A file containing documents concerning Czechoslovak politics following the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. The file includes a discussion on negotiations for a new Czechoslovak federal constitution; a summary of a Czechoslovak public opinion poll on national identity; a note stating that a draft law on federalism was approved by the Czechoslovak government; a communiqué issued after a meeting of former communist party members in Prague; an annual review of significant events in Czechoslovakia in 1968 by the British ambassador; and the text of a New Year's speech made by Ludvík Svoboda, the president of Czechoslovakia. Other documents in the file include the text of a new law on citizenship for Czech and Slovak citizens; a declaration issued by students of Charles University in Prague announcing strikes to protest the invasion of Czechoslovakia; and a discussion of the public reaction to the self-immolation of Czech student Jan Palach in protest of the invasion.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- Content from CTK Daily News © CTK (Czech News Agency).; Content from Radio Free Europe © RFE/RL, inc.; Content from The Sunday Telegraph © Telegraph Media Group Ltd.; Text of "Address by Premier Oldrich CERNIK at the Plenary Session of the Communist Party General Committees Delivered on December 12, 1968" was created by the government of the Polish People's Republic and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material.; The rights holder for Rudé právo could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us. Content from CTK Daily News © CTK (Czech News Agency). Content from Radio Free Europe © RFE/RL, inc. Content from The Sunday Telegraph © Telegraph Media Group Ltd. Text of "Address by Premier Oldrich CERNIK at the Plenary Session of the Communist Party General Committees Delivered on December 12, 1968" was created by the government of the Polish People's Republic and has been reproduced in accordance with copyright law exceptions applying to government material. The rights holder for Rudé právo could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us.
- Countries
- Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania Soviet Union United States of America
- Department Reference
- ENC 1/1 PART A
- Document Type
- Correspondence Legal and Treaty Material Reports Speeches and Public Statements
- File Reference
- FCO 28/615
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.000615
- Key Events
- Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Le Monde, 15 October 1968, Au Cours D'un Colloque à Prague; Le Monde, 15 October 1968, Clifford réaffirme l'engagement militaire americain en Europe; Le Monde, 15 October 1968, M. Cernik régle à Moscou le "stationnement provisoire" des troupes étrangères.
- Pages
- 307
- Persons Discussed
- William Barker Oldřich Černík Alexander Dubček Gustáv Husák Antonín Novotný Jan Palach Miloslav Růžekk Josef Smrkovský Lubomír Štrougal Ludvík Svoboda
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Themes
- Dissent, Resistance, and Human Rights Domestic Politics
