TRANSCRIPT OF BROADCAST BY FULTON LEWIS, JR.

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• Publication Date: February 13, 1958
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TRANSCRIPT OF BROADCAST
By
Fulton Lewis, Jr.
Station WGMS at 7-7:15 P. M.
13 February 1958
Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, let's take another look at
some of the defectors from Free Europe operations overseas, for-
mer employees or connections with the organization who've de-
fected and gone behind the iron curtain, particularly those
whom I listed in my syndicated column last October and whom
the Crusade for Freedom and the Free Europe Committee, in
their present drive to raise funds, are trying to repudiate.
I gave you documentation night before last on the case of
Marie Vvorokova, straight from the Free Europe files in
Munich, with the document item number and complete identifi-
cation of the record.
Tonight let Is take a look at the case of Ladislav Zaplikov(?),
whom I said was secretary of the association of Free Czecho-
slovakian Refugees, and I quote directly from that column.
As such he was custodian of all records, files, and informa-
tion obtained from refugees, including much material about
the Czech underground at home. When he left, he took every-
thing with him. He presently is in Prague in a top position
in the premilitary training organization Svazarm. Now that's
the end of the quote from the column.
This installment tonight is especially important because
it illustrates the tricky manner in which the Crusade for Free-
dom splits hairs to make the truth appear to be what they want
it to be and not what it really is, as you will see. In their so-
called fact sheet, attempting to defend themselves from the facts
as I have exposed them, this what they have to say about this
Zaplikov case,,quote: Ladislav Zaplikov--he was never em-
ployed in any capacity by Radio Free Europe)nor did he have
any connection whatever with Radio Free Europe. There is a
record of a person of this name who was a representative of
the American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees in Italy, who
redefected to Czechoslovakia in November of 1955."
Now,once again, my correspondents in Munich have supplied
me with the file on Ladislav Zaplikov from the Free Europe
headquarters in Munich, supplied it by microfilm and by photo-
stat,,and I have that file before me. Once again to be help-
ful to the Free Europe 'cloak-and-dagger playboys in New York,
in case they're interested, this is labeled item no. 9832-55,
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and I'll repeat this for them later if they want to get a
pencil and paper and write it down, a little service we have
on this program. Priority, APDI 2-608-K3. Copies to Messrs.
(garble), Walker, Griffiths,Chamberlain, (garble) and Transla-
tion schools. Then underscored the following title: The Case
of Czechoslovak Refugee Zaplikov, representative of the__He_r_f=
ccaan un or zec os ovakR ugees and the Czechoslovak Commit-
tee in Italy.
Appended to this is a four-page closely spaced report
from the Free Europe reporter correspondent in Rome, Italy,
done in the Czech language, but,,on the first page in English,
is the following English synopsis. Let me read it to you.
"Zaplikov, representative of the American Fund for Czechoslo-
vak Refugees in Italy, left for Czechoslovakia on November 3,
1955. Up to the last moment, he played the part of the per-
fect official, seeing to all the needs of the refugees in the
San Antonio, Italy, camp. However, we have now learned that he
has been in contact with the Czechoslovak ambassador in Rome
for some time and often went to visit someone in Salerno. He
also received express letters which did not bear the sender's
address. On October 28, anniversary of the foundation of the
Czechoslovak Communist Republic, Ladislav Zaplikov left the
camp for Rome, he stayed at the Czechoslovak Embassy for two
days, and took with him the agendas of the committee and the
American fund for Czechoslovak refugees. This material was
photographed and copied. Before leaving, Zaplikov left the
archives at the Salerno police station."
Now you'll recall the statement in the Crusade for Free-
dom fact sheet which I read you that Zaplikov was never em-
ployed in any capacity by Radio Free Europe, nor did he have
any connection whatever with Radio Free Europe. This is tech-
nically true. Zaplikov never was employed by Radio Free Eu-
rope and never had any connection with it. What he was con-
nected with was the collateral branch of the Free Europe Com-
mittee in Munich, the Free Europe exile relations operation,
headed by a man by the name of Bernard Yarro in New York, a
Russian-born individual who was reported to be a great friend
of Secrety of State Dulles and at one time connected with the
Dulles law firm.
The connection with Free Europe exile relations was that
this FEER, the exile relations, headed by Mr? Yarro, supports
the Czechoslovak committee in Italy, of which Zaplikov was
the representative. The statement of this Crusade handout
tries to leave the impression, of course, that Zaplikov had no
connection whatsoever with the Free Europe operations by
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stating that he had no connection with Radio Free Europe. It
does not mention that he had very much of a connection with
the Free Europe exile program and mentioned only the first
of the two connections listed in its own file on Zaplikov,
the American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees.
You can judge for yourself whether this is forthright
information that the Crusade is feeding to its sponsors, its
contributors, and the public. Now to go a little farther in
this matter, I've had a translation made of'the full Czech
language report from the Free Europe correspondent in Rome,
the English synopsis of which I've already read to--you. And
it might be helpful to have some of the gory details about Mr.
Zaplikov from the RFE reporters own unexpurgated account. Here
goes..."On October 28, early in the morning)Zaplikov left with
Kass for Rome. Before this he was trying to find someone in
the camp who would lend him a bigger suitcase. That day he
carried along with him two suitcases in which he had the en-
tire files and records of the Czechoslovak committee--this
is the(one set up and supported by the Free Europe outfit--
and of the American Fund. These files contained all communi-
cations over the previous five years. They returned to the
camp in a half drunken condition. In Rome, in the Communist
Czechoslovakian Embassy, the entire files and records were
photographed. (They admitted this to some of the people in
in camp.) By way of corroborating this, parts &f the infor-
mation and records have since shown up conspicuously in Prague,
with the most important paragraphs marked.
The situation among the Czechoslovak refugees in the camp
from that time until his departure was very strained. They
were whispering that the relatives of other refugees who had
been in contact with Zaplikov and who had entrusted him with
confidential information would now be persecuted in Czechoslo-
vakia. Some of the refugees went to police and asked if they'd
seize the material from Zaplikov, and they were assured that
this would be done and that he would not be permitted to leave
the country with them,. And he actually did return the original
files to a police station before he defected back to Czechoslo-
vakia. (Unfortunately, however, the whole mass of documents
had been photostated or microfilmed in the embassy and the
police never got these because they knew nothing about it.)
The Czech language report goes on in some length to give
further details of the activities and background1explaining how
he covered virtually every refugee camp in. Italy from time to time
and interviewed the refugees, getting all possible information, and
he was doing this as the representative of the Free Europe-sup-
ported Czechoslovak committee in Italy--on the payroll of that or-
ganization. This was the material which he took back to Czechoslo-
vakia and the Communist Government.
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Now let's look back again to what the Crusade for Freedom
is telling its sponsors and its officers and the corporation
officials whom its attempting to put the bite on for big con-
tributions and the public in order to make it appear that the
facts, as I have presented them, are not true. "He was never
employeed in any capacity by Radio Free Europe, nor did he ever
have any connection whatever with Radio Free Europe. There
is a record of a person of this name who was a representative
of the American Fund for Czechoslovak refugees in Italy who
redefected to Czechoslovakia in November 1955." But the fact
that he was connected with the other Free Europe committee is
carefully concealed.
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