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U.S. condemns Communist seizure of power in Czechoslovakia

The Truman administration publicly condemned the February 25 communist takeover of the Czechoslovak government following a coup by Communist ministers and security forces.

The coup was a pivotal Cold War moment in Eastern Europe that intensified U.S. efforts to shore up Western European allies and shaped subsequent American foreign-policy responses to Soviet expansion.

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