Word: czechoslovakias
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reminder that Russia and the U.S. still have to remove major roadblocks to any overall understanding. Similarly, the threatened maneuvers of Russian troops in East Germany and Ulbricht's interference with traffic to and from Berlin recalled the Communist might and will that only a few months ago subdued Czechoslovakia...
...visit NATO's prefabricated new headquarters. There he planned a brief speech to the ambassadors from the 15 NATO member nations. Afterward, he was to hold private conferences on the state of the alliance with NATO Secretary-General Manlio Brosio and various NATO ambassadors. Before the invasion of Czechoslovakia, some NATO experts regarded the original raison d'être of the alliance as outmoded and hoped to transform it from a military deterrent into a means of relaxing East-West political tensions. Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger, who is accompanying Nixon, has never believed that NATO is a fit instrument for detente...
...Berlinguer who last November led an Italian delegation to Moscow to inquire about the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. For two days. Iron Bottom resisted pleas and pressures by Soviet leaders to give Italian approval of their action. In an eloquent two-hour speech at the Bologna congress, Berlinguer once again called for "the principle of the absolute respect for the independence and sovereignty of each and every Communist Party." He added: "What we need is a new way of coming to terms with the reality of the U.S.S.R. and the socialist countries...
...most preposterous counterview of the week was expressed in Sofia, where Todor Pavlov, a member of the Bulgarian Politburo, declared that "the entry into Czechoslovakia by the fraternal Socialist armies saved the peace in Europe," and brazenly proposed that they be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for this accomplishment...
...young radicals who are entering Italian politics. One instance of such attention: election to the party's Central Committee at week's end of university student Fabio Mussi, 21, the youngest person ever to sit with that august group. Finally, the attack on Russian actions in Czechoslovakia was meant to show Italian voters that the party is unfettered by strings from Moscow. On that score, Bologna provided a convincing demonstration that doubtless raised fresh hesitancy in Moscow about the wisdom of convening a summit of world Communist parties any time soon...