Communiqué on Discussions of Reform Press Leak

STATEMENT OF COMMUNIST PARTIES AND WORKERS PARTIES OF SOCIALIST COUNTRIES:
The Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance,
    Reaffirming the commitments made in the Bratislava Communiqué, signed by the People’s Republic of Albania, the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, the German Democratic Republic, the Hungarian People’s Republic, the Polish People’s Republic, the Socialist Republic of Romania, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the representatives of the Communist Parties of the fraternal states have discussed the following:
Respecting the principles of state sovereignty, the members of the Warsaw Pact reaffirm the Marxist-Leninist value of Proletarianism Internationalism as being critical to the development of a Communist system which will replace the world-system of capitalism, on the principle of the independence of parties and states to guide the global socialist community towards a Communist revolution, and in conjunction with the continued recognition that each state is free to apply the foundational aspects of Marxism, Leninism, and Socialism to his country’s conditions so long as the integrity of his Communist Party are maintained.
    Given our fraternal friendship with the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic for over twenty years, the Soviet Union, as represented by the central command of the allied troops of the Warsaw Pact, reaffirm our commitment to freedom and well being of the proletariat of Czechoslovakia and therefore have engaged in constructive discussion.
Strongly opposed to the notion that our alliance would use forceful measures to violate the sovereignty of a fellow Socialist brotherly state, we dispel the notion that any refugees are fleeing, or will be fleeing from Czechoslovakia, and this committee is convinced that the people of Czechoslovakia, alongside all citizens of our fraternal Socialist republics, are enthusiastic about the progress made under socialism and eager to forge the path to Communism.
    Recognizing the continued standing of the Berlin Wall   between the two German States, the Warsaw Pact remains confident that the people of the German Democratic Republic have not only experienced a heightened quality of life but also a strong resolve to remain within the Socialist system they have democratically established.
We stand united against the attempts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to sow the seeds of distrust and hatred among our dissidents. The Pact as a whole urges NATO to

retract their threats that not only are a thinly veiled attempt to spread their influence, while threatening the peaceful existence of the German Democratic Republic and its people.