CZECHOSLOVAKIA
This page provides a guide to the digitized National Security Country Files on Czechoslovakia housed in Texas Scholar Works. The originals are located in the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
The Czechoslovak National Security Country Files are the largest of the document collections on this site, with the exception of the USSR. The bulk of the materials are related to the 1968 Prague Spring, referred to as the “Czechoslovak Crisis " by US policy makers. The Prague Spring began in January of 1968 as a reformist movement initiated by the Czechoslovak Communist Party leadership under Alexander Dubček. Many Czechs and Slovaks embraced what Dubček called “socialism with a human face,” raising concerns in the Soviet Union about Czechoslovak conformity within the Eastern Bloc. The Soviet Union led the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, 1968, and put a decisive end to the Prague Spring. These documents provide an American perspective, as well as intelligence on global reactions to the dramatic events.
To search the whole collection by keywords with a date range, go to this LINK. Enter search terms in the search window. Author, subject, and date range filters are on the left toolbar.
Image from: https://hyperallergic.com/460739/august-21-1968-the-czech-center-new-york/
Vladimír Lammer. Occupying forces crossed the Czechoslovakian border shortly before midnight; all larger cities were occupied by the morning. Wenceslas Square, Prague (Original Image from Czech Center, New York).