O česko-slovenských vzťahoch na prahu roka 1968 – na pozadí niektorých novoobjavených archívnych dokumentov
On Czech – Slovak relations on the threshold of 1968 against the background of some newly discovered archive documents

Summary/Abstract: LONDÁK, Miroslav. On Czech – Slovak relations on the threshold of 1968 against the background of some newly discovered archive documents. Historický časopis, 2020, 68, 1, pp. 105-123, Bratislava.The study is concerned with the problem of Czech – Slovak relations mainly in the period directly preceding 1968, immediately before spring (1963 – 1967). Weakening of the regime from the political and economic points of view enabled some degree of liberalization, which allowed some criticism of social relations. In Slovakia this owed something to the activity of A. Dubček, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia. Dubček even created space for criticism. Thus, conditions emerged for gradual change in the field of Czech – Slovak relations. This is also clear from some hitherto little-known documents that are analysed in the study. They bring a change of view of various relevant facts, such as those concerning the method of measuring the socio-economic levelling up of Slovakia to the level of the Czech Lands and evaluation of the economic growth of the Slovak economy. This gradually prepared the ground for the important changes to Czech – Slovak relations in 1968.

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