT AF~ER OON AUGUST 21 C•LL.!lNG '"EN'rR¥ C>f' Mftl,. il'A-P.&¥ fRO:OJIS OF F'lVE N~TJONS, ?NCWUDING SOV• I!r UN~0Ni !NT.O e~re~OSLO¥•KlA R~SH ACTlDN TR•MPL~NG ON CZECH SOVER£~GNTV WMteM VIOL~T;S e~Stc ~RlNCIPL!S GOYERN1NG fN,ER• N~T10NAl Ri~~TtONS A$ WELl AS S'-~NDARDS G~VERNING REl~TtONSHJPS BETWEEN SOV.,ET C~UN,RllS•. JSP C'LLED ON SOYt£TS TO W?THDRiW TROOPS ANO CURB TMEtR 8EH~VtORe JSP INTERN~TIONAL BUR~AU CHAIRMAN MATSUMO~O REP.ORTiO~Y V1StTED SOVtE' EM8ASSY P£RSON~LL¥ AND FfLEO PROTEST ON BEHALF-· OF. PARTY• DEMOCRATIC SOClALTST. PARTY SPOKESM~N SONE ISSUED "STRONG PRO~!ST AGAINST SOVIET ACTION" AND SAID THAT THIS "SHOWS ~IMITATION TO WHICH LlBERAllZATtON C~N PROCEED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF COMMUNISM1'• DSP ALSO EXPRESSED fTS "0EEP SVMP~· TH~ AND SPIRITU~L SO~IDARITY WITM TME CZECH PEOPLE"• SOM¥0 SECGEN IWAl ISSUED S1ATEMENT CALLING FOR HlLT TO ARK£0 INTERVENTlON BY SOVIETS AND TMEIR ALLIES. WHICH HE CALLED "lNFRlNGEMENT"'UPON ·czE· CHOSLOVAKIA•S SELF•OETERMINATION SINCE PROBLEM OF DEMOCRATIZING C~ECHOSLOVAKIA POLITtC~L~ S0CIA~1 ANO ECONOMIC POSITION IS INTERNA~ 
AFF~IR TO BE SOLVED BY CZECHS ALONE"• 
4, JAPANESE COMMUNIST P~RTY IN AUGUST 21 PRESS RELEASE SAtO TMERE 
NO PLANS FOR OFFICIAL PARTY COMMENr ON CZECH SITU~TlON SOON• JCP 
OFF~CIAL ORGAN AKAHATA FOR AUGUST 22 CARRIED NO MENTION CZECH 
SITU~TlON• ICOMM€NT1 AStOE FROM OIFFICUL'Y ' OF JCP POSITION AS~ fN• 
DEPENDENT PARTY1 StTUATlON FUR~HER COMPLIC~TEO By F~CT TH~T JSP 
SECGEN MIYAMOTO CURRENrL~ ENROUTE TO M~NOI1• KOMEITO SECGEN Y~NO 
ST~TED AUGUST 21 TK~T REGAROLESS ' OF SITU~TlONt SOVIET EN~RY lN~O 
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CeECHOSLOVAKIA REFLECTS "SOVIET COLONIALISM1 BIG COUNTRY SELF• 
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND COMMUNIST PREDILEC~ION FOR VIOLENCE"o INTERVEN• 
TlON IS UNREASONABLE AC~ CONTR~R~ TO WORLD PUBL1C OPINION AND1 AS 
SUCH, HARDLY EXCUS~BLE• KOMEIT01 HE SAID~ PROTESTS THiS MILfTARY 
ACT ANO DEMANDS ' IMMEDIATE WITHDRAW~L OF SOVIET ANO OTHER TOOPS 
FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA• HE ADDED THAT GOJ SHOULD MAKE DEMAND TMAT 
SOVIET GOVERNMENT WITHDRAW TROOPS AND TAKE MATTER TO UN FOR RES• 
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s~ FULL EFFECT ON PUBLIC OPINION NOT YET FULLY DISCERNIBLE BUT WE SUSPECT SOVIET INTERVENT10N HAS DEALT BLOW TO GENERALLY HELD OPT• If1ISM ·WITH RESPECT . TO EVOLUTION SOWlET SVSTEM AND EARL)' E~S'r 0WEST DETENTE. WE HAVE ALSO HEARD ISOL~TED COMMENT TO EFFEt~ SOVIET AC• TlON WILL ADVERSELY AFFEt~ POSStBILITIES VtE~NAM SOLUTION AND MIKI'S STATEMENT IABOVE) PROBABL~ REFLECJS THAT CONRRN• IT IS TOO EARLY TO ASSESS FULL DEGREE TO WHlCH THIS WlLL I IN~LUENCE jAP•ANESE.ATTITUOES ON SECUR~TY MATTERS BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT EFFECT WILL BE HEALTHY AND SUBSTANTlAL AS FUKUOA•S STATEMENT FOREBH~oows•