Novotny asked the Soviet leader, Brezhnev, for help to crackdown on the protests, but Brezhnev refused and in early 1968, Novotny was replaced as Communist Party Secretary by Alexander Dubcek.
Novotny asked the Soviet leader, Brezhnev, for help to crackdown on the protests, but Brezhnev refused, and in early 1968 Novotny was replaced as Communist Party Secretary by Alexander Dubcek.