Word: hajek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most welcome reforms, the Dubcek regime relaxed restrictions on travel,' and Czechoslovaks began spilling joyously out of their country to explore the world. When Russian tanks moved on Prague on Aug. 21, thousands of Czechoslovaks-including Deputy Premier Ota Sik and Foreign Minister Jifi Hajek-were relaxing on their first vacation abroad in years. For them, and for ordinary citizens who fled the country in the first clutch of fear, Russia's continuing occupation poses an agonizing dilemma-especially as it has become clear that, unlike the refugees from Hungary in 1956, they can go home again...
Thousands of them, including Sik and Hajek, chose to do exactly that, whatever the consequences. But many others were hesitating, as they watched and waited to see what the Soviets would do next. As of last week, some 50,000 Czechoslovaks, by their own government's count, remained in the West. Some 10,000 of them have asked various Western countries to accept them as refugees officially, thus taking the first irrevocable step toward finding completely new lives. But the majority, by extending their tourist visas, by seeking student or work permits, or simply by staying put, are postponing...