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...political tragedy of Czechoslovakia has turned into an intensely human drama that centers on Alexander Dubček, the architect of the country's short-lived "springtime of freedom." As one of the few courageous reformers in Communist history, Dubček sought, in his words, to give Communism "a human face...
...Ankara, Turkey, as in a score of other capitals, the Czechoslovak embassy held a reception last week to celebrate the country's liberation day. What made the occasion in Ankara so special was its host. Alexander Dubček, who led Czechoslovakia through its "spring of freedom" in 1968 and became a hero to reformers both inside and outside his country, has served as Prague's ambassador in Ankara since January. He has been stripped of all political power; two months after taking up his duties in Turkey, he was even suspended from the Communist Party. TIME Correspondent...
...last important diplomatic problem between Prague and Ankara involved the divided island of Cyprus, and Dubček's predecessor settled that last summer by agreeing to stop the flow of Czechoslovak arms to the government of Archbishop Makarios. In other words, as far as the Soviet-dominated government in Prague is concerned, Dubček's main job in Ankara is to rusticate. He is doing his best to comply. But after more than three months of keeping a profile low enough to step on, Dubček remains the Turkish capital's star diplomatic attraction...
Their elders do. Dubček's press secretary has curtly turned down every request for an interview, usually with the snapped words: "I have no instructions." Dubček, when introduced to journalists at social occasions, prefaces most conversations with a warning: "What I say must not be considered an interview." On my visit to Ankara, while passing the gate of the plain, brownish gray building that serves as the chancellery of the Czechoslovak embassy, I happened to see Dubček come out of his residence next door. He smiled when I wished him good morning...
...surprisingly, Dubčček is seen most often with Soviet Ambassador Vasily Grubyakov, whom he visited even before presenting his credentials to President Cevdet Sunay. "That call," said one observer, "was his real presentation of credentials...