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DECl.ASSIRED rAGE 01 BRusSE 08874 222305Z E.O. 13292, Sec. 3-4 
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p R 221739Z AUG 68 FM AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7092 INFO AMEMBASSY BONN AMEMBASSY THE HAGUEAMEMBASSY LONDON A~EMBASSY LUXEMBOURGAMEMBASSY PARISAMEMBASSY ROME U§M.I.SS I 0 N NAT0 
C O~-T I A L BR~SSELS 8874 
SUBJs CZECH nEVELOPMENTS 
TODAY CALLED IN POLlSH1

1• FONMIN HARMEL1 WHO RETURNED LAST NJGHT, ­HUNGARIAN ANo BULGARIAN AMBAssAooRs. vAN sELL1NGHEN, HARMEL•s 
DEPUTY CHEF OE CABINET1 TOLD US THAT HARMEL HAD A§KED ~1M TO 

TELEPHONE sovIET AMBASSADOR GROUBIAKOV TO SAY THA! IN LlGHT 
SCHE~VEN YESTERDAY

GROUBIAKOV'S PRESENTATION To THEN ACTING FONMIN 
I~ SEEING SOVIET AMBASSADOR! AT. THIS .
HE1 HARMEL1 SAW NO POINT 
AVAILAB~E· IN
ASKFD GROUBIAKOV, HOWEVER1 TO REMAlN
TIME• HE CONVEY
BRUSSELS• VAN BELLINGHEN SAID THIS MESSAGE CALCULATED TO 
HARMEL'S "DisGUST" wirH sav AMB•S PRESENTATION TO scHE:YVEN· 

2• VAN BELLINGHEN SAID THA! YESTERDAY'S CABINET ME~TING· PRODUCED 
A CONSENSUS THAT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT• THERE WAS 
STRONGER~ IN
(BRUSSELS 88201 MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT 
REPLY TO OUR OBLIQUE QUERY1 VAN B~LLINGHEN SAID SOCIA~IST 
EVEN MORE INCENSED OVER INTERVENTION THAN
MINISTERS HAn BEEN IN BRIEF MEETING WIT~ PRESS
THEI°R SOCIAL CHRISTIAN PAR!1 ERS. BE~IEVED
IN REPLY TO QUESTION, S~ID HE
FOL~OWING SESSION, PRJMIN1 ­
REFLECT ON T1tiE NEED
TtlAT DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS KIND "MAD~ ONE 
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PAG~ 02 BRusSE 08874 222305z 
TO MAINTAIN ~N ORGANIZATION WH~CH PROVIDES A GUARANTEE FOR T~E 
SAF~TY OF OUQ COUNTRlt.Su• 
3• AT CABINET MEETING TOMORROW1 ACCORDING TO VAN BELLJNGHEN, HARMEL WILL STATE THAT SIT~ATION OBVIOUSLY-REQUIRES SERIOUS
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REF~ECTION A~D WILL RECOMMgND THAT VISITS TO BRUSSELS SCHEDULED 8Y REPRESENTATIVES oF THE ~TATES INVOLVED IN INVASION oF CZECH? OSLOVAKIA BE SUSPENDEDQ TO UUR QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT HAD BEEN SCHEDULED 1 V~N BELL I GNHEN SAID THERE ¥-!ERE A NUMBER! OF M'l NOR VISITS INCLunING A POLISH BAND FOR A WORLD WAR II-LIBERATION CEREMONY, A WORKING LEVEL POLISH DELEGATION TO DISCUSS MATTE~S UNDER COMMERtlAL AGREEMENT1 AND A HUNGARIAN OFFICIAL WHO H~D ­BEEN COMING TD DISCUSS ECE 0 
4• CZECH CHARGE (AMBASSADOR WAS ON LEAVE IN czECHOS~OVAKIA 
WHEN INVASION OCCURRED) CALLED ON HARME~ fHIS AFTERNOON. HE REPEATED THAT NO RESPONSIBLE. MEMBER OF CZECH GOVERNME:NT" HAD REQUESTED WARSAW PACT ASSI§TANCEo-AFTER SEEING HA~MEL1 , CZECH CHARGE GAVE PRESS CONFERENCE W~TH tELEVISION cAMER~s PRESENT: 
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