Northern (N): Czechoslovakia (NC). Czechoslovakia: Annual Review for 1956

A file containing a review of events in Czechoslovakia for 1956. The report has been compiled by the British ambassador in Prague, Sir Clinton Pelham, and offers information on internal and external politics, the economy, and the principal events which took place during the year. Major events included the Twentieth Party Congress of the Soviet communist party and the ensuing impact on the Czechoslovak regime, which included criticism on the stifling of intellectual freedom and student demonstrations; and the second five-year plan, which continued to support investment in heavy industry. Further commentary concerns Czechoslovakia's subservience to the Soviet Union in the development of diplomatic relations towards Asia and Western European countries.