The Struggle Continues In Czechoslovakia

The Struggle Continues In Czechoslovakia

As of late June the Czechoslovak democratic revolution has managed to survive the first attempts at its liquidation. It has become clear that the revolutionary process cannot be brought down by Soviet military threats. The Dubcek leadership has not yielded to any “persuasion” Kosygin used during his peculiar Karlsbad cure last May. As if to dramatize its resistance, the Central Committee of the Communist party was busy suspending Antonin Novotny and a few of his followers even as Soviet army units were entering Czechoslovakia, ahead of schedule, for Warsaw-Pact maneuvers.

Right now one can conclude that

1) the Soviet Union finds a quick and brutal suppression unsuitable;

2) the Dubcek leadership has been ...