CIA • 1989

NID: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: THREATENING ANTIDISSIDENT CAMPAIGN

Approved for Release: 2019/10/29 C06826746 CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Threatening Antidissident Campaign Prague apparently is preparing to tighten the screws on dissidents in response to rising criticism of the regime's resistance to reform. The official media last week warned that activists have exceeded the regime's patience and alluded to US complicity in attempts to destabilize Prague. The regime also expelled a US Embassy officer for allegedly participating in illegal gatherings and linked several men arrested last week for industrial sabotage and murder to dissident organizations...