Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1951 — Page 4
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; by police. y 72 hours, nothing was trom him. the Com-
punist secret police lot the rest of the world in on their newest plot to humiliate the United
{Bill Oatls, they sald. had been arrested for “hostility” to the Communist regime and as a spy
Shocked At Appearance. . Observers from the American Embassy—ushered to back row seats in the big hall of Pankrac prison—were astonished by Eill Oatis’ appearance. Always deli-
|cate looking—his normal weignt
around 125 pounds for his 6 feet of height—the AP reporter now seemed but a wisp of a man. He stumbled uncertainly because his glasses were gone and he c¢an barely see without them. He seemed not so much dazed as dulled—as if he didn't care what happened to him. Gave His ‘Confession’
The American Embassy had been rebuffed in its efforts to get permission from the Czechs to assign an American lawyer to Bill Oatis. Now a guard nudged the defendant, poked a finger at
against the Czech government U. 8S. Sought Interview
Immediately, the State Department, through Ambassador Ellis O. Briggs, sought the right . to send someone to interview Mr, Oatis. The Czechs were sorry, but Mr Oatis could not be made available for any interviews. Then, asked the U. B. could the American Embassy send him food and other comforts. No, was the reply. For nearly three months Bill Oatis was kept in prison, incommunicado, - before his “trial” What happened to him during ea
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the government. But he flatly denied the only charge that smacked of the wild accusations made against him in the Czech press, He said he knew nothing about “a man named Joe,” involved in the assassination of a Czech security policeman long before Bill Oatls had come to Prague. "Prison Takes Toll
Nevertheless, those nearly three months in prison apparently had taken their toll Of Bill Oatis. For, in his final speech, he sald he was “sorry I went in for
1 listened to the wrong kind of orders from abroad. ..."”
serfsitive, bookish man.
{course, had never seen the man]cutting this to five years.
| before. trial, |charges—a production that would {have been ridiculous if it hadn't been so tragic. . .
Speaking as one who had memorized a piece, Bill Oatis ‘“con{fessed” to acts of routine newsgathering. He had taken orders from AP officials in London and New York to try to find out what had happened to deposed Czech
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a man standing nearby and said court sentenced Bill Oatis to 10! mopd. ferisply, “That is Dr. - Bartos— years in prison. With “good be|your lawyer.” Bill Oatis, of | havior,”
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