From the Archives Words, words, words… The United Nations and the 1968 invasion

05-02-2009 10:07 | David Vaughan

In this week’s From the Archives we continue our look at how radio covered the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. Today we follow the part played by the United Nations. Within just a few hours of the tanks crossing the border, the UN Security Council met for a special meeting to discuss what to do about the invasion. Czechoslovakia’s Ambassador to the UN, Jan Mužík was unequivocal:

Jiří Hájek, photo: www.usd.cas.cz Jiří Hájek, photo: www.usd.cas.cz   Back

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