J14P11 Qn 8(b) Examiner Report

(b) Candidates demonstrated an understanding that the reforms in Czechoslovakia were threatening Soviet control and were able to explain this point. Some answers to this question were generalised in nature and stated only that there was a threat. More candidates could have been aware that, whilst the Soviets were concerned that the Prague Spring reforms would lead to Czechoslovakia leaving the Warsaw Pact, Czechoslovakia did not actually leave the Pact.