Word: czechoslovakias
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from Russia that Hanoi would follow up with reciprocation of some sort. Humphrey held off detailing his position but hinted privately that he would come out for a bombing halt. The Communist troops returned to the offensive in South Viet Nam, and the Russians, poised for their invasion of Czechoslovakia, apparently toughened their terms. Johnson's riposte was an angry speech before the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Detroit. "This Administration," he declared, "does not intend to move further until it has good reason to believe that the other side intends seriously to join with us in de-escalating...
...next five minutes, Dobrynin read from two pages of handwritten notes. What he said paralleled the message released later that night by Moscow: the occupation was in response to a Czechoslovak invitation; Czechoslovakia's security had been threatened from within and without; the entire affair was strictly internal Communist business...
...response be given to Dobrynin immediately. Rusk summoned the ambassador to the State Department for an 11:30 p.m. meeting to hear a strongly worded U.S. protest against the invasion. Rusk specifically rejected the contentions that Prague invited the intervention and that there had been any external threat to Czechoslovakia. Between the lines was Washington's all too apparent awareness that it could do as little in secret as it could openly to save Czechoslovakia from its fate...
Dismal Tidings. Despite his long lead for the nomination, Humphrey may enter the campaign as the distinct underdog. Nixon's high rating in the polls is part of the reason, and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia is likely to enhance his appeal. Because Nixon still has the reputation of being a tough antiCommunist, he stands to benefit from Moscow's raw assertion of power...
...mention of one of the most contentious issues-a coalition government. Though a floor fight over the plank was virtually certain, the doves' hopes of winning it were all but destroyed by the tough mood of the delegates in the wake of Russia's thrust into Czechoslovakia. Said Rhode Island's Senator Claiborne Pell: "The triumph of the hawks of the Kremlin has strengthened the hawks in Chicago." A Louis Harris poll showed that Americans opposed a unilateral bombing halt, 61 to 24, and a coalition government...