Political asylum sought
NZPA-Reuter Gstaad, Switzerland A Czechoslovak tennis player, Hana Strachonova, has announced she is seeking political asylum in Switzerland, officials of the Swiss Tennis Federation said yesterday. The officials said that Miss Strachonova, aged 18, had made her plans known
during the present Swiss Open tennis championships. 5 The Swiss police could not , confirm last evening that . the young player, ranked . fourth in Czechoslovakia, > had asked for asylum. 1 A tournament official said he believed that Miss t Strachonova was still in , Gstaad, but he did not know i where.
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Press, 16 July 1979, Page 28
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