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...Prague, Reporter Oatis did not put government handouts on the wire without trying to check them first or add background material. He had his first big runin with the Czech police when he tried to find out the home address of a speaker at the Prague Youth Conference who was listed by the Czech government as a U.S. delegate, although he had viciously attacked America. Later, four of Oatis' Czech assistants mysteriously disappeared. On April 22, Oatis himself reported to the U.S. embassy that he was being watched 24 hours a day. Next day he was kidnaped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Kangaroo Court | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

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