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?·~IO~ TTY ~Q THZ P~~SID2NT 012 ~968 AUG 25 02 3Q,
-u SECRET ~~y OF ST ATS 023 TO DIRECTOR, CIA 018 TO DI~ECfOR, DIA 016 . 
AND NAT !O~JAL INDIC,\TIONS CS'.:iTE~ 

TO ATTQqNEY GENERAL C3Y M~SSENGER) 
l:"RQ'1 D !RECTOR, FBI 

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co:1MUN I ST PARTY' . u. s. A.; INTZRNAT IONAL R~LATIONS 
THE FOLLOW L!G IS AN 01AL SUMMARY 0 F THE STATEMENT QUOTED ·. 
~ROJ THE CENTRAL COM:1ITTEE, COMMUNIST PARTY OF THZ ~ovu:r_UNION 
<CCCPSU) O~i THE SIT!JATIQ;'-J IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA FURNISH~D TO 1HE 
CO;:tIMUNIST PARTY, U.S.A. . ... 

THE REASON FOR THE RED ARMY AND OTH~R SOCIALIST COUNTRI~s· 
~ILIT ARY BE ING IN czs CHOSLOV:~KIA rs THAT so:.1~ MEMB5:RS OF THZ 
COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZiCHOSLOV ~KIA PRZSIDIUM AND SOME MEMBERS 
OF TH~ CZECH GOVZRN~ENT P.SKED THE: COMMUNIST P~RTY OF THE 
SOVIET U.JIO:'J AND OTH~R SOCIAL !ST COUNTRIES TO H~LP THE 
CZ~CHOSLOV~K ?EOPLE AND TO RENDER ASSISTANCE CNO NAMES OF 
PRESIDim1 OR GOVERNMENT MEMBERS WERE GIVEN WHEN ASKED 
FQ~). AS A RESULT OF THE LATEST EVENTS IN CZECHSLOVAKIA AND 
THE MENACE OF COUNTER -RE VO LITT ION ARY FORCES AND THE DANGER OF" 

THE RIGHT -WING FORCES, THE: COM~UNIST PARTY OF CZECH05LOV4KIA 
WAS O~l THE B2 INK OF LOSING ITS POWER. : THE COUNTER -REVOLU­
TIONARY AND RIGHT -WING FO::?CES, 0:-.l THE OTHER H.l\ND, WERE G~IN ING 
GHEAt p·owER AND SUCCEEDED IN RALLYING ALL OPPOSIT I.ON 

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FORCES AGAIMST THE COM~UNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE 
~~rror,JAL AS3EM8LY. -THE COUNTER -REVOLUTIO~JA~Y AND RIGHT -WING 
SLOGAN "TW2~\JTY YEARS OF SHAr1E.'. WAS THE·!::? RALLYING CRY. / . 

THESE EVENTS CAUS'.!:D SERIOUS DAMAGE IN TH:!:. COMMUNIST P .. RTY OF CZECHOSLOlJ~iKIA, UNDE~MINED THE !NFL UENCE OF THE PARTY MEMBERS A~ONG THE WORKI:JG CLASS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA Ai'.ID UNDERMINED THE . ?OWE~ OF THE C01MNIST ?ARTY AMONG THE WORKING CLASS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. 
~LSCT!ONS WERE HELD IN 
THE TRADE UNIONS WITHOtIT REPRESENTATION OF COMMUNIST PARTY 

MEMB~RS AND SYMPATHIZERS. 
LARGE DISTRICT E°LECTIONS WERZ WITHOUT COMMUNIST PARTY 

~EMBERS -0 ~ THE BALLOT. 
POINT ONE: THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA IS 
GOI"1G THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT PERIOD OF DIFFERENCES REStn..TING 
IT A SPLIT IN THE COMMUNIST LEADE~SHI? ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND 

TO A CERTAI.J DEGREE AMO~JG THE LOCAL DISTRICT PARTY COMMITT~ES. 
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TH.E COUNTER -RE:VOLUf IONARY FORCES '>JERE TRYING BY 
ALL METHODS TO ELECT ,I\ ~JEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE 
co~"1UJIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA PRIOR TO THE FOURTEENTH CONVEN­T IO~l TO B~ HSLD.O'l THE NINTH OF SEPTEMBER. ALSO IN THIS LIGHT, THE: ~LZCTION OF ~~ATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND LOCAL COt~NCILS IN THE PROVINCES ~'ITH THE. SLOGAN "DO NOT ELECT CO~MUM !ST PARTY M~MBERS... Tuis CALCUL.C\TION WAS TO ~E~lOVE THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLO­Vr~KIA FROM POWER. 
THE TACTICS OF TH£ COUNTER -REVOLITTIONARY FORCSS WERE DIFF~RE~T F~OM THOS~ OF HUNGARY OF NINETEEN FIFTYSIX. I ~1 CZECHOSLOVAK!~ TH~Y, THE CO UNTE? -· REVOLUTIONARY FORCES, BEGAN FIRST BY TqYING TO nrscqEDIT THE COMMUNIST PARTY. THEY ALSO TRI~D TO DEFEAT COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERS IN VARIOUS ORG.ANIZATIO~S BY THIS PROCESS, CAUSING CO~ITRADICT IONS BETW~EN THE M,t\SSZS AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST P,~RTY. ALL THIS lJJAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE SOME LEADING ME~1BERS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKL4 WERE !NFL UENCED BY THE COUNTER­REVOLUI' IONAP.Y FORCES AND SUPPORTED THIS PROCESS. SOME M~MBERS OF THE PARTY LEADERSHIP PARTICIPATED IN THE ANTI­
S.O CIAL IST O:iGANIZAT·IONS BY SPEECHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS. . 
Ii~ THEIR SPEECHES THEY TR !ED TO REVISE MARX ISM -LENINISM. 

V £T SOLDIERS DI~D FOR THE LIBERATION OF CZ£CHQSLOVAKIA 
_HI~ BLOOD 5 SHED FOR THIS LIBERATION. 

T ~ S£ OF SOCIALISM I 1 CZECHOSLOVAKIA IS INTERNATIO AL. ·-·-E OF SOCIALISM IN GENERAL IS DEFENDED BY THE WORl,J> '.<n:JfftllNIST RT I S. ,.