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Kansas City Star

Location

Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1948

Page

10

Czech Major Claims Masaryk Murdered Not by Self Destruction

Maj. Josef Horak a Czech air force veteran in exile in England asserts Jan Masaryk was killed by Communists, not by self infliction. He details private intelligence suggesting Masaryk did not jump, that a denouncement of the coup was planned, and that the window scene was staged, with motives tied to exposing the Communist takeover.

Josef Horak Czechoslovakia England Horak Jan Masaryk Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry ONCON Fre Masaryk Tatesman Foreign Office Vaclav Nosek General Staff College Prague Heirarchy Czechoslovak Secret Police Thomas Garrigue Masaryk The Republic Jan

Russian Army Paper Reports Failed Abduction Attempt

Red Star, the Moscow army newspaper, reports an American counterintelligence officer tried to abduct a Soviet officer in Vienna. Edward Kerts allegedly seized Alexeev on a Danube bridge, was pursued by Russian troops, and handed to US authorities. The British noted a separate Vienna incident in which an American agent was beaten after aiding a US Army employee against a man attempting an auto abduction.

Moscow Red Star Vienna Edward Kerts United States Alexeev Danube River Kerts

Isolation measures for Tojo war crimes trial outlined

The Tojo war crimes verdict preparation will require about six weeks of total isolation for over 100 clerical staff and guards. Barbed wire barricades and floodlights are being installed around two large houses as workers begin setting up the secure area.

Tokyo Hideki Tojo

International tribunal takes case against Tojo group

A spokesman for the international tribunal says work has begun on the case against Tojo and twenty four other defendants and they will not be released until the verdict is read. The wording implies ongoing proceedings in a war crimes tribunal.

International Tribunal Tojo

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