WORLD IN BRIEF : CZECHOSLOVAKIA : Accused Leader of Party Reinstated
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The former chairman of the Czechoslovak People’s Party, who was accused of having worked for the secret police under the ousted Communist regime, was reinstated as party leader. Josef Bartoncik, also a member and former deputy chairman of Parliament, was suspended as chief of the conservative party in June because of allegations that he was a paid agent for 17 years. Members of a special committee of the People’s Party voted for reinstatement.
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