Czechs, Ms., and Samizdat

George Moldau, “Inspired by Amalrik,” Survey, August 1971

Three years after Russian tanks rolled across the border, the “consolidation” of a Sovietcontrolled regime has been accomplished in Czechoslovakia. A tiny Communist party, operating without popular support, has stabilized the Czech economy at a low level of output, silenced the non-Party press, suppressed dissent.

A Czech using the pseudonym George Moldau describes how the...