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Johnson condemns Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

President Lyndon B. Johnson issued a public statement condemning the Warsaw Pact military invasion of Czechoslovakia that began on August 20–21, 1968.

The administration's condemnation underscored U.S. opposition to Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe during the Cold War and helped shape Western diplomatic and United Nations responses to the crisis.

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