Interesting SITA telex sent in 1968 from PRGXYOK. Is History repeating itself ? Sent 1968 to: FRAXYLH TLVXYLY HAVXYCU ADDXYET HELXYAY AMSXYKL REKXYFI The message was relayed to further SITA Addresses from these recipients and message reads. "To all trade union organisations of air companies. and to all workers of World air companies.
"Dear friends",
Employees of Czechoslovakian Airlines urgently request to foe immediate help our country stop Is occupied against the will of our people and legal government with enemy armies of Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and the German Democratic Republic stop. Are being destroyed, even there are signs of lootings stop.
Please help us keep our freedom stop please inform your government and all your working people cma organisations for support for occupied Czechoslovakia stop.
Working people of Czechoslovakian airlines PRGXYOK. This was the start of the Prague Spring, Brezhnev's doctrine announced that the USSR would not allow any Eastern European country to reject communism, even if if meant a third world war. On the 20th. August 1968 500,000 Warsaw pact troops stormed in, taking over radio and TV channels. but not CSA's SITA link before the uninvited armies took hold.
Lance Shippey.