SANDERS, 3 YEARS IN RED JAIL, RECOUNTS EVENT OF ARREST - RELEASE BRITON DESCRIBES WAYS OF COMMUNIST JUSTICE WITH ROUTING SHEET

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 17, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: September 17, 1953

3-finders, 3 Yours in Red 1cal,
Pccoutrts Events of Arrest
t Released Briton
Describes Ways of
Communist Justice
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Ey Kenneth Sheppard
oc....r�on N...socot� A::in�es,
LON-DON. Sept. 14.-Three
dsts alter Edrar Sandars walked
e .1 Pe:0!..$ tt*.e IN:mm.4n border
e.-ay home to lanaland. I
sat aith him in a tiny room In.
� Lr:/-en hotel. No loner:: v:as
s' the bewildered. tiracempt ;0-
la,rat p:itoncr who had been
s-iimr. 13 years solitary con.:
fr�ment and then teen suddenly!
psritoaed.
11-re was Edaar Sanders. the'
11:::ich busines�rnan. irranacu-:
Vas ls lit fl-st loll leier.iew gate
Il;or Sailers, aiiiiia bUS:IICSS�
rsft. mict �01 Sentenced to 33
ram int espicnese chor9es y a
Ilaif4ISi Court in la47. He vas
,.lxese a lea weeks ego end ro.,
h in England.
lately dressed in a new liaht Voaeler Picket! 1'p. i "They searched me: took all "2 was so r.ervera�-: and rain::
� rr.a. valuables--my rine. marette neen �In �a court ttfare-i"-t:
6.14
I -and told tarn ithit Kul Kip- - �1,1iii;a1rmlacknotiv.....sta,� alai
' paned. .
I"I told Imo that I.eara 1..1 "Can yrat Iniaain- .taae a,
1 to be n:11":1-,1 itt any mama', t � liae -- (inert in: i a an. t:',I; :, r�;
, na the *last at ila- Mali:caw: af :oar,. aa,:aiy ..,,,.. ..�,:n...,
' the Intai 1..1 t iota.; zsawciaiu Lye- lea:sant: ' you aaata: a,rate.,:!.....,.�
I. tile. 1 also arrarracd with Ilan they m t. were ti ya
that: . , the time they had
,
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' I. I should report to him in me I was tut mIis. irailtal to-a:a
. person at micalay and at 6 p.m. taulta�
every day. , They did not. In fact. 7`r
. .
: 2. Shotild I not appear niter eallY tortuie mc-aut
, a five-minute !an. he would -n LII:�catcned.
,
. to my villa. craltet all my !Jc- **General Gabor Peter.
I lOnranas and take them undar of police. visited in..
:the care of the Dritish consulate. Lien time ne t:atatenct At 10 10 minutes to G that 1 snr.cte If� ea_tch d o
pthysi.acanue
isyilote ca..::;:ro
1Ifrz: t.--,::.
eventne I an. on my way
'report that I was still *free al. ea�e false answera.
��� though I had 'arm tailed all data aDuaina all ta::: Lime, ..._.a.
N/Y shadower thoualit he WaS un- were tinny: to bit-al: my ne.--.�� '
� :,1 : � - seen, but he %VAS a clumsy id- was never alone. at*.. stoc.at.:c.::
ty 'low. was with me m;::: and csv.
"About 40 yards short of the �A' few days bcfc:e the
.
British consulate. just as I was another man came :::to
.� a.% !about to cross the road. a sTr.:1:1 . Fe:. three whole day: he inter. --
.aar'..aaaaa, :private car drew up. Out jumped eated roe and se -c aze. tr.
man who told me in Ge-- � my ansvrers. That naan
.;'1 am a policeman. 1..11 you step out to be my a;e.
';into the car?' �- "It came to ,a :itch when 2
; the restaurants and 1-. ars I used "Strut:T.1in: was. I knew. us.c- . thonaht they st�onit stact
more Cr less as clubs in which less. There were two of them. trcatna; ate. I had r. liver c.-..-=-
1 I me: my friends. I never de- Ten minutes later I was in the plaint ar.d I was eatinr. act-a
; viated from these places. :political prison. ; little I was t-r�a*�� - r --a-r- -
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EDGAR SANDERS.
troan suit, a cream shirt. and "Voiteler. - was leavir.a Buda- case. even my key chain. Imerro- . could not stop shaaate. I atkea
brew rt tie-a Sanders who had ;es'. for V:enna on Fiaday.. No. ithablet to take Otaanz
r.ot feractten h.ov: to laaah. to vemaer 13. 124a. He -aa-as picked aation $tarted ern for t s
ay ra
t-e al:1y at the expense of Ms up ity the po'.itical naaate same- Queationea Three ninths. the trial to stea nay mt.:-
y raartr a.t...:.--lt--a
1st. "hosts;" a self-asaured San- where canside Buda; The rera a
ra
est-I never ' "For three orahs exactly'the . . .- - - - - � ....� � .. a....
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d.rs. kr.ew where. . � � interroaation cent:nue:a I v:as . tile ;ate nit a cia.
... - -
n r.y .
Pas face still .bore the pallor -I didn't know of his Re:lett picked up on Na...crnblbr 21. 1942, di ot do an etra.
