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1968 Stalinist party chief Antonin Novotny voted out of the communist party's central committee, and Alexander Dubček, a slovak with a liberal reputation, replaced him as First Secretary of the communist party.
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Novotny removed as president, and General Jan Svoboda installed.
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Dubcek ended censorship and instituted liberal economic reforms. Dubchek continued to proclaim loyalty to Moscow to avert a replay of 1956 in Hungary, but increasingly Soviet leaders became suspicious.
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The Warsaw troops did maneuvers in Czechoslovakia.
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Czech and Soviet leaders met at Cierna near the border to "discuss" the situation.
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The Czech army did not resist; although there were a few isolated outbreaks of fighting.
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Justified the intervention.
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large protests occurred in Prague against the Soviet occupation.
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Gustav Husak replaced Dubchek as first secretary of the communist party.
