(SANITIZED)SITUATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA - JANUARY 1949 (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100010053-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: January 30, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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sunday, ~D dan 1949
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Dear Friends,
Here is some news from hom�~
. ~n attempt at armed uprising has actually been made, during the Ch~ist~
mss holidays at that, as good cor~unists g�t leaves then, The whole pE~tech
' was prepared in Prague! i,n ~ilovice~ and, I thinks in Fardub~.ce as wello
It might have aucce�d�d' but it was betrayed by a certain Qo~.onel who has
l c~'tc~~'~t
been far the deed. This indicates that aI"ter all tha arrests a
r�mnant of the argani~ettion remains, dediaeted to the punishment of #~e-
traitor. The communists are afraid of this. Hox great their fear is can
ba seeA from the fact that the eriioie Hi-adu"airy ward, in ^luding the s,~ ~
~ wap arrested onw fine morning, aid the Hradaany was a~.osed all day. The
arrested persons were reportedly sent to Slovakia at one�, wh�re their
trail '~~i,eh~8~s a at is con~+~at~Ted that they ar� already in si8.
Perhaps you mew that the student group that was arrested ~.th bundles
of anti�ao~~�anist literature was betrayed by ane of th� students, but he
did not live to see ~hristmaa. The police did not catoh the people who
~.lled h~.m,
students of i.n$titutss of .~.gner ! ea_*'~~:g aTG ra~:z~ ~ vei- jr uaa ~~.~uQ, _
They were all checked and a groat number were expel~.ed who were about to
graduate. Thane who d~.d not rant to loin the party ~rere alb. thro~m out
peremptorily
lawyers are also in a bad ways they must all sign a paper, in addition
ao ~ oi.ni.ng the party r to the effect that they will give their entire office
to the nearly founc_led Lawy~rs~ ~ni.on. Their number is to be
r~~tr~ ~t~d to a _~n~
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"'7~ m�nths- and ~a fram 2 0~o to o.Q�G crowns irta a fund from which the
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any ane aha dose nQt rror~ in a factory o~ offiQe aoneec~uently an
�ntrepreneur end has no right to food aa~rde~ but he dose not aiah to
ste~e to deaths he sill hens to pay 740 to 1,00 arcane per month xor
free market ie a bi ~eaindle
theca out of hie oan poaket~ The ae a+~.led .
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~.ntendied b~.y tq e~traat ec much money Qe possible fr�:n the ~;e4ple to ,
h ~`i4 �Yesr Plen. At no ti~ae during the German boCUpetion see
finance t ~
. our oountry ao bsdly ofi' edaz~om~.aay as it ~.s rio~. They are trying t6 ,
' et rep materiel and, machinery from the feet, end what the Q~ ie no ~.ang�r
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~S.lling to give us they are looking for in Itely~ ~enae, Saeden~ ,end ~
~~.teerlend. They ere chiefly laoking i'or bell bearings, e3~raraft,and
automab~.l~ spare parts RL1a~3.~ s�~.d �~s tiro plene~ off' ih l~vush~.z~ tam
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is in Prague end it has not been definite~.y turned oQer to u~.
1~orele amoag the R~or~Cing people is eery lo~~ bath in factories end.
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~~adceny as to the outcome �f th~a I~.~a�Year Plenr $nd by nog there is rib ~
4~., a ~ ~s~~1h~~~ hrr~ak~ A ~hn ~rnt~1.c~ nt~~ dolbt ~t8 ~ubCeB~.
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l em only t~ienkf~i~. that 1 he~ve managed to a~_~d ~ois~.ng the communist
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