A british-romanian channel of communication during the czechoslovak crisis in 1968
A british-romanian channel of communication during the czechoslovak crisis in 1968

Summary/Abstract: The forces of the Soviet Union and of Poland, Germany, Bulgaria and Hungary invaded Czechoslovakia in the night of August 20-21st 1968. According to a NATO document in the decision of invasion took by the Soviet leaders “there was possibly a fear that Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania might form a little entente”. Soviet action in Czechoslovakia was seen by NATO analyst as a “holding operation” rather than a further stage in a programme of Soviet expansion. These analyst believed that the continued strain in Soviet-Romanian and Soviet-Yugoslav relations inject a notable element of uncertainty into the situation.

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