Summary of Meeting: President Johnson and Ambassador Dobrynin
White House FRUS wsag_minutes
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Verbatim passages
…Accordingly, the Soviet military units received orders to enter the territory of Czechoslovakia.
Anatoly Dobrynin — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D80, White House, 1968-08-20
Now, Mr. President, I have an urgent instruction from my government to tell you about serious business. I will read it.
Anatoly Dobrynin — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D80, White House, 1968-08-20 · After roughly twenty minutes of small talk
Document metadata
| Reference | FRUS 1964-68 v17 D80 |
|---|---|
| Originating body | White House — Johnson, Dobrynin, W. Rostow |
| Date | 1968-08-20 20:15-20:42 |
| Document type | wsag_minutes |
| Archive | Foreign Relations of the United States — Office of the Historian (US) |
| Provenance | Cabinet Room tape FC002, Side A. The Soviet notification. |
Claims this document bears on
precedes
documented
Soviet military intervention in Czechoslovakia was becoming likely during the summer of 1968.
Assessments recorded from this document
- Soviet Union (notification) — certain (1968-08-20) · "received orders to enter the territory"
Information provenance
- derived_from (inferred) → WILSON-LETTER-OF-INVITATION — The Soviet notification invokes a request; the letter is the document that request refers to.