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DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
By NLT-NK NARS Date 6-2375
May 4, 1945
Subject: Political Situation in Czechoslovakia
The resumption of the close friendship between the
United States and Ozechoslovakia which has its roots in
Wilson's successful efforts to create the Czechoslovak
state is being threatened by the continuing refusal of
the Soviet Government to grant permission to American
and British diplomats to enter Czechoslovakia.
On February 9, the Soviet Government had notice
that several of the junior members of the future American
Embassy to Ozechoslovakia would accompany the Czechoslovak
Government from London when it returned to Czechoslovekia
About two hours before the boat sailed from England
carrying some two hundred Czechoslovak Government officials
back to Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Government informed us
that no American or British diplomats would be allowed to
accompany the Czechoslovak Government into Ozechoslovakia.
They gave as their reason for objecting, the fact that
Soviet military operations made it inadvisable for American
or British diplomats to enter Czechoslovekia. On the other
hand, the Soviet Ambassador with a large staff was allowed
to accompany President Benes to Kosice. Notwithstanding
repeated demands by the British and ourselves that American
and British diplomats be permitted to enter Ozechoslovakia,
the Soviet Government has now for a period of over a
month declined to give such permission. The Secretary of
State discussed the question with Foreign Commissar Molotov
but without conclusive results.
The decision to admit diplomatic representatives of
states other than the Soviet Union is a decision which
belongs to the sovereign and independent Czechoslovak
State which has been recognized by the United States,
Great Britain, and the Soviet Union.
As the troops of the American Third Army have already
entered Ozechoslovakia there is great urgency involving
the administration of civil affairs which demands that
the United States deal directly with the Czechoslovak
Government.
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The
RECURDS
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