Editing Yuri Andropov (section)

===Crushing the Prague Spring===
During the [[Prague Spring]] in 1968, Andropov was the main advocate of taking "extreme measures" against [[Czechoslovakia]]. According to classified information released by [[Vasili Mitrokhin]], the "KGB whipped up the fear that Czechoslovakia could fall victim to [[NATO]] aggression or to a coup".<ref name="Andrew"/> At this time, agent [[Oleg Kalugin]] reported from Washington that he had gained access to "absolutely reliable documents proving that neither the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] nor any other agency was manipulating the Czechoslovak reform movement".<ref name="Andrew" /> His message was destroyed because it contradicted the [[conspiracy theory]] Andropov had fabricated.<ref name="Andrew" /> Andropov ordered a number of [[active measures]], collectively known as operation PROGRESS, against Czechoslovak reformers during the [[Normalization (Czechoslovakia)|Normalization]] period.