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...trial of the convicted murderers of George Polk, CBS correspondent, "was not a legal trial, not a legal case--but a political battle between the guerilla Communists and the government of Greece," his brother, William R. Polk '51 claimed last night. He gave his report off the trial at an American Veterans Committee meeting in Phillips Brooks House...
According to the Chief of Police of Salonika, Gresco, scene of the crime, George Polk "was killed by the Communists to defame Greece in U.S. eyes and end American financial assistance to that nation...
Sponsored by the Newsman's Commission to Investigate the Murder of George Polk, Polk left the United States April 5 for Salonika, Greece, the scene of the CBS correspondent's murder and the subsequent trial...
...Polk Was Dissatisfied...
Upon his return to this country June 12, Polk made it known that he was dissatisfied with the trial he had watched. The confessions of the defendants. Evangelos Vasvanos, Gregory Staktopoulas, and Anna Staktopoulas, were not legitimately obtained, Polk said. Nor, in Polk's opinion, did the accused received an honest defense...