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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1968

Page

3

Illinois Guards Begin Processing as Chicago Cites Convention Tension

Regular army detachments moved toward Chicago as 5 600 Illinois National Guardsmen began checking into armories to help keep peace during the Democratic National Convention. Rumors of plots and protests intensified, with federal officials summoning potential witnesses in a widening investigation.

Chicago UPC Johnson Hubert H. Humphrey Yippies Federal Loop U.S Joseph N. Tierney Bulding New York New Left Intelligence Agency Samuel Shapiro Ft. Riley Kan Glenview Naval Air Station Fifth Army Martin Luther King Jr Thomas A. Foran Cook County

Invasion forces total around two hundred thousand men

US sources say the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia involved about 200000 troops. Russia supplied roughly 180000 with 20000 from East bloc nations including East Germany Poland Hungary and Bulgaria. Satellite forces were limited and most Czech defenses did not engage due to overwhelming Soviet power.

Washington Russia Czechoslovakia U.S East Germany Poland Hungary Bulgaria Czech Moscow Germany Soviet Union

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