SOVIET PULLOUT ACCORD WITH CZECHS REPORTED KREMLIN TO WITHDRAW TROOPS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF HUSAK GUARANTEES, YUGOSLAVA HEAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300450038-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: April 26, 1969
• Content Type: NSPR

BALTIMORE SUN
Approved For Release 2004/2JQ2AP IW39DP8q
Soviet Pullout Accor
With Czechs Reported
01
Kremlin To Withdraw Troops This Year Because
Of Husak Guarantees, Yugoslavs Hear
By STUART II. 111MIT11
[Bonn Bureau of The Sun]
Bonn, April 25-The Kremlin
has agreed to withdraw all its
occupation troops from Czecho-
slovakia within the next year in
return for Gustav llusak's guar
antecs of Communist orthodoxy;
In Prague, informed sources,
stated today.
What is more, Moscow report
dly also will permit new Czech-
oslovak National Assenihly elec-i
On the other hand, Czechoslo' spend five minutes in thought.
vak sources said Mr. I-lusak has Rude Pravo upbraided the pa-
promised President Ludvik Svo-~pcr for -its "foolishness," charg-
-
s
hoda and other top Czech lead-
ers that he will permit no illegal
arrests or other political harass-
ment.
A gradual end to the Czecho-
slovak occupation would be very
welcome to Moscow if it oc-
curred on its terms. Aside from
pecu
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ing it with prompting '
lat.ions and fabrications and,
trying ' to give the impression'
that the two blank columns,were`
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