European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Log 8 the stars and stripes sunday september 1,1968 soviets politically Kremlin did not reckon on czech a Giampe London up Russia secret agents seized Czecho slovak Airport control Kremlin massed enough troops to also strike Romania if necessary. But according to authoritative diplomatic sources the Best Laid soviet plans for invading and occupying Czechoslovakia almost went awry. The diplomats say the rus sians had the military Side of the aug. 21 action Down almost muffed the Politi Cal Side. The sources said the Kremlin did not reckon on czechoslovak Defiance. This is the Way it was according to the diplomats the russians were boiling mad. Face to face meetings with czechoslovak communist party first Secretary Alexander Dubcek had not snuffed out the danger of czechoslovak Reform and what soviet military men figured was a weakening Linkin their strategic Alliance. Dub Cek had actually refused an invitation to come to Moscow to talk about came the infiltrators. Russians in civilian clothes slipped into Czechoslovakia. When invasion t me came som of the agents barged in and took command of the Airport control towers. Soviet transports landed huge numbers of troops without casualties. The soviets mobilized 650,000troops 100,000 More than . Forces in Vietnam. The source said this provided enough Force for moving against Maverick Romania a Prague a if need be. So huge is the soviet taskforce that according to the source red army logistics shard pressed to provide them with adequate food and Kremlin had been con Vinced so Large a military Force would have stunned Czecho Slovakia into submission. Hope fully Reform leaders such a Dubcek simply would have fled abroad. Pro soviet czechoslovak comrades would have taken Over. It did not work out that Way at All. On invasion morning Sovie Armor ringed president Ludvik Svoboda s hrad Cany Castle i Prague. Russian of flyers forced their Way into Svoboda s his desk they slapped a list of Safe czechoslovak communists who were to head a new government. Heading the list were the names of Drahomir Kolder and Vasil Bilak remnants of t h ousted regime of stalinist an tonin Novotny and Long time foes of Reform. The russians told Svoboda to approve the new government replacing dub Cek s regime or he and his a mayor Daley s rules by Frank Eleazer Chicago up when he last ran for mayor of Chicago Richard j. Daley won by a 2-to-Llandslide. His High Mark in the democratic National Conven Tion which he stage managed with the help of Chicago police and the National guard was either 1 or 3& votes. Nobody knew or cared which. Daley is 66 and among thelast of the old style political Barons. He has been mayor of Chicago for 13 years and head of the democratic party in Coo county for 15 years. He told riot conscious part officials they could bring their convention to the Chicago Stock Yards without fear of trouble. If any developed he said he would contain it. Around Chicago what Dale says goes. But some of the hip pies and hippies and War pro testers who came Here to rough up the convention had t got the word. It was when they started get Ting the Daley word at the end around the Headquarters hotel that the delegates who had suspected it right from the Start decided for sure they did t like Daley. It was t that they liked the scraggly hippies and hippies who clogged the Hilton note lobby and hurled obscene re Marks at establishment thought police Over reacted. And in this town whatever happens the Man to Praise or blame has to be Daley. There had been grumbling about the cops and the troops All along. The stockyards sue of the Hall on opening Day was dubbed the Doz or Daley militarized zone. By nomination night Delegate were rising to make out of or Der proposals to halt the convention and move it to some other City. Cries of police state rang through the Hall. Outvoted supporters of Sens. Eugene Mccarthy and George me govern charged assorted pres sures and discrimination had been levelled against newspapers ran pages of pictures of police clubbing demonstrators. The Sun times blasted Daley for his get Tough order which it said contributed to unlawful acts by papers ran accounts and pictures of polic attacks on re porters. Jack mabley columnist for Chicago s american who piously had supported the wrote this is not the. Ning of the police state. It Isth police / Daley who had wanted Only to keep it Cool for the delegates issued a statement conceding some policemen May have overreacted but charged that their peacekeeping efforts had been distorted and said the protesters came for a fight and made one Neces sary. He said terrorists could not be allowed to take Over the streets. But we have a Job As policemen Chicago a we re human but we have a Job As policemen. And people expect More from a policeman than they would from an patrolman Frank Nann voiced this View to a newsman thursday night about the blood melees involving police and an Gry demonstrators in Chicago streets and Parks while demo cratic convention delegates chose their candidate for presi s pretty Tough to stand there and have some smell looking human being Call you a pig and a few other things that i would t like to mention right now Nanni said. He was at his Post in a tight line of helmeted policemen guarding the Maine trance to the Conrad Hilton hotel. For five consecutive nights police backed by Illinois nation Al guardsmen manned Battle lines opposing crowds scream ing protests against . Policy in Vietnam and social ills at Home. I just Felt i did t want to show them that i was As Small As they were or at ignorant said Nanni who at 25 is not much older than most of the demonstrators. What