Folder 6
Memoranda to the president regarding situation in Czechoslovakia and advised response discussed with Jacob Beam and Secretary Rusk. Discussions of Czechoslovakia’s need for Western financial support and possibility of conferring Most Favored Nation status. Included reports reveal ongoing negotiation with Czech government over gold and restitution of seized Western assets. Report on East German fears of Czech influence on society. Long memo describing Major General Jan Šejna’s assertion that both Eastern Europe and Soviet Union are fed up with Castro. Further, the memo describes Czechoslovakia’s general fatigue with financing revolution abroad.
Key Documents:
- Note for President Johnson Regarding Meeting with Ambassador Beam
- Report on Czech Economic Support
- Memo on Czech Trade with the West
- Memo Regarding Czech Influence in East Germany
- Memo Regarding Treatment of Czechoslovakia
- Memo Regarding United States-Czech Economic Questions
- Memo Regarding Initiatives with Czechoslovakia
- Memo on Cuban Imbroglio