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STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Four years ago today the Communis ts 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's 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
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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.
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