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...Soviet actions in quashing Prague's Springtime of Freedom. He insisted that the Czechoslovaks had called upon their Communist neighbors to help repulse imperialists and counterrevolutionaries. Should a similar situation arise elsewhere within the pact, he added, Soviet intervention would once more ensue. Later Czechoslovak Party Boss Gustav Husák slavishly thanked the Soviets for invading his country...
...part, the government of Party Leader Gustav Husák declared a day of thanksgiving to the Soviet Union and the other Warsaw Pact nations for saving the country from the counter-revolutionists by their invasion. Throughout Czechoslovakia, the government called meetings to push that theme. At a parade in Karlovy Vary, celebrating the conclusion of the largest joint Soviet-Czechoslovak military maneuvers ever held, even old President Ludvik Svoboda, once an ally of Dubček's, mouthed a party slogan: "With the Soviet Union forever, and never otherwise...
Resisting the Ultras. Under the circumstances, the quiet observance of the anniversary was the wisest course for the Czechoslovaks. Though Husák is a stern hardliner, he is nonetheless determined to prevent the country from sliding back into the reign of police terror that characterized the pre-Dubček days. The peaceful anniversary may help Husák convince the Soviets that he has the situation under control and that his program of "normalization" is almost completed. This would enable him to resist the demands of the Czechoslovak Ultras, who want a return to even stricter political controls...
...anniversary, Husák was in Moscow, where he attended a summit meeting of the Warsaw Pact leaders. At the close of the five-hour conference, it was Husák who thanked the Soviets on behalf of the Warsaw Pact leaders present for calling the conference. He also hailed the renunciation-of-force treaty between West Germany and the Soviet Union, which was described in the conference communiqué as a step toward "relaxation and normalization." Since the Bonn-Moscow pact has been signed, nothing appears to stand in the way of a similar treaty between Bonn and Prague...
...suspension came just after Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko had spent five days in Prague. The Czechoslovak party official most frequently seen in Gromyko's company was none other than Vasil Bilák, an ominous sign that he might be Moscow's choice as Husák's eventual replacement...