Details

Subject(s)

• Politics and government [Browse]
• Foreign relations [Browse]
• Diplomatic and consular service [Browse]
• Czechoslovakia—Politics and government—1955 [Browse]
• Czechoslovakia—Foreign relations—United States [Browse]
• Czechoslovakia—Politics and government [Browse]
• Great Britain—Foreign relations—1906-1966—Sources [Browse]

Related name

• Great Britain. Foreign Office [Browse]
• Coherent Digital (Firm) [Browse]

Series

• General Correspondence from 1906-1966 (Great Britain. Foreign Office. Political Departments) ; FO371-116183. [More in this series]
• Cold War Eastern Europe. [More in this series]
• FO371: Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966 ; FO371-116183

Data source

• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1947-1982
• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1953-1960: Module 1
• History Commons

Summary note

A file containing documents concerning disputes between the United States of America and Czechoslovakia. The file includes a communiqué from the International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) announcing an application by the United States to institute proceedings against Czechoslovakia for alleged wrongful action against an American aircraft -- copies of the American application to the I.C.J. in French and English -- a public note from the Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the U.S. application -- and a map detailing the attack on the American aircraft. Other documents include an account of an incident in which three Czechoslovak border guards inadvertently crossed into West Germany -- a letter from the United States government to the U.N. Security Council complaining of an unprovoked attack on a U.S. Navy aircraft by the Soviet and Czechoslovak militaries -- and a report that the American Embassy in Prague is distributing American magazines to the Czechoslovak public.

Notes

• File date: 1955.
• Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 1985.

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