Telegram 2825 From the Embassy in Czechoslovakia to the Department of State
Embassy Prague FRUS telegram Confidential
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Verbatim passages
Dubcek regime can take considerable credit for saving its skin at Cierna and for staring down the Soviet threat of force.
Jacob Beam — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D77, Embassy Prague, 1968-08-04 · Seventeen days before the invasion
Document metadata
| Reference | FRUS 1964-68 v17 D77 |
|---|---|
| Originating body | Embassy Prague — Jacob Beam |
| Date | 1968-08-04 1130Z |
| Document type | telegram |
| Classification | Confidential |
| Archive | Foreign Relations of the United States — Office of the Historian (US) |
| Provenance | Post-Čierna and Bratislava relief |
Claims this document bears on
contradicts
documented
Soviet military intervention in Czechoslovakia was becoming likely during the summer of 1968.
contextualizes
documented
Soviet denial and deception materially shaped the Western assessment.
Čierna and Bratislava supplied the reassurance, whether or not it was designed to.
Assessments recorded from this document
- Embassy Prague — low (1968-08-04) · "staring down the Soviet threat of force"