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Claim

Claim 166

Czechoslovakia's new leadership reestablished government censorship and controls preventing freedom of movement in the invasion's aftermath.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Czechoslovakia's new leadership reestablished government censorship and controls preventing freedom of movement in the invasion's aftermath.
Field
effect_on_reporting
Value
Censorship reestablished
About
incident 1968-czechoslovakia-normalization-censorship
Source
Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, 1968 archived copy
Publisher
Office of the Historian, United States Department of State
Method
primary document
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current

Quotation from the source

the new leadership reestablished government censorship and controls preventing freedom of movement