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Telegram 224693 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Czechoslovakia

Department of State FRUS telegram Secret; Immediate

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Verbatim passages

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 · Rejecting the premise of the Soviet notification

Document metadata

ReferenceFRUS 1964-68 v17 D82
Originating bodyDepartment of State — Dean Rusk
Date1968-08-21 0855Z
Document typetelegram
ClassificationSecret; Immediate
ArchiveForeign Relations of the United States — Office of the Historian (US)
ProvenanceRecords Rusk's démarche to Dobrynin late on 20 August

Claims this document bears on

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The "request" for intervention from Czechoslovak officials was a pretext rather than an act of the Czechoslovak government.