Czechoslovakia: Day of Shame

The instructions are clear and simple. Do not use public transport on Aug. 21. Do not patronize shops or buy newspapers. Stay away from cinemas, restaurants and nightclubs. Decorate gravestones and national monuments. Wear black arm bands. At the stroke of noon, stop working, walking, driving and every other activity for precisely five minutes.

In thousands of clandestine leaflets, Czechoslovakia's resistance leaders are instructing their countrymen on how to observe the first anniversary of the Soviet invasion. Since an estimated 75,000 Soviet troops are still inside their country, the underground leaders have...

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