ECHO OF OTTO JOHN CASE
Former Friend Acquitted
iMZ Pres* Association —Copyright) (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) KARLSRUHE (West Germany). Dec, 18.
Dr. Wolfgang Wohlgemuth aged 52. the one-time friend of the former West German Security chief. Otto John, was today acquitted by the High Court of treasonable relations with East German officials. Dr. Wohlgemuth, who went to East Berlin with Dr. John in July, 1954, was arrested in West Berlin last February. The State will pay the costs of the case Dr. John was one of the main witnesses ip the trial which began on December 4. '
Dr John was gaoled for four years by the High Court in December. 1956, for treasonable plotting with the East German Government
He was released earlier this year as an act of clemency by the West German President, Professor Theodor Heuss. Dr. John said at his trial that Wohlgemuth had drugged his coffee and abducted him to East Berlin.
The Court rejected this allegation and ruled that John acted of his own free will the night he went to East Berlin.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28774, 20 December 1958, Page 12
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