The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 57, No. 310, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 7, 1950 Page: 3 of 12
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TUESDAY MARCH 7 1950
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Shipkov Goes
He Confesses
To bpionage
Sofia Bulgaria 'March T UP)
Michael Shipkov former Bulgarian
tranilator in the U. S. legation
confessed yesterday to a peoples
court that he had spied for
America under the personal direc-
tion of former U. S. Minister Don-
ald H. Heath.
(The trial opened only two
days after the V. 8. state depart-
ment had released a dramatic
affidavit aimed earlier by Ship-
kov revealing bow Buis Brian
police had extorted a false con-
fession from him by ruthlessly
. brooking dawn his win. Ho had
requested that the affidavit be
made public in order to dear hie
name in the event tt m trial
. which he evidently felt was in-
' evitable.)
Shipkov and four other Bul-
garians pleaded guilty and con-
firmed the written confessions of
spying they had made to investi-
gating police before the trial. A
co-defendant with Shipkov was
Kivka Rindova farmer telephone
operator at too U. S. legation.
Also .on the dock were Stefan
Kratukov - India - Txanov -and
.Vassil Nalchev.
Shipkov . told the ' court that
Heath minister in Bulgaria until
Grady County v.
Legal News -
Assignment ef OU and One Leases
P. F. and Sara Cola to Deep
Rock Oil Corp. fl. W(4 NW ll-S-8.
. P. F. and Sara Cole to Deep
Rock Oil Corp. $1. Ni NW 23-4-8.
OU tnd Gm
Joe E. and Effie Bell to Stano-
lind Oil Co. 210. SW SW: SMt. SE
SW: NR SE SW 11-4-8 expiration
March 14 1955.
. James and Anna Bell to Stano-
tfaa U. & broke relatione with that 1 lind Oil Co. 210 SW SW: Sib SE
country aqd closed its legation in SW: NE SE SW 11-4-2 expiration
Sofia last month had inspired March 14 1955.
In me the conception that the. Wilson and Norene BeU to Stan-
present (Communist-led Bulgar-. olind Oil Co. 210. SW SW: SVi
tan) regime is transitional." . . I SE SW: NE SE SW 11-4-2 expir-
He said Heath had "underlined atom March 14 1955. "
that the United States are actively" W. F. and Hattie King to C. K.
interested in toe return of west- Lambert 21. EH SE: Nft NW 8E
am democracy to Bulgaria." -My
official mrk la the lega-
tion was interpreter Shipkov
declared adding that "my nn-
. official activity ' consisted In
gathering information for
American Intelligence."
He then cited several eases of
espionage' .activity in Which he IBS ft. thence N 51 deg. 47 min.
declared he indulged from 124S E 26.0 ft. thence N 52 deg 04 m in-
on wird. uten E 50.2 ft. thence on a SO
"I distorted slandered and cal- deg. curve to left 85.0 ft. thence
umnaited toe initiatives of the.STT ft S thence 107.6 ft. W to
fatherland' front" he told the! point of bg. (1.04 sc.)
.court. Jasper H. and Lola Maria Mead
He told of how he had gone to Ji
Heath hfter being questioned by rwi.a?0 ' '
the authorities in 1949 telling of -rT Ann o Jeph
his fears of being arrested. He said wDirn I
at Heath's wrnaHm he tank 10. Lots 0 and 8 Blk: 85 City
at ueatni suggestion he toqk H Q r to p . McCuY-
lough W" ' TO. W 60 ft Lot S
Blk. 100 Cfty. - "1
George .est and Vcnetta L.
Kell to William M. Boxley WD
210. E 50 ft Lot 1 Blk. 102 City.
Robert and Ruby May Fulton
to Curtis Jr. and Betty McAdams
WD 210. N 50 ft. Lot 5: N 50 ft
of W 40 ft Lot 6 Blk. 175 City.
Pete Richards and Margaret to
very well toward him and had wdTIo slpfL
shown a "very humane attitude. 7 Blk. 178 City. 9 t'Lot
Lillie Miller to Bernard
mtatpn Lowe QCD l. part of Lot
I Blk. 236 Chix deee: Bg. at
Shlpkovs affidavit made while
ha took refuge from police in the
U. S. legation told vividly of the
methods the police used to break
him down until he agreed willingly
to return to the legation aa a spy
for them.
'Hie graphic description wae
said by U. S. officials in Wash-
ington to east a light on how
full and willing confessions were
wrung from aaeh prisoners as
Josef Cardinal Mindxenty and
American bnainesaoun Robert
'Vageler who wen sentenced to
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Hungarian courts after calmly I
pleading guilty.
He told of how he was grilled
for 12 hours by a team of seven i
interrogators who took turns '
questioning him slapping him and '
hitting him in the back of the 1
neck with toe edge of the hand.
He wee forced to answer questions i
while balanced on two fingers'
against a wall. -And
after a time- of1 this I.
broke down ha said in the affi-
davit. "I told them I was willing
end eager to tell them all they
wanted. The main appeal la to
end tot pain to stop needless
futile resistance ana to come
nearer the moment when they
would let me in peace.
The state department released
the affidavit Saturday at his prior :
request after declaring It was con-
vinced Shipkov was either dead
or being held on trumped upj
chargee. His coming trial had not!
yet been announced in Sofia.
point
42 ft. and 8 in. N of SW comer Lot
3 thence E 10 ft thence N 4 ft
thence W 10 ft thence S along
W. boundary line of Lot 3 for 4
ft to place of bg. :
E. W. and Veda Bridwell to
Lois Bennett WD 210. Lota 2. 2.
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. BF. and Del ms Sparks to E.
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Lots 12 13 14 15 Blk. 29 Sparks
1st. Add. City also 10 ft strip
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Grace Gamble to Ethel M. Walk
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Blk. 18 Sparks 2nd Addn City. .
Jana Martin and Tillie M. Mc-
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City.
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except S 8 ft. of Lot
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