Czech Communists Continue With Drastic Measures
(Rec. 1.10 p.m.) PRAGUE, March 14. The Ministry of the Interior has demanded that parliamentary immunity be stripped from the secre-tary-general of the National Socialist Party, Dr Vladimir Krajina, and two National Socialist deputies, Otto Hora and Alois Cizelf. The Ministry accused them of organising an “espionage centre” for operations against the security police and nationalised industries. - The Ministry also issued a warrant for the arrest of a Government official, Vaclav Knotex, whom, the Ministry alleged, directed spying operations. , The Minister of Justice, Dr Cepicka, predicted in a speech today drastic reform of the legal system, including a purge of the courts, the renewal of the trials of collaborators and “offenders against the national honour,” and the establishment of people’s courts of justice. He said: “Defending lawyers will no longer defend and hide criminals from the law, but defend only right and justice. The elections in May will confirm and approve the February events. Statements that Mr Gottwald’s Cabinet instituted a dictatorship are slanders.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1948, Page 5
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