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...Statesman came down hard on the Russians: "One has only to consider this scenario to see how in-defensible-in terms of any principles ever upheld by men of integrity, including that of 'national sovereignty' so exalted in Moscow-is the Soviet pressure on Mr. Dubček...
Trying Everything. The eleven-man Czechoslovak Presidium has vowed to fight down the line for liberal reform and independence in the facedown with the eleven-member Politburo. Dubček agreed to take the entire Presidium with him, including the conservatives among whom the Russians hope to find some allies. But he planned to permit only the progressives to make formal statements at the meeting...
...Czechoslovaks to their socialist senses. For one thing, they would no doubt remind the Czechoslovaks that 80% of their trade is with the Soviet Union, which could easily cut off the wheat and raw materials that the country depends upon. For another, they would probably dangle before Dubček a hard-currency loan of about $400 million that he needs for economic modernization. The Soviets might even revive demands that Russian troops be stationed on Czechoslovak soil, hoping that such a garrison could permanently discourage a Prague walkaway from the Communist alliance. Dubček might agree to admit...
...broader Soviet demands for an end to the liberalization, a clash seemed inevitable. The Kremlin has given Dubček a list of ten party progressives whom it would like to see purged. It also wants ironclad guarantees that Dubcek will restore control over so-called "antisocialist" forces, prohibiting them from making any more speeches, giving interviews, writing articles and putting together petitions that are critical of the party. At the very least, says Harvard Kremlinologist Adam Ulam, the Russians seek "some sort of declaration from the Czechoslovak leaders that they won't let the thing...
Dwarf-Sized Man. Since Dubček is unlikely to retreat very far, the only hope that the Russians would seem to have of defeating his program is to somehow oust him as party boss. In the present mood of Czechoslovakia, that would probably require nothing less than a bullet-or the Red army. In spite of minimal concessions, Dubček is not yet in deep trouble with his party and clearly leads a united people. At week's end, Dubček called on the nation to back him with "strong faith in our good cause...