The Communist Subversion of Czechoslovakia, 1938-1948: The Failure of Co-existence 9781400879632

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THE COMMUNIST SUBVERSION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, 1938-1948

BY THE SAME AUTHOR Tito's Communism. Denver: University of Denver Press, 1951 Danger in Kashmir. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954 Poland Between East and West: Soviet-German Diplomacy toward Poland, /9/9-/955. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1963

THE COMMUNIST SUBVERSION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1938-1948 The Failure of Coexistence By Josef Korbel

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Copyright © 1959 by Princeton University Press London: Oxford University Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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INDEX students, χ 60; CPC policy opposed by, 176; elections and, 190; February 1948 crisis and, 230, 235 Subcarpathian Russia (Carpathian Ukraine), 14; BeneS' letter on, 106; Benes' memorandum on, 84-85; Be­ ne!,' to Molotov about, 112; CPC on, 27> 77> 101-105; governmental dele­ gate in, 100-103; Maisky's assurance on, 78; National Committees in, 100101; recognized as part of Czecho­ slovakia, 78-79; secret messages from, 107; Stalin on, 85; Stalin letter about, 105

Sverma, J., 35, 41, 7 2 Svetovy rozhled, 36 Svoboda, General L., 124, 199, 223; February 1948 crisis and, 231; in the government, 1945, 116-117; infiltra­ tion supported by, 147, 166-167; re­ appointment, 1946, of, 155 Svobodne slovo, 58, 143 Sychrava, Lev, mn Teheran Conference, 98, 240 Third International, see Communist In­ ternational Threlfall, Colonel, 71 Thumel, Paul, 55 Titoism, 28 Tolstoi, Alexei, 51 trade, nationalization of, 237 trade unions, 15; CPC abuse of, 241; CPC policy in, 156-159; Congress, February 1948, of, 205-206, 210, 221; Gottwald on, 136; intervention in armed forces by, 168; on nationaliza­ tion of industry, 164; parliamentary representation of, 151; press under pressure of, 144; Slansky on, 186; in Slovakia, 188; during WW II, 53, 156; see also factory councils Turjanica, Ivan, 100, 101 underground movement, communist, 54"57> 67; attitude toward Czecho­ slovak independence, 73-75; coopera­ tion with Gestapo, 57-67; organiza­ tion of, 54-56; democratic, 67 (or­

ganizations of, 53-55; wartime record defamed, 171-174) United Nations, Czechoslovak delega­ tion to, 178 United States of America, agreement on administration of liberated terri­ tory, 127-128; Army in Czechoslo­ vakia, 127-129 (CPC version of in­ tervention by, 129); CPC's attack on, 43, 186 (praise for, 76); entry into WW II, 50; Marshall Plan and, 185; recognition of Czechoslovak government-in-exile by, 79; transfer of Hun­ garian minority opposed by, 179; WW II policy toward Soviet Union, 47 Ursiny, Jan,

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Valo, Jozef, in Czechoslovak State Council, 75 Vansittart, Lord, 58-59 V boj, 58, 160 Venhpv , 143 Vicherek, General Alois, 199 Vilim, Blazej, mn, 216 Vilinsky, V. S., 222 Vodicka, Jan, 64-67 Vrbensky, Bedrich 1 7 6 Vyshinsky, A., 69, 179; on Subcarpathian Russia, 104-105; transfer of Hungarian minority supported by, 180

Wilson, Thomas Woodrow, 17 Workers' Militia, 159, 209; and Febru­ ary 1948 crisis, 217-218, 220, 227, 235

Yiddish Scientific Institute, Yudin, P. F., 207

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Zapletal, A., 192 Zapotocky, Antonin, 21, 24, 29; on civil service salaries, 205; in concen­ tration camp, 35, 66; and February 1948 crisis, 215-216; as international­ ist, 30; on nationalization of industry, 164-166; on religion, 139-140; threat to government by, 205; on trade unions, 159

INDEX Zavadil, K., 108 Zenkl, Petr, 1 7 1 ; attempt on life of, 187; as Deputy PM, 155; and February 1948 crisis, 214; Benes' conversations with, 210-211, 228-230 Zinoviev, Gregory, 23, 26, 28

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Zmrhal, A., 193 Zorin, V., assurance on Subcarpathian Russia, 104; Benes accompanied by, 120-121, 126; and February 1948 crisis, 212-213, 221-223