Details

Subject(s)

• International relations [Browse]
• World politics [Browse]
• Diplomatic and consular service [Browse]
• Politics and government [Browse]
• Czechoslovakia [Browse]

Related name

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

Series

• Northern Department and East European and Soviet Department (and succeeding departments): Registered Files (N, EN and ES Series). ; FCO28-004075. [More in this series]
• Cold War Eastern Europe. [More in this series]
• FCO28: Foreign Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Northern Department and East European and Soviet Department (and succeeding departments): Registered Files (N, EN and ES Series). ; FCO28-004075

Data source

• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1947-1982
• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1976-1982: Module 4
• History Commons

Summary note

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the annual review of Czechoslovakia for 1979. The review covers an exchange of party cards -- the continued harassment, arrest, and prosecution of Czechoslovak dissidents -- and the tenth year of the Czechoslovak leader, Gustáv Husák, as the First Secretary of the Czechoslovak communist party. Further commentary covers the damage caused to the Czechoslovak economy by extreme weather conditions -- the need to import grain using hard currency reserves -- and Czechoslovakia's economic dependence on the Soviet Union for raw materials, oil, and gas. The review also covers developments in Czechoslovak foreign relations -- official visits to Japan and Third-World countries -- a Czechoslovak-led initiative on disarmament presented to the United Nations -- and Anglo-Czechoslovak relations, which saw improvements in the cultural and commercial fields. A calendar of notable events in Czechoslovakia during the year is also included in the file.

Notes

• File date: 1980.
• Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 2011.
• Title from Cold War Eastern Europe Module IV.

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