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FBIS 61 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY CZECHOSLOVAK DELEGATION IN MOSCOW LONDON REUTERS IN ENGLISH 2229 GMT 8 OCT 68 X 
cEXCERPTS) MOSCOW--A LARGE CZECHOSLOVAK GOVERNMENT 
DELEGATION, INCLUDING TOP MILITARY MEN, WAS BELIEVED 
TO HAVE ARRIVED HERE TONIGHT FOR TALKS ON A TREATY TO LEGALIZE _ THE STATIONING OF WARSAW PACT TROOPS IN THEIR COUNTRY • 
.THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION THAT THE DELEGATION ARRIVED OR ON THE PURPOSE OF ITS TRIP • 
EYEWITNESSES SAW A COLUMN OF SOVIET GOVERNMENT . 
LIMOUSINES, AS WELL AS THE CARS ·OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK AMBASSADOR 
AND MILITARY ATTACHE , DRIVING INTO THE CITY CENTER FROM THE 
DIRECTION OF VNUKOVO AIRPORT • . . 
. HIGH-RANKING CZECHOSLOVAK AND SOVIET ARMY OFFICERS COULD 
BE SEEN IN SOME OF THE CARS, WHILE OTHERS CONTAINED OFFICIALS 
IN CIVILIAN DRESS. 
UNOFFICIAL REPORTS SPREAD EARLIER THAT A CZECHOSLOVAK 
GOVERNMENT DELEGATION LED BY DEPUTY .PREMIER FRANTISEK HA"OUZ 
ANO INCLUDING DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER AND ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF 
MAJ GEN KAREL RUSOV WAS ON ITS WAY HERE TO FOLLOW UP LAST WEEK•S TALKS. 
8 OCT 2332Z MLJCtHH