Notes of Emergency Meeting of the National Security Council
NSC FRUS wsag_minutes Secret
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It is not what has happened but what has not happened. They wanted to see if the Czechs would clamp down on the press. They did not.
Richard Helms (DCI) — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D81, NSC, 1968-08-20 · The DCI's first explanation of the trigger
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
Ambassador Bohlen was uneasy about this.
Earle Wheeler — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D81, NSC, 1968-08-20 · The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, recalling the dissent that had been on the record for twenty-five days
It does me too.
Clark Clifford — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D81, NSC, 1968-08-20 · The Secretary of Defense, immediately after
This surprises me.
Dean Rusk — FRUS 1964-68 v17 D81, NSC, 1968-08-20 · The Secretary of State, on the evening of the invasion
Document metadata
| Reference | FRUS 1964-68 v17 D81 |
|---|---|
| Originating body | NSC — Johnson, Rusk, Clifford, Wheeler, Helms, Humphrey, Ball, W. Rostow |
| Date | 1968-08-20 22:15 |
| Document type | wsag_minutes |
| Classification | Secret |
| Archive | Foreign Relations of the United States — Office of the Historian (US) |
| Provenance | The decisive post-event document |
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The government itself was never told.
Information provenance
- responds_to (documented) → FRUS 1964-68 v17 D80 — The emergency NSC meets ninety minutes after Dobrynin's notification.