Word: matejcek
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...York. Since the February 1948 coup in Prague, Acting Deputy Consul Vladislav Matejcek and his colleague, Arnost Fried, had been mulling over when to break with their Communist government. On the same day Dr. Rudzinski mailed his resignations to the Polish U.N. delegation, Matejcek and Fried mailed theirs...
...Czechs, too, asked the U.S. for asylum. Tall, good-looking Matejcek, 40, brushed off reporters' questions about a "sailing order" said to have been handed to Fried. "Those recall orders," he laughed, "are ludicrous. They don't exist. You get a phone call, are escorted to a plane or ship, never even given your tickets, and that's the last that's ever heard...
| 1 |