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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 25, 1952
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Four years ago today the Communists seized control of the
free country of Czechoslovakia. By infiltrating every important
branch of the government, they had strangled all sources of inde-
pendent opposition in that nation -- all but one -- the students and
young people.
In the last few hours of Czechoslovakia's freedom, more
than five thousand students of Charles University marched toward
their President 1s house to plead with him to save their country from
the Communists. But before they could reach their destination,
Communist police fired into the orderly crowd, wounding several
students.
February 25th should be a very special day for the young
men and women of all nations. Let it serve as a symbol -- a reminder
of youth's determination and will to resist, in the face of hopeless
odds.
But let it also serve as a warning to all people, young
and old, who are so fortunate that they still have their freedom.
Since February 25, 1948, the world has learned the lessons
of Czechoslovakia. The world has learned that Communism is aggressive --
that Communism means conquest, oppression and slavery.
Four years ago the students of Charles University taught us
that we must do more than resist -- we must be prepared to resist.
We
are putting this lesson of collective security into practice in Korea,
in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Pacific defense
treaties.
All this we learned at the price of freedom for Czechoslovakia
and other nations temporarily under the Communist yoke. Let us never
forget our lesson.
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