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...Russians were also negotiating in Prague with President Ludvik Svoboda, who as head of state could provide a stamp of legitimacy for a puppet government?and who commands immense popular prestige in both Czechoslovakia and Russia as a World War II leader of the Czechoslovak army that fought with the Soviets against Hitler. Though troops ringed his residence in Hradcany Castle, Svoboda was able to broadcast over the free radio...
...Eastern Europe. As soon as the train arriving from the Soviet Union came to a stop, the leaders of the Kremlin bounced out of their coaches and began effusively embracing the leaders of Czechoslovakia. Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev planted smacking kisses on both the country's President, Ludvik Svoboda, and its First Party Secretary, Alexander Dubček. Then, to the surprise of all, Brezhnev suddenly grabbed the hands of Dubček and Svoboda and raised them overhead in a victory salute...
...merely slipped into town for a "short holiday" and a dip in the healing waters of the local spas. They had to admit soon enough that Kosygin really had come for "a continuation of an exchange of views" on Czechoslovak matters. At the first exchange with Dubcek, President Ludvik Svoboda and other officials, Kosygin reported that their reforms were "meeting with understanding" in Moscow-presumably a reassurance...
...ever move to hinder Czechoslovakia, proclaimed its undying "fraternal fidelity" for the Czechoslovak people. When it came time to pick a new President to replace Antonin Novotný, Dubček decided to make a conciliatory gesture to the Soviet Union. At his request, the Central Committee nominated General Ludvik Svoboda, a liberal who enjoys wide prestige among the people and is particularly acceptable to Moscow because he commanded troops that served with the Russian Army in World...
...published, but for the most part they wrote secretly, kept a rich lode of manuscripts in their desk drawers. Currently, the intellectuals are celebrating Dubček's promise to prevent any future censorship by taking them out again. "It is the end of an era," says Novelist Ludvik Vačulik, an editor of the journal Literární Listy, the liberated successor to the banned Literdrni Noviny...