Czechoslovakia 68/08

This small collection of original leaflets and resolutions is part of a larger set of original documents collected in Czechoslovakia and then clandestinely taken to Munich, West Germany, where they were deposited with the Research Institute of Radio Free Europe.

Among these documents there are leaflets addressed to the occupying forces by the local population, leaflets addressed to the citizens of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet army, letters of support for the Dubček government issued by various local organizations and citizens’ groups, including a hand-written letter of support signed by the Gypsy population of Ústí nad Labem. While most of these documents are written in Czech and in Slovak, some were written in Russian and in German. They are all part of our Czechoslovak Series HU OSA 300-30-14 Collection of Documents on 1968.

The Gypsies of Ústí nad Labem Support Dubček and the Czechoslovak Government

Appeal of the Gypsy Population of Rumburk to the Foreign Occupation Forces to Leave Czechoslovakia

Do Friends Come to Visit with Tanks?

Appeal of the Moscow Writers to the Czechoslovak Writers

Declaration of Support of Trade Unions for the New Political Leadership of Czechoslovakia

Appeal to the Members of the International Brigades

Appeal to the Youth in Melnik Region to Protest Calmly

Soviet Appeal to the Citizens of Czechoslovakia Not to Fall for Counter-Revolution

Appeal to Citizens to Protest Calmly Following the Moscow Agreement

Appeal to Citizens to Reject Collaborationist Fraction of the Communist Party

Appeal to Citizens to Wear Tricolor

Appeal to Citizens to Help Eliminate Collaborationists

Call for the UN to Intervene in Czechoslovak Crisis

Notification of the Death of Milan Kadlec

Message from the President of the Czechoslovak Republic

CTK Editors Inform the Public of Their Position with Regard to Crisis

Warning to Owners of Transistor Radios

Warning of Arrests Made by the Crew of a Military Vehicle

Appeal to the Peace-Loving Citizens of the GDR!

Appeal to the Soviet Occupation Forces

Leaflet Warning the Public that Two Vehicles of the Collaborationist Secret Police Are Heading Towards Bratislava

Appeal by the Students of Charles University to End Demonstrations as They Could Lead to the Imposition of Martial law

Statement of the Committee of the Slovak Communist Party

Information on the Czechoslovak Delegation to Moscow

Poem Condemning the Occupation I

Statement of the Arts and Culture Workers' Trade Union in Support of the XIVth Congress of the Communist Party

Statement of the African Students' Union in Czechoslovakia

Statement of the Northern Czech Regional Committee of the National Front

Statement of the Northern Czech Regional Bureau of the Socialist Party

Support Letter of the Northern Czech Regional Committee of the National Front

Appeal to the Soldiers of the Occupation Army

Statement of a Factory Workers' Council in Štětí

Appeal to the Arts and Culture Trade Unions in Occupant Countries

Appeal of the Anti-Fascist Associations to the Delegates of the XIVth Congress of the Czechoslovak Communist Party

Appeal to the Inhabitants of Prague to Fight against Collaborationists

Appeal of the Cultural Heritage Workers to Protect Cultural Monuments

Letter of the Vitkov II Uranium Mine Workers Addressed to President Ludvik Svoboda

Who Speaks on Behalf of the Nation?

Program of a Fictitious Circus Show Performing the Occuppation of Czechoslovakia

Call of Athletes Emil and Dana Zatopek to Exclude the Soviet Union from the Upcoming Olympic Games

Statement of a Communist Party Local Organization with Regard to the Legitimacy of the New Communist Leadership Elected at the XIVth Congress

Appeal of the Ústí nad Labem Workers' Militia to the Warsaw Pact Armies

Appeal of the Česká Kamenice Party Committee to the Warsaw Pact Troops

Excerpts from the 1939 Soviet Note to the German Embassy in Moscow and from Article 8 of the Warsaw Pact

Appeal of the Federation of Anti-Fascist Fighters to the Soviet Army

Appeal to Light Candles at 8 PM on 29 August, in Remembrance of August 29, 1944

Appeal of the Czechoslovak Peoples' Party to Maintain Unity

Statement of the Czechoslovak Socialist Party on 23 August 1968 Condemning Occupation

Poem Condemning the Occupation II

Appeal of the Delegates of the XIVth Congress of the Czechoslovak Communist Party to Communists Worldwide

Statement of Central Authority and Committee of Trade Unions with Regard to General Strike

Statement of the Government of the CSSR to the People of Czechoslovakia

Appeal to Proletarians in Occupation Army to Leave

Statement of the Communist Party Leadership in the Ústí nad Labem District

Appeal of the Local Committee of the Communist Party in Česke Budejovice

Warning on Change of Tactics of Occuppiers to Influence International Public Opinion

Statement of Communists at the State Security HQ and Border Police in Support of the New Party Leadership

Appeal of Plzeň Students to Citizens

Appeal of the Governments of Occupying Nations to the Citizens of the CSSR to Stop Counterrevolution

Appeal of the Club of Active Non-Partisans to its Members

Statement of the Youth Organization Dubčekova Mládež

Report of the Youth Organization of the Communist Party on the Results of the XIVth Congress of the Czechoslovak Communist Party

Information on the Activities of the Prague Mayor on 24 August 1968, as Reported by a Pioneer Organization from Prague's 6th District

Statement of the Ústí nad Labem District Communist Party on Moscow Agreement

Telex Disseminating News About the Events of August 21, 1968, upon the Request of the Leadership of the Communist Party

Letter of the Workers of Elektroinstala in Dečin Supporting the Leaders of the Country and the General Strike

Look Around and Think!

Appeal to the Occupation Forces to Leave Czechoslovakia

Leaflets and Other Original Documents