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PRIME MINISTER CERNIK Approved For Release 2003SEGREIK-RDP79T00975A011200050001-1 Czechoslovakia: Govern- ment leaders in Prague have reassured Moscow of their e, "permanent cooperation," but at the same time expressed de- termination to continue their' reforms. At a press conference on 14 May, Premier Cernik empha- sized Czechoslovakia's ties to the Soviet Union and the other "socialist" states. Alluding to outside - pressures, he said: "It is polemics, rather than pressure...