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...court hastily adjourned for 20 minutes to give Kostov a chance to read his confession over. When the court reconvened, Traicho Rostov, a colorless little man who looked like a small-town schoolmaster, still firmly stood his ground. For the first time in the weird history of Communist show trials, a major defendant had stepped out of the part assigned him and had yelled defiance till the end at the hidden author of the script.*Defendant Kostov provided some biting lines of his own. Questioned about Tito's police chief, Alexander Rankovic, he said: "I went to a banquet...
Unbelieving Ears. As Kostov walked into the great hall of Sofia's Military Club, which had been rigged up as a courtroom, high Communists in the spectators gallery sat back smugly, waiting for him to cringe before his judges...
...Kostov would not play. When charges of espionage and treason were read to him, he cried: "It is not true!" Stunned, the presiding judge asked Rostov if he repudiated his earlier confession. "Yes, I do," said Rostov quietly...
Thieving Eyes. Kostov was whisked from the courtroom. His co-defendants knew their parts, and stuck to them. Ex-Minister of Finance Ivan Stefanov, who confessed that he had been a spy for the British since 1932, passionately demanded that the Bulgarian people be on the lookout against such public enemies as himself...
...three days, the Bulgarian press was too dumfounded to mention Kostov's defiance. Then Moscow's Pravda reported that the startling words of the "despised Anglo-American spy" with the "thieving eyes" had aroused great indignation. Taking their cue, Sofia papers expressed great indignation at Kostov's "impudence...