Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Satumbar 1968, yayin jawabi a taron karo na biyar na Jam'iyyar Ma'aikata ta Poland a wata daya bayan da aka yi watsi da 'yancin' yanci na Poland.
Bayan mamayewar Czechoslovakia, Brezhnev ya tsara Dokokin Brezhnev, wanda a ciki ya yi iƙirarin haƙƙin keta ikon mallakar kowace ƙasa da ke ƙoƙarin maye gurbin Marxism-Leninism da jari hujja. A lokacin jawabin, Brezhnev ya bayyana cewa: