European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse 1968 the stars and stripes Page 3 in nits to condemn of Czechoslovakia czechoslovak"1 pains a " Kremlin wit forces were con pact in to the communist has been one of the staunchest supporters of czech communist party Leader Alex Inder Dubcek and made an offi Cial visit to Prague aug. Alto give his fullest moral support to the czech Leader Bent on following Tito s precedent of mde i Pendency from soviet Leader the entering of foreign military units into Czechoslovakia 1 without invitation or approve 1 from a Legal government i worried us deeply the Yugo slav president said in a state official news serv Inonu to tin be Tun Jug the sovereignty of a social to country Vas violated an trampled Down and a serious flow was dealt to the social stand progressive forces in the world Tito Bucharest the romanian president and communist party eader Nicolae Ceausescu also strongly condemned the armed intervention radio Bucharest re armed intervention in Czechoslovakia is a big mistake and a severe danger for peace in Europe and for socialism inthe world Ceausescu told about 10,000 people demonstrating i sympathy for Czechoslovakia in front of the romanian communist party Headquarters. Withdrawal demanded romanian party statement demanded speedy withdrawal of the occupation forces from czechoslovak it said the czechoslovak people must bellowed to solve their internal problems without outside inter Ference. Nations Secretary Gen Thant wednesday de the soviet led armed of Czechoslovakia As world order and East we re surprised United eral a bounced invasion blow to West appealed to the soviet Union in a statement to show the utmost restraint in its re at ions with the government people of cancelled a trip to Kun rope scheduled for thursday which was to have taken him on an official visit to relatively mild statement is sued by French preside Tcharles de Gaulle s office deplored the soviet intervention which it said runs counter to London prime minister Harold Wilson called the inva Sion a flagrant violation of the United nations charter and Al accepted standards of International West Germany rejected the so Viet indictment of the Bonn government As one of the external authors of a situation said by Moscow to have made invasion necessary and condemned the intervention in neighbouring Czechoslovakia As a Clear Vio lation of International demonstrators protested out Side soviet embassies in several countries. In some cases they tried to present petitions to the i embassies but soviet officials re fused italian communist party. Largest in the West expressed grave dissent Over the attack. The second largest communist party in Western Europe the i French expressed Surprise and i severe tos h Are by United press International sure Ned to still be the announcer Saichy we the Calm tones of the radio announcers betrayed no sign of tension. No tremor marred the monologue that through the Long grim night tolled the epitaph of new found Freedom for the speakers in the Prague studio and 14 million fellow Czecho slovaks. The words which spelled out Ione of Freedom s Grimm est trag Edies began with the Blunt announcement that the invasion by Russia and four Warsaw pact allies had begun yesterday on the 20th Faugust around 2300 hours troops of the soviet Union the Polis people s Republic the German democratic Republic the Hunga Rian people s Republic and the bulgarian p e o p 1 e s Republic crossed the frontiers of the czechoslovak Republic the Calm voice said no Brancho the government had been warned of the invasion. No orders had been issued to repel troops streaming into the country on foot in tanks and in planes. F mongol id by Yves nor zw1ck Furth in Wald g e i Many up the czech Bor Der guards turned reluctantly i from the television set showing the awful events in Prague and waved the Stream of refugees through into West Germany. There were no formalities wednesday at this Check Point j leading from the occupied a Tion. A nod a wave of the hand an occasional tear from the handful of guards and the two soldiers and the hundreds of refugees sped Onward. Most wort tourists of Many nationalities. They had been cleared rapidly by \ h e rus soviets Jam Western radio Moscow u i the soviets wednesday to imposed jamming Western radio broadcasts for first time m Many years. Asian language Broad fasts of both the British Broad casting corp. Bbl and the once of America via were reported by listeners to have n subject to jamming during crucial period