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Forty years ago, on 20th August 1968, Soviet tanks rolled into Prague to crush the rebellious Prague Spring. This evocat | dG1fY29WYjVBTzFvQU0
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00:00 [explosion]
00:05 To all people of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic,
00:09 yesterday at 11 p.m. the armed forces of the Soviet Union,
00:15 Polish People's Republic, German Democratic Republic,
00:20 Hungarian People's Republic, and the Bulgarian People's Republic
00:25 have crossed the borders of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
00:30 This happened without the knowledge of the President of the Republic,
00:34 Chairman of the National Assembly, Prime Minister,
00:37 First Secretary of the Party, as well as the organizations they represent.
00:43 We categorically demand the immediate withdrawal of the armies
00:47 of the five Warsaw Pact states
00:50 and the complete respect of Czechoslovakia's national sovereignty.
00:55 We turn to the parliaments of all countries
00:58 and to the world public opinion to support our legal demand.
01:03 [music]
01:09 [explosion]
01:12 Available now on Video On Demand.
01:18 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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