WARNING FROM PRAGUE
FORMER CONSUL-GENERAL IN SYDNEY Rec. 10 p.m. ‘ SYDNEY, Mar. 28. An anonymous letter from Prague warns the former Czech Acting Consulgeneral, Dr Karol Tokoly., that he will be arrested if he returns to Czechoslovakia. Dr Tokoly resigned his post as a protest against the Communist coup in his home country. The letter warns that 25 former colleagues of Dr Tokoly have been sent to work in coal mines and on farms, and that civil servants are being given the option of joining the Communist Party or resigning, and that conditions are much worse than under the German occupation. “Even if recalled by the Government, I will refuse to return home, ’ Dr Tokoly said. “ I served in the Czechoslovakian Army in Britain during the war, and in Communist eyes I have, become tainted by the influence of the Western world.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19480329.2.56
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 26731, 29 March 1948, Page 5
Word Count
142WARNING FROM PRAGUE Otago Daily Times, Issue 26731, 29 March 1948, Page 5
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.