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Poland / Prague Meeting #516558

NBC Evening News for Sunday, Apr 05, 1981
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(Studio) USSR President Leonid Brezhnev's participation in Communist conference in Prague, Czechoslovakia, noted unusual; details given. Basis for belief that Prague meeting is actually emergency Warsaw Pact summit about Poland outlined.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch

(Moscow, USSR ) Intensified media attacks here on Poland discussed. Films shown.
REPORTER: Gene Randall

(Prague, Czechoslovakia) Implication of Brezhnev's arrival here considered; films shown. 1968 USSR invasion of Czechoslovakia recalled; presence here of Polish hard-liner Stefan Olsowski and E. German representatives interpreted. Reasons for USSR reluctance to intervene in Poland outlined.
REPORTER: Maurice Gent

(DC) President Reagan reported sending private message to Brezhnev last Friday, warning against invasion of Poland; details given. United States arms sales to China (PR) mentioned as possibility; implications of message, cleared by Secretary of State Alexander Haig prior to his departure for Mideast, considered. [Courtesy "Meet the Press", United Nations ambassador Jeane KIRKPATRICK - notes administration's anticipated reaction to invasion of Poland.] Apparent halt to build-up of USSR military forces in and around Poland discussed; map shown.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb

Reporter(s):
Gent, Maurice;
Kalb, Marvin;
Randall, Gene;
Savitch, Jessica
Duration:
00:04:40

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