The negotiations between Czechoslovakia and the Vatican 1970-1977

The present study offers a detailed, less investigated, survey of Czechoslo vak-Vatican talks on the questions of the Catholic Church and the state rel ations in Czechoslovakia in the years 1970-1977, or even earlier in 1968. I t deals with whole country, but special attention is given to the significa nce of the above mentioned talks to Slovakia. The study brings a lot to the interpretation of less known, or even unknown archive documents of the per iod between 1973-1975, as well as some new conclusions. In some contexts th e author uses his previous works on the state-church relations in Slovakia in the years 1953-1970.