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99 An Old Soviet Dissident Joke Went This Way: The Leader Of Czechoslovakia Asked His Soviet Masters For Money For A Department Of The Navy. The Soviet Replied

Ref 99 An old Soviet dissident joke went this way: The leader of Czechoslovakia asked his Soviet masters for money for a Department of the Navy. The Soviet replied Release House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025) 1 pages

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“But you’re a landlocked country and don’t need a department of the Navy.” The Czech leader replied: “Well you have a Department of Justice.”

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