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USMISSION USUN 
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•• FONMIN IRIB~RREN BORGES AND F:ONOFF DIREcrOR POL~TtCAL AF,~lRS HERRERA MARC~NO D~SCUBSEO ClECH StTU~!ION TM~S AFTERNOON WITM ME ANO EMB~SSV PDL~TtC~L OFFICER IMMEDJATELr FOLLOWING PRESS CONFERENCE IN WHlCH I FONMIN~ IN A!SENCE PRESIDENT LEONI WHO IS ON VACATlON1 ISSUED COMMUNiQUE CONDEMNING SOYtET AGRESStON A6l1NST ClECHOSLOV•KIA~ 
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TM FONMIN WENT ON TO EXPRESS DEEP CONCERN OVER SOVIET ACTION STATING IT REPRESENTED THREAT TO PEACEG HE CHARACTERIZED SOVIET MOVE AS AN "UNCIVIL1ZED ACT" 
IUNA BARBARIDADIP STAYING XT HAD CAUGHT HIM BY SURPRISE BECAUSE GOV THOUGHT SOVIETS AND CZECHS HAD REACHED AN ACCOMMODATlON EARLIER AT BRATISLAVAo 
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~Q IRIBARREN SAID HE UNDERSTOOD BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY ARE URGING THAT UN SECURITY COUNCIL BE CONVOKED TO CONSIDER SITUATION BUT THAT. SUCH MOVE WOULD PROBABL~ BE UNPRODUCTIVE BECAUSE THE SOVIETS WOULD BE SURE TO VETO SECURITY COUNCIL JURISDICTION~ FONMIN STATED THAT" HE CONS!DERES IT MORE LIKELY THAT MATTER WILL END UP BEFORE UNGA AND UNGA RESOLUTION 213lc HE SAID GOV WOULD ACTIVELY SUPPORT EFFORTS BRING CZECH BEFORE UNGAo 
5o IN ADDITION TO SUBSTANCE DOBRYNIN EXCHANGES WITH PRESIDENT JONSON AND SECRETARY RUSK1 WE PROVIDED FONMIN WITH COPIES OF PRESIDENT JOHNSONoS AUGUST 21 DECLARATION AND OTHER BACKGROUND FROM USIS WIRELESS FILE• 
FONMIN EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THIS INFORMATlON WHICH HE TERMED VERY USEFUL• 
6~ FOLOWING IS TEXT GOV COMMUNIQUE1 "IN VIEW OF THE NEWS REGARDING THE INVAEQON OF ClECHOSLOVAKlA BY TROOPS OF THE SOVIET UNIN AND OTHER EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA DECL~RES THAT THIS ACT AGAINST THE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE TERRITORIAL lNTEGIRTY OF THAT COUNTRY IS AN OPEN VIOLATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF NON~AGRESSIN AND SELF~OETERMXNATlN OF PEOPLES, AS STATED IN THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATONS~ AND JN TME PRINClPLES OF NONwINTERVENTION rORMALIZED eY RESOLUTION 2131 'XX) OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBL~ ANO CONSISTENtL¥ DEFENDED BY VENEZUELAo 
7o " THE EVENTS WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE ARE CAUSE OF GRAVE CONCERN TO THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT SINCE THEY CONSTtTUTE A BRE~CH OF INTERNATlONAL L~W1 A BRAZEN INO DISIMULADAI EMPLOYEENT OF SUPERIOR FORCE~ AND THEREFORE A SERIOUS SETBABK TO THE ASPIRATlONS FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE BY THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD• 

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s~ "THE VENEZUELAN GOVERNNENT AF,IRMS THAT THE INVADlNG TROOPS SHOULD BE WITHOR~WN IMMEDIATEL~ AND UNCONDITIONALL~o 
9~ "THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUEL~ BY EXPRESSING ITS DEEPEST SYMPATHY ANO SOLIDARITY TOWARDS THE CZECHOSLOVAK PEOP~E, REFLEC~S FAITHFULLY TME SENTlMENTS OF THE VENEZUEL~N PEOPLED" 
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