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AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, WORLD AFFAIRS CAMP, PAINTED POST, - NEW YORK, AUGUST 22 - 29; 1964: "tout MIROSLAV told'me he had taken no part in the d@iscussion.! (MIROSLAV not only gave a half-hour presentation but also took part in all the discussion groups). _ : ammposiay SOREL (on SOUR) ~- Attache in Czech. —_ UN Mission. interested in Social Setentists for a Peace. Fresent with his wife and daughter, 5. His wife told me she had just completed the First Grade in English at the UN language school, but she had trouble with words and we found a common language in French. She asked if this group was typical of American youth and made a somewhat Jesting remark about the 4ll-groomed appearance of the group. He spoke five languages; was a professor in Czechoslovakia; was not allowed the echool of his preference. He painted the horrors of Lidice and the other atrocities suffered through war by his country as reasons why it 1s now so ‘devoted to the guest for wo -- . ~ ee MIROSLAV immediately followed me on Tiesday night — in giving his presentation. He sketched the history of his country, of its ‘betrayal! by the French and Mnglish at Munich, when he said the Soviet Union Was prepared to henor its pact to come to the aid of Czechoslovakia but could not do it alone. He - gaid the Czech Government supported Soviet pro-~ sound and workable. 7 ol uy... "Subsequently, he told me: tah, Democracy! Only ge in such a system could you find the freedom to » a NS express differing opinions such as we find here at ~ eAnnkt fnoa this camp. If only your country could adopt free posals at the ENDC because it considered them woe ae ot i te er ee ig