Word: prochazka
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President implied to Prochazka that the Communists had murdered Jan Masaryk, asked for the release of U.S. Newsman William Oatis...
...eyed Vladimir Prochazka, who arrived in Washington as Czech Ambassador last August, got bawled out by President Truman* and vanished three months later, was reported back in Prague and in jail. Comrade Prochazka, loyal party member since 1923, seemed to be a victim of guilt by association: his brother, Jaroslav, former chief of the Czech general staff, is suspected of treason...
Later, correspondents crowded about Prochazka in the lobby. Did he and the President discuss the Oatis case? Said Prochazka: "No comment." Did they shake hands? "Yes, of course," said Prochazka. "What do you mean...
...What do you mean?" demanded a reporter. "It's a simple question." In a stampede of reporters and photographers, the pale, bespectacled Prochazka climbed into a limousine and escaped...
...summons to the office of Secretary Acheson. He was there 29 minutes. That conversation was also reported at second hand. Secretary and ambassador discussed the Oatis case; Acheson made it emphatically clear that he did not understand the attitude of the Czech government. Once again, outside the office, Prochazka was confronted by belligerent reporters. One of his aides shouted: "Is the ambassador going to be restrained by force?" To questions about Oatis, Ambassador Prochazka said angrily: "From the juridical point of view [the case] is closed. We will not be influenced by any kind of pressure, economic, political or propaganda...