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Brezhnev Doctrine
Brezhnev read out a letter from some Czechoslovakian Communists asking for help in protecting Communism. He announced the Brezhnev Doctrine:
- the USSR would not allow any Eastern European country to reject Communism.
- Even if it meant a Third World War
He ordered 500,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces to invade.