For Alexander Dubček, it seemed to be a somewhat more pleasant journey to Moscow than his last onewhen he went as a virtual prisoner of Soviet commanders who had invaded his country a few days earlier. Instead of being whisked secretly onto an airplane, Dubček last week chatted amiably in the Prague airport lounge with a group of his Czechoslovak colleagues. They had come to see Dubček, Premier Oldřich Cerník and Deputy Premier Gustav Husák off for another round of talks in the Kremlin. But throughout the pleasantries, a tired frown flickered...
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