A british-romanian channel of communication during the czechoslovak crisis in 1968

The forces of the Soviet Union and of Poland, Germany, Bulgaria and Hungary invaded Czechoslovakia in the night of August 20-21st 1968. According to a NATO document in the decision of invasion took by the Soviet leaders “there was possibly a fear that Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania might form a little entente”. Soviet action in Czechoslovakia was seen by NATO analyst as a “holding operation” rather than a further stage in a programme of Soviet expansion. These analyst believed that the continued strain in Soviet-Romanian and Soviet-Yugoslav relations inject a notable element of uncertainty into the situation.