Yesterday, August 20, 1968, at about 11 p.m., the troops of the USSR, the Polish People's Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Hungarian People's Republic and the People's Republic of Bulgaria crossed the state border of Czechoslovakia. This happened without the knowledge of the President of the Republic, the Presidium of the National Assembly, the Presidium of the Government and the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the HRC and all these bodies. All these hours a meeting of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPC was held, dedicated to the preparation of the XIV Party Congress. The Presidium of the Central Committee of the CPC calls on all citizens to remain calm and not to resist the advancing troops, since now it is impossible to protect our state borders.