POLITICAL CRISIS; MEETING OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: January 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Political Crisis; Meeting of Central Committee
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1. An emergency full session of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist
Party was called by the Presidium in Prague on 2 to 5 Dec 53. It was presided
over by Antonin Novot , Bruno Kohler and Vaclav Pasek and there were 96 delegates
present.
2. Subjects discussed included the establishment of the collective form of leader-
ship in Czechoslovakia, including the position of President Antonin. Zapotock3r;
a critique of the first Five Year Plan and the proclamation of a second Five
Year Plan; and a settlement of the current clash between the Party and the
syndicalist organization URO.
3. The Kremlin's suspicions of Zapotocky's effort to tighten his dictatorship
found an echo among the delegates from Moravia and Slovakia and caused violent
debate. Heavy attacks on Zapotocky's personal policy were made by Karol Bacilek
and Jan Harus.
fit-. The announcement of the results of the Five Year Plan provoked bitter comment from
the delegates from Pilsen, Moravska Ostrava and Kosice, who complained particularly
about the in astice caused by the falsification of production statistics. Siro
defended the government's policy in this regard, but the majority decided to
recommend the revision of the second Five Year Plan, and to postpone the
announcement of it until this revision has taken place. A committee, consisting
of ZiovotW, Dr Jaromir Dolane , and Vaclav Nosek, was elected to take charge
of the revision.
5. The general feeling of the meeting was that the demand of Josef Tesla and the
URO for a greater share of political power should be rejected, as cortaining
the dangerous possibility of repeating the situation that existed before
Slansky's removal. Attacks on the URO were made by Vaclav Krutina, Anexka
Hodinova-Spurner and Otokar Homola.
6. Due to the difficulty in finding solutions to the major items on the agenda,
it was decided to call a Second Congress of the Party, to be held 11 to 13 Jun 54
in Prague. This decision failed to relieve the general feeling of uneasiness
in the country. In the absence of Ambassador pgomolov, the session was watched
for the Soviet authorities by y 1 P 7
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