June 27, As the “Prague Spring” continues in Czechoslovakia Ludvik Vaculik releases his manifesto “Two Thousand Words”. This essay, criticizing Communist rule in Czechoslovakia and concluding with an overt threat to “foreign forces” trying to control the government of the country was seen as a direct challenge to the Soviet Administration who extended ongoing military exercises in the country, and began planning for their invasion later in the summer.
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