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

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Authors and Corporations: Zidaru, Marian
In: Revista de Comunicare si Marketing [Comunications and Marketing Journal], 2012, 5, p. 77-88
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Editura Fundaţia Andrei Saguna
Andrei Saguna Foundation Publishing House
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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ISSN: 2069-0304

published in: Revista de Comunicare si Marketing [Comunications and Marketing Journal]
Language: English
Subjects:
Social Sciences
Collection: CEEOL Central and Eastern European Online Library
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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.