when Warsaw i Tov Akia. Liml r of czechs of foreign station Standard during the cold Era but u was dropped in a for occasional in with \ sians too. Perhaps 70 a ech Smade it out with Only t h e clothes on their there were those w h o were returning to . Haggard unshaven men. About 20 or 25 of be got to go they said. Our families Are there. We must go Back. There is no thing else to the distance out of sight of the hundreds of townspeople of the Little town of Fuerth Lin Wald were the russians a n do their tanks mongols said some of the tourists. The same mongolian soldiers who were in stories were the same As the tourists As Many As 2.ikiuat Fuerth in Waul alone drove their rented vacation cars along the winding Back country roads through the fir Trees that crowd the had been awakened by their fearful czech hosts a n d sped on their Way. There were tears of Farewell and smiles through the tears As they wished their visitors Good Carload of tourists brought in Jeffrey and Sandra Kiel a House of Rugeley England and their friends David i each of Padiham near Burnley a n d Christine Smith of Rishton near was Sandra who said she saw the mongols and it was Christine who told How a whole Convoy of tanks had Appeal 1 on the Road ahead of them like a mini May Day parade.""1 was rather scared. Said Sandra especially when i saw the their innkeeper at Seley Nakhuda near the Border w o k e them in the Middle of the was As White As a Sheet and Sandra said. Retold us what had happened. A could t believe it. Then he d better get out Quick As Ion As the going is Good two others who made it to safety were germans Krichko e 11 e r and Manfred Klem Felder. Both it and both from . Near the russian tanks came the civilian population stood by the Roadside with Heads said. Then t h e y greeted the tanks with and German tourists also wore caught up in the invasion Shirley Temple in Prague hotel i Prague. Iti Shirle Temple Black former child movie Star moved in wednesday with the wife of a newsman in the Alcorn hotel during the czechoslovak crisis. She was staying with the wife of it correspondent James o. Jackson in the hotel which Servetas a Headquarters for foreign newsmen in the City. Mrs. Black was in Czechoslovakia to attend a meeting of the Board of directors of the inter no Liotus federation of multiple sclerosis. Societies. She is a co founder of the Organ Utu ii by a Force from their As far troops s t h e that brought known country. As Here Reache Arm of said an fast German woman. It was a bitter reference to Walter Ulbricht. German communist party Leader who from the first had favored invading Liberal minded . Dawn the same unruffled voice was underscored by gun fire and the announcer was de scribing civilians outside the studio trying to Force Back with their bodies encroaching russian troops and tanks it is not Clear whether the fire is aimed at our building Orat the people demonstrating in front of our House the announcer said. The final end is it want but the Boom of what sounded like tank guns echoed through the Prague microphone. Shouts of Dubcek Dubcek czech Freedom hero Alexander Dubcek answered the russian guns. Freedom dying the sounds of Freedom dying were interrupted for another terse requiem a statement by a Prague National Assembly presidium member. Alois Polednak. The fact that the sovereignty of this state has been violated we condemn with the Polednak said. In the history of our country we remember Only one similar Day. That of March 15. 1939."that Date marked the agree ment Between Britain and France that cleared the w a for Adolf Hitler to crush Freedom in Czechoslovakia. Then. We Are still the voice said but the news a grave. In a moment you will hear our National Anthem and it will the of the National Anthem thundered from Prague. Cinex Peru Day. Symphony music Fol Lowed. Freedom chirped defiantly to the Are i still t Lul the Vici. Sahl. Watched the takeover on to Val Ila 1m a ech Oslo Bratislava s station showed Nearh aks Hail usual grotesque Ami in continuous scenes of r a g u a it. It wednesday of tanks advancing on. t " n Mill being Tak-1 radio rumbling through senses dive la Knis i showed it All i Las Square in the heart of Prague., i a -1 " Ces quickly closed1 crushed and bin Ned out " television hut Hie tanks a i before Bratislava television it self was closed main 01 the u i Uon s to screens showed Prague Citi cons waving flags and fists atom Chi ing tanks Prague Resi dents were shown woe pm m uie -.livels. Tui of to record the Mark it Onu met it Lulian
