Excerpt from Communist Espionage in the United States; Testimony of Frantisek Tisler, Former Military and Air Attache, Czechoslovak Embassy in Washington, D. C: Hearing Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session, Released May 10, 1960 In April 1945 I left this work again Without permission and returned to Prague. In the early days Of May 1945 there was a great deal Of sporadic resistance to the Germans, and I joined a group of such resistance fighters. Our resistance activity was short-lived and did not last more than five or six days, because the Germans capitulated at this time and the war was over. That represents a brief summary Of my life during the major portion Of the German occupation Of Czechoslovakia. Mr. Arens. Would you briefly tell us now about your military career up to the time that you received training as an intelligence Officer? Mr. Tisler. AS I previously mentioned, I entered the army as a draftee On October 1, 1947. My basic training lasted until November 15, 1947, at which time I was selected to attend the reserve Officers' school at Klatovy. I attended this school until mid - May 1948, and while I was at this school, I was promoted to the rank Of corporal in December 1947. I was subsequently promoted to sergeant in F ebru ary 1948. I received field training at Boletice from May to June 1948, and then my next significant assignment was the army airborne train ing center at Straz pod Ralskem near Ceska Lipa. I attended another school there, and then entered the regular infantry Officers' school at Hranice On October 5, 1948. -i graduated from Hranice on August 17, 1949, with the rank of 2d lieutenant. I was then assigned to the regular infantry Officers' school at Hranice as an instructor. It was about this time that the school moved from Hranice to Lipnik nad Becvou. While I was at the infantry school, I taught infantry tactics and supervised a platoon Of students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.