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    "ocrText": "Foreign Service of the 27\nUnited States of America\nINCOMING\nAMERICAN EMBASSY PARIS,\nSS-10\nOFFICIAL USE ONLY\nACTION: POL\nClassification\nControl: 3384\nINFO:\nAMB\nRecd: May 31,1961\nMIN\n10:05 PM\nMINECON\nULMER\nPRAGUE\nFIN\nUSISF\nNR:\n13, May 31, 4 PM\nH~l\nSTOESSEL\nSHAPEL\nSENT DEPT 398 . RPTD INFO PARIS 13\nEUCOML\nPOLR\nEF\nAccording Czech radio Khrushchev entered CSSR shortly after\nPF\nnoon today at Cierna and Tisou in Eastern Slovakia, was\ngreeted by Bacilek, Strechaj Vaclav David and proceeded after\nshort stop to Bratislava, Believed Novotny will greet him\nthere and that he will remain in CSSR for few days probably\ngoing through round visits fáctories and farms, as apparently\nACTION: not due Vienna until morning June 2.\nPOL\nINFO:\nCzech press today somewhat expanded coverage Vienna meeting and,\nfollowing Moscow Pravda line almost literally, continues express\nECON\nrestrained optimism on Vienna meeting as first of possible\nDEF-4\nseries with progress entirely dependent on degree to which\nPAA\nPresident Kennedy shakes oif cold war influence of \"imperialist\ngroups\" in US and heeds desire of American people end East\nWest tension.\n10/\nsjh\nDILLON\nOFFICIAL USE ONLY\nROM THIS COMY in\nFROHBITEL \"UNCLASSIFIED\""
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