LBJ National Security Country Files - Czechoslovakia

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Folder 1 (63 documents) - 1963-1967

Telegrams, notes and memorandums, internal telegrams covering a wide range of political topics relating to President Novotny, the Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, the Jordan Case, Czech-U.S. relations.

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Folder 2  (24 documents) - 1964-1967
Telegrams, memos, and reports on Czech foreign and domestic policy between 1964-1967, as well as letters and memoranda including correspondence between President Johnson, Kissinger, and Rostow with high-level Czechoslovak officials.

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Folder 3 (32 documents) - March-August, 1968
Telegrams and CIA cables regarding U.S.-Czech relations and possible financial aid and intervention, along with correspondence considering Soviet reactions to Czech developments and the likelihood of Soviet military action.

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Folder 4 (19 documents) - July-August, 1968
CIA situation reports on Czechoslovakia, memos and notes regarding USSR-Czech relations and communiqués, text and analysis of Alexander Dubček’s speech on August 2, 1968, and a memo from W.W. Rostow on Soviet youth's views on Czechoslovakia.

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Folder 5 (28 documents) - Mid-late July, 1968
CIA and National Security Council memos and reports on the “Czechoslovak crisis,” analyses of Czechoslovak situation and possible Soviet reactions, troops (including a map) in the region, the possible spread of reformist tendencies to Ukraine, and the possible role and impact of trade.

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Folder 6  (29 documents) - April-June, 1968
Memoranda to President Johnson regarding the situation in Czechoslovakia and the advised response by Secretary Dean Rusk, discussions of Czechoslovakia’s need for Western support, and a report on East German fears of Czech influence on society.

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Folder 7 (12 documents) - Summer, 1968
The 1968 Air Transport Agreement between the U.S. and Czechoslovakia, CIA and background memoranda on Air Transport negotiations, CIA intelligence memoranda on Czechoslovakia, and memoranda and notes on Novotny’s resignation.

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Folder 8 (12 documents) - August, 1968
Telegrams and messages pertaining to the USSR intervention in Czechoslovakia during the Czech crisis, several telegrams concerning the U.S. Embassy in Czechoslovakia, and a chronology of all action taken by the United States during the Czech Crisis.

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Folder 9 (57 documents) - August, 1968
A report detailing the chronology of events related to the occupation and invasion of Czechoslovakia, memoranda and reports regarding the consequences of Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and statements and memoranda describing concern over the possibility of Soviet intervention in Romania.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​