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Czech reform movement in danger under Soviet pressure
The reform wave in Czechoslovakia faces strong conservative resistance within the Communist Party as Moscow uses subtle means to slow or quash changes. The crisis links to 1948’s coup, 1957 ferment, and Dubcek’s leadership amid Brezhnev’s failed Prague visit. Censorship ends and West affinity fuels contest.
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William L. Ryan AY
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Hungary
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Action Committees
Stalin
Eee
Nikita Khrushchev
Antonin Novotny
Novotny
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Prague
Central Committee
Czechoslovak Central Committee
Alexander Dubcek
Politburo
Russia
Warsaw
Presidium
East Germany
Poland
Bulgaria
Tito
Yugoslavia