I:: the prisen. But he talked. How :until two o'clock the next 'nom- i and my trial started on Febraary Durir.; his trial
h. talked!. ! intr. Saturday. w'a.n I war. Is. IS50. � � � I agreed with every =tat cf !mar.=
laar three and a half :.'ears he � waa:c...led t.4.- h Ttille.. ...- ......- .............-.
the te:ea:......e. It "Inten.ciattlen usually came at -
had been an oyster. no: allowed was :.....:.5..yeae:!:.. 5-- laante0 nieht. When- a :7:17: :S :: 0: so a:ett. Dr' Cs ..'a Al3Pi: :::":".:'::ci
to sets or speak to hts fellow' to know where he: ',arc;a.. aaa. a.t.ion. la:tea anara�-a be- Ala,' was the .rna.:-. a-no ha:
pii..aners. riot even allowed to.' .,.... . . . . .. - -.�-_, . . . prosecuted Caadine. alincar a-a
C" tnat Saturday ino:----e � tzeen six ana at ncura nons-ap �
tai4 to his guards. who v:atealed. ,..,., v ,- bee-.
saa-a-v is aeatha "a-'o� and took pia:. in the small. cold.
-.'..,. n'allt end day, except to .'"', - '`` l� "7. � ' ..� . � . . . - - � '.1.1 Sa�alars 2:.^ 4,�^-2=:.:e�:
, l7:..5 r.:occi trial wita aar. San- ura�eniliaied ce,, where I wits ; - � � --- - -- ---- -
*A for his meals a: to renew � � . . � Mr. Vogeler. and r -cc! a a.m-
. dersi. was arreszeo in her fat. tnen jailed. - . .
tar. Looks.. - ' ber of o"cais ,� ,':e. 1::::.--- a:
- - . - . 1 The detectives then went straieht � "I had to sleep on bare boards � .. � � '-� .:
- with only the semblance of ted- � Britisn .1Illitary :.-..talc.a.
Glad to hear Own Voice. ! to ray caace. collected all my
Now he talked like a an to ' fles. took thera a'aay, ar.ci :rave clothes in tile midst of a bitter I (See SANDEP.S. l'alie A-3.1
c ham It was very satatfying just ale a reCe:;r.- .. ,
80 1:r.'T his own roicc alain. -We did not a-cark on Satur-;
In linneary. he !aids. his nrni, days. but I was r.otifted by tee- l
tia. Arne:lean-owned Interns- Phone at my villa by the house- I
ttanal Standard Electiac Co.. to- keeper of the flat in which my :.
tether with other forcien arms otter. was situated, My home- �
In the country, had teen in dan- keeper. Anna Khettel. witnessed
sr: er balite nationalized. . the receipt for my ft:es. � �
Naactiations were sta.:tad. The i "Then I knew' I should be
dtalt stercernent was iratiaied : picked up. I knew it was only
aral sent to New York. There was a matter of rarne. I was just
a d�-sr.; and the Ilunearian goy- : waiung for the political police
eintnent bee-ante itr.ratient. i to pounce. ' . I.
� "Itatarrt Vender (who was sen- : "I spent the week end Pack,
trn.-ed to 15 years and was re- ' In: all my odds and ends and
1/...�J In April 19511' was always ' I left instructions with ray
and eoinz between VI- . hat:at:keener what to do after �
r��:ti and Buciape.t." said Mr. my airest. a
'ear% "I was in temporary "On Monday mornint. Novern: �
tI 1:ar of the Budapest factories. ber 2. lala. I reported the arrest �
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t -t 1 a.�1 tat a technical man- of my sccietary. and the takma-
aav ii:. acct.:I:Italia Voacler was � away of my faes. to the Antrria
r:-. tn.:nee:4c chief. in charee can Emisaasy-as my company
et Vienna and Budapest lac- ; was Annerican. 4
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I "They were very surprised I
� II- liAs folloited aiound all was st::: at large! .
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- . it was oncn shadow- �
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v - ettneried to act on your. Went to D:itiAt Consul. .
: � ! ���� : .1.10:11 thine I went to the
� 1 *'� I "'as shadowed only Fisineh contul. it. Comdr. P.evall
I pi r :nine be- Ca. aten Earn:in-a Lou: h litt.e
.' '.� tI-4 Paliticel police knew � L.,linian and a :cal nice fcilowli
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liunlary. and a British t.-cien-
tist who never even existed. He
confessed that his job for the
firm in Burhipest was merely a
cover for his real activities.
Explains Confession. �
' Why did he "confess" to ab-
surd charges?
Because." he said. "when
many clues:ions arc tred rapidly
one after the other you get
giddy, turning constant mental
some-saults, and before you
know where you are you in
statements which arc later called
con fessions." On February 21. MO, Mr.
Sanders heard Sunrcrne Court
Judge Olty Nen:cm:0 him to 13
years' imprisonment.
, For the next three and a half
years Mr. Sandcrs was completely
itatcd. Ho 1:::cw Mr. Vo::eler
was In the next cell but one, be-
cause he recognized his foot-
0 P. lot LA _9 MEE
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IIESTRIC
is
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for a box of ellocalat'l.f.
"and I was given a: *.; 'Ls � --
most expensive mate
gary."
His neit cell had a bed
spring mat-tress: h:
to choose hiA own
menu. was given
clay. At .f.rst he v.-as
exercise for an hr.:.
was cut eventually to 23 -_
a day.
Now that he is I.:irk b: ;77--
land lot:- the first
years what ore his: ',""k"
"A holiday�a Ion:
want to buy suiti. : _
things for-myself. a :. �
"And I hope
Sanders will be
news is concerned.-
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