ASYLUM IN BRITAIN
EMPLOYEES OF CZECH CONSULATE (Rec. 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 3. Seven employees of the Czech consulate in London have applied to Britain for asylum as political refugees. They are among 10 employees of the ..consulate who were recalled to Prague recently. It is understood, says Reuter, that the British Government has a'greed to their. request to be treated as political refugees. One of the seven is Mr Klima, former butler to Jan Masaryk, the Czech Foreign Minister, Avho fell to his death in Prague shortly after the Communists took over.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 70, 4 January 1950, Page 4
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