Word: murders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When William R. Polk '51 flies to Greece in January to attend the trial of the men accused of his brother's murder, he will be starting the next chapter of a tale of international intrigue that has steadily been building up in intensity since the corpse of correspondent George Polk was found floating 150 yards off shore in Salonika...
...were set up to conduct a dis-interested investigation of the killing. The Overseas Writers Association, under Walter Lippmann, sent General William J. (Wild Bill) Donovan, of wartime Office of Strategic Services fame, to Greece to find out who killed Polk. And the Newsmen's Commission to Investigate the Murder of George Polk, representing about 20,000 working newsmen in the U. S. and Engand, has been raising money to send a team, to include William Polk, to Greece to track down the killers. The former group hoped to bring pressure on the Greek government to make an honest attempt...
Polk felt it necessary to make clear that he had no political aims in mind in wanting to go to Greece, and was interested in tracking down his brother's murderers, whoever they might be, in order to prevent other reporters from being intimidated by the threat of personal violence. He felt that since his brother's murder, most American newsmen in Greece have ceased to report news that any political faction might dislike, for fear that their sources, or they themselves, might be killed in retaliation...
Twice the Greek Government has announced that it has found George Polk's slayers. The first time their announcement fell through. Then, on October 17, the Government accused four men of the murder...
...call France. A young intellectual-idealist has been selected by Moscow to assassinate the national party leader (Boyer), who is believed to be preparing a compromise with the government. Before the agent can do this, his wife falls in love with the intended victim. He finally commits the murder just when he finds her in the arms of the leader...