(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
Orientering August 31, 1968
The intervention in Czechoslovakia shows once again that it is the interests of the superpower that determine the relationship between the allies within the existing military blocs, and that the member states are prevented from pursuing an independent national policy.
The United States, which has been waging war in Vietnam for years, participated last year in the military coup in Greece, and the Soviet Union has now intervened in one of the member states of the Warsaw Pact. Czechoslovakia's key position in the Warsaw Pact can be compared to Norway's role as an advanced military base in NATO's strategy. The intervention in Czechoslovakia has greatly updated the ongoing security policy debate in Norway.
In this situation, NATO spokespersons, such as the Foreign Minister and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, appear with allegations of how important it is for Norway to remain affiliated with NATO, and that the Norwegian NATO debate must now be suspended. It is both regrettable and dangerous that the NATO debate is attempted to crack. At the very least, it must be withheld that the events that now threaten the freedom of thought and word in Czechoslovakia must be sought to be exploited to limit the freedom of the word with us in Norway. The Soviet military use of power in Czechoslovakia shows even more clearly that the military blocks pose a threat to the security of the member states.
The campaign will therefore strengthen the work for the claim: Norway out of NATO.
