Word: arrested
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that they might know where the four were. Field refused to answer, with the usual chant that it "might tend to incriminate me." Judge Ryan replied: "The witness is obligated to disclose the identity of people for whom he acted as trustee, because their disclosure may result in the arrest of the fugitives...
...week for Communists and Communist angels alike. Seventeen second-rung Communists, who were arrested last month on charges of conspiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the Government, also appeared before Judge Ryan for arraignment. They were released on bail-$171,000 of it supplied by Field's outfit, $5,000 from Field's own pocket. Another four had eluded arrest and disappeared. It was a good guess they were in touch with Comrade Gus Hall and friends, somewhere...
...brick headquarters in Khorramshahr, twelve miles from Abadan. An associate, Nassir Gholi Ardalan, hurried behind. Beaming, Daftary said: "We're moving into our new offices, upstairs." They marched into the rooms of General Manager Eric Drake, who had gone to Basra, Iraq, 40 miles away, because he feared arrest on trumped-up "sabotage" charges. In Drake's office, they confronted Assistant General Manager Alec Mason and five other top British executives. "Ah, gentlemen," said Mason, "you have come to talk with us?" "No," said Daftary, "we've just come to move into Mr. Drake's office...
Drink & Women. Back in Germany, Wollweber became boss of the Comintern's maritime division and organizer of the worldwide courier system on which the Comintern depended for its life. As a respectable front-and a means of getting immunity from arrest-he got himself elected to various parliamentary bodies, where he won a reputation as a dull orator and, socially, a bore who told long stories of his exploits with drink and women...
...ladies & gentlemen of Bangkok's diplomatic corps. The first inkling of trouble came when a fluttery British lady in long gloves and a floppy picture hat was approached by a smooth-shaven young Siamese marine, who said quietly: "Please step to one side, Madam. We are about to arrest the Premier...