UN General Assembly
1968

208. Let us recall what Mr. Pleskot, the representative of Czechoslovakia, told us a short time ago from this very rostrum: “Last August the Government of our country found itself faced with a new reality. The troops of five socialist States had entered Czechoslovakia. In the new situation the Czechoslovak people maintained their composure and displayed exemplary unity and discipline .... The Czechoslovak Government was fully aware of the gravity of the moment and of the fact that the future of our nation was at stake." [1682nd meeting, para. 117]. 209. Mr. Pleskot also told us that it would be of no interest either to the United Nations or to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for the situation in Czechoslovakia to be exploited in an attempt to revive the atmosphere of the cold war [ibid., para. 119]. In this way he supported his Government’s request that the item concerning the situation in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, placed on the agenda of the Security Council on the initiative of a number of States, should be removed therefrom. [Ibid.]