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Fearful Czech power struggle could topple Novotny
U S officials monitor a Kremlin watched struggle in Czechoslovakia between Stalinist and modernizing factions within the Czech Communist Party led by President Novotny. A party leadership vote reportedly favored his narrow stay, but his authority appears weakened. Brezhnev’s Prague visit is viewed as pressure to calm tensions and pursue a broader communist meeting in Budapest.
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Washington
UPS
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
Communist Party
Novotny
Jiri Hendrych
Hendrych
Writers’ ‘Congress
Journalists’ Congress
Central Committee
Prague
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Budapest