Hungary mediates as Soviets consider action on Czechoslovakia
Moscow reportedly planned economic and political sanctions against reform minded Czechoslovakia. Hungary offered to mediate the crisis and persuaded the Soviet leadership to reconsider.
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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1968
Page
7
Moscow reportedly planned economic and political sanctions against reform minded Czechoslovakia. Hungary offered to mediate the crisis and persuaded the Soviet leadership to reconsider.
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