GZECH PUPPETS.
NUMBER OF ARRESTS MADE " (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 14. Dr.. Emil Hacha (Nazi puppet president of Czechoslovakia) has been arrested, says -the Prague radio. Dr. Haehna was the man who, summoned to Berehtesgaden on March 15, 1939, signed the document surrendering the whole of Czechoslovakia to the Germans. Next day German troops marched into Prague and Dr. Hacha handed oyer the keys and Bohemian Crown jewels to “Butcher” Heydrich in .1941. A number of former ministers of the quisling cabinet and high Army officers have also been arrested. They Include Dr. Jaroslav Krejci (former Czech quisling Premier), Richard Bienert, who took over the Premiership from Krejci last January, Kamenicky (Minister of Communications), Kalfus (Finance Minister), and Hruby (Agriculture and Forestry Minister), General Rudolf Gajda (leader of the Czech Fascist Party), and six other Czech, generals.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 181, 15 May 1945, Page 4
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