← Çekoslovakya'nın Sovyet Öncülüğündeki İşgali, 1968

Çekoslovak yetkililerden gelen müdahale "talebi", Çekoslovak hükümetinin bir işlemi değil bahaneydi.

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The letter exists and is signed by five named individuals; the President recorded that the Czechoslovak government was never told.

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Only with your assistance can the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic be extricated from the imminent danger of counterrevolution.

Biľak, Kolder, Indra, Švestka, Kapek — WILSON-LETTER-OF-INVITATION, Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (anti-reformist faction), 1968-08-01 · source ↗

I am amazed that Dobrynin told me it was at the request of the Czech government and the Czech government was never told.

President Lyndon Johnson — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D81, NSC, 1968-08-20 · source ↗

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The Secretary said that the US has no information to support the idea that any non-socialist country is involved in, or is contemplating, any aggression against Czechoslovakia.

Dean Rusk — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D82, Department of State, 1968-08-21 · source ↗