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FM AMEMBASSY . OTTAWA TO SECSTATE WASHDC ~582 IMMEDIATE 8 E e ft ! ! OTTAWA 2203 REF: STATE 224690 r · 1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF STATEMENT GIVEN BY SOVIET AMBASSADOR 
\ TO ACTING PRIMIN HELLYER ON BEHALF OF SOVIET GOVERNMENT 
MORNING OF AUGUST 21: 
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2. 	QTE TEXT OF STATE~ENT BY THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR TO THE ACTING 
PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA ON BEHALF OF THE soviET GOVERNMENT OF 
AUGUST 21, 1968_ 	• 
IN CONNECTION WITH THE FURTHER. SHARPENING OF THE SITUATION RESULTING FROM THE PLOT OF THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FORCES OF 
REACTION AGAINST THE SOCIAL ORDER EXISTING IN CSR AND THE STATE 
SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY 'THE GOVERN­
MENT OF THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SOCIALIST REPUBLIC APPLIED TO THE SOVIET UNION AND OTHER ALLIED STATES, WITH THE REQUEST TO RENDER 
A DIRECT ASSISTANCE INCLUDING THE 
ASSISTANCE BY ARMED FORCES. 
THE SOVIET GOVERNI 
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND 8 
THE SOVIET UNION AND A-Jllllll 

APPROPRIATE TREATY OBL 
SOCIALIST ORDER IN CZE 
TO THE FOUNDATIONS OF 
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IN VIEW OF THIS THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE ALLIED COUNTRIES HAVE TAKEN A COMMON DECISION TO MEET THE 
REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CSR ABOUT RENDERING THE 
. CZECHOSLOVAK PEOPLE ALL NECESSARY H£LP. THE SOVIET ARMED 

FORCES HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO ENTER THE 'TERRITORY OF 
CZECHOSLOVAKIA. NATURALLY, THEY .WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM 
THE TERRITORY OF CSR WITHOUT .ANY DELAY AS SOON AS THE 

EXISTING THREAT TO THE SECURITY WILL BE ELIMINATED AND THE 
LAWFUL AUTHORITIES WILL BE~IEVE THAT THERE IS NO NECESSITY ~ 
FOR THE FURTHER STAY OF THE ALLIED FORCES•. 
WE WOULD LIKE iHE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA TO REALIZE RIGHTLY THAT OUR ACTIONS ARE NOT DIRECTED AGAINST ANY STATE AND IN NO WAY 
DO INFRINGE ANY STATE INTERESTS. THEY ARE. COMPLETELY DICTATED BY Tl£ CONCERN FOR THE STRENGTHEING OF PEACE IN VIEW OF A DANGEROUS INCREASE OF TENSIONS WHICH DID NOT LEAVE AN 
ALTERNATIVE CHOICE TO THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES. WE ARE PROCEEDING FORM THE FACT THAT THE EVENTS WHICH ARE HAPPENING SHOULD NOT CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE SOVIET-CANADIAN RELATIONS, TO THE DEVELOP­
MENT OF WHICH THE SOVIET UNION ATTACHES, A·S BEFORE, GREAT IMPORTANCE. UNQTE · 
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