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During the 30's, newly-independent Czechoslovakia turned her face westward as well; to meet the Fascist threat she signed mutual defense pacts with England and France. Then Munich happened, in 1938, and once again Russia became the only recourse. Russian troops liberated Papousek's nation in 1945, and three years later the Czechs democratically elected a communist president...
Even today, he is not angry at recent Russian actions, says Papousek. In this age of the Cold War, Russia must be expected to try to hold her alliances together...
...Papousek claims the Czechs are mostly angry with themselves. They allowed Antonin Novotny, who was First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party before the current reformer Dubcek, to exploit the socialist system for personal power. "We should have acted against the misuses of socialism a long time ago," he said...
...Papousek feels sure of the Czechs' future goals. His people want to profit from the inter-action between socialism and democracy, combining the advantages of both. "And we want more freedom than we have had up to now. In fact, we want more freedom than Americans have...
...Hanus Papousek stopped and thought for a moment, before he continued...