i did was just smile and Felt i was a better Man for standing there and taking it he added. Frank Nanni is fairly typical among Chicago s 10,000 police men. Born on the City s North West Side he was married Only two weeks ago. A former member of the Illi Nois National guard he has been on the police Force three years once was injured trying to break up a drag race earns$9,000 a year. He s 8 foot 1, packs 180 Pound son a muscular Frame. His Black hair is clipped Short above Disbrown eyes he Speaks slowly selects words carefully. I think it is wrong Nan isaid of the protests. I think they defeat their own purpose advocating violence shooting policemen burning Down the City. One Guy got on top a car with a Loudspeaker and said everybody should shoot a police Man. You gotta look at it this Way if you got a crowd of 3,000 people you Tion t know i they re a patrolman next to Nanni inthe line commented it s Bud. Last night i Felt like crying when i seen what is happen ing to this City. I m glue to see the mayor of this City is behind the police mayor Daley has defended measures taken by police against the demonstrators a necessary to preserve order. It s really their aim to Tryand make you lose your temper so that you will look unprofessional As a police officer/1 Nan in said. I think the police handled themselves remarkably i m not a journalist right Nanni said. I can t 3gin to criticize the work of another journalist. So How can they criticize the work of a policeman they Don t have any idea of How police work should be Don t have any insight into the problems police have seen this with my own eyes he said. There was crowd of people moving out of the disturbance area when the television cameras put their lights on. And s on As the lights went on they ail started Yelling screaming and throwing things at the police. The live coverage of any civil disturbance should not be ule vied. It brings in people thu Iare thrill seekers and who want to see what i going on an these Are the people that Are gutting Hurt Tion would face the consequences. They did hot Molrice words. They talked about crush ing a people and a nation. Svoboda was to had been told dub Cek and other liberals were under russian arrest and had had been manhandled and in East Europe any adult knows what that Means. Dubcek had bundled off to Slovakia but Svoboda said no. The russians made More threats. Still Svoboda refused. To gain time Svoboda suggested he Fly to Moscow to meet Kremlin leaders. Off went message to Moscow. The reply said Svoboda could come for Brief discussion to Complete terms of a to the informants Svoboda s reception in Moscow was far less cordial than the official reports and photograph suggested. Photos later dist rib if. In. There were pro and con View about the whole affair in Chi Cago where citizens no doubt would Accord Daley another landslide if he were running Forre election today yet there was no doubt i anyone s mind least of Allda Leys that if sen. Edward was the delegates hero in absent a Dick Dale was their villain in the flesh. Daley was appointed to the committee to escort presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey tothe podium to make his accept Ance speech. And for one Las time the convention delegates booed. Column Sand comment mayor Richard Daley the St used showing Svoboda embraced by russian leaders were those taken earlier Ina gust at Bratislava. Czecho Slovakia during one of the facets face meetings that failed to Block soviet soviets conducted their talks with Svoboda with the utmost brutality the dip Mats said. The Kremlin a three were there communist party first Secretary onid 1.brezhnev, Premier Alexel n Kosygin and president Nikola Podgorny. The three russians showed no Hawk and Dove split. But the soviets Foum themselves unable to Budge Svoboda 73, a Veteran Soldier. Hot words did not move him into submission. So they Allowe Dubcek and other arrested re formers to be flown o were taken off now and they were ushered in. But the russian attitude did not change. The big three presented the assembled czechoslovak with a document that was virtual surrender. Svoboda and even Dubcek could keep their posts but their nation must knuckle under. The soviets appeared eager for formal approval for it would give some legality to their invasion. The czechoslovak said russians said that Refu Sal meant More soviet troops pouring into Czechoslovakia. They would simply take Over tin country. The czechoslovak were virtual prisoners. They got no Beds. They bad no Contact wit Prague. They were not told of czechoslovak Defiance in t h streets the jeering at soviet troops the raising of Ivan go Home signs. The pressure went on. Finally in tears they soviets had the czech leaders flown Back to Prague in dead of night. According to the diplomats the soviets realized they Hud bungled they figured to let Dubcek be a puppet doing their once Czechoslovakia was mastered once disillusioned czechoslovak turned their backs on Dubcek then his Day of reckoning would be it hand. European edition col. James w. Campbell u8ait. Col. Of 8. Michael jr., u8af Mert Proctor Elmer d. Frank Henry 8, ipst8inkdltor.ln-chi.f Deputy editor in Chier managing editor production circulation manager Thea Nawi paper it an author lion publication of tha department of Davant for a Armad Forcada Varcea. Tha Stan and Stripe it Publ had by tha och . European command in support of tha command internal information program of i a apartment of def a. Content of tha Star a if 8trlpa do not Nawaa warily Raf act the official View of tha . Oovi Mamot of tha a apartment of Dafana tha Appa Aranca of display in the Nat paper Eon. 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