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AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE, WORLD AFFAIRS CAMP, PAINTED POST, - NEW YORK, AUGUST 22 - 29, 1964: "tBut MIROSLAV told'me he had taken no part in the discussion.t (MIROSLAV not only gave a half-hour presentation but also took part in all the discussion groups). - "yWTROSLAV SOUKUPL (on SOK) ~- Attache in Czech. ntereste n : ' : . Oa pene meen en ARN NAC Sy UN Mission. wi octal Scientists for YY 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 jJesting remark about the 1ll-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 is now so ‘devoted to the quest for OE Spee age MIROSLAV immediately followed me on Tuesday night ~ in giving his presentation. fle sketched the history of his country, of its ‘betrayal! by the French and 7 English at Munich, when he said the Soviet Union ceed was prepared to henor its pact to come to the aid a — of Czechoslovakia but could not do it alone. He * gaid the Czech Government supported Soviet pro~ posals at the ENDC because it considered them oe ae sound and workable. ~ tas : : . "Subsequently, he told me: tan, Democracy}! Only 4n such a system could you find the freedom to “~ express differing opinions such as we find here at aould adovt free this camp. If only your country ~Be