VOA and RFE Cold War history, embellished a bit.

"This Dec. 16, 1953 file photo shows Jiri Wertheimer, left, and Zdenek Volf at a press conference in Regensburg, Germany. The two stole a single engine plane from the Prague Communist Youth Flying Club and flew it across the frontier, evading Czech Air Force Messerschmitts and gunfire from Soviet watch watch towers to escape from communist Czechoslovakia in December of 1953. The press conference was broadcast to Eastern Europe by Voice of America and Radio Free Europe as part of the psychological warfare aspect of the U.S. Escapee Program." AP, 27 December 2008. The picture shows VOA and RFE microphone flags of that era. Psychological warfare? Maybe, but the story would have been covered by VOA and RFE as part of their normal current affairs coverage. See also accompanying AP, 28 December 2008. Posted: 29 Dec 2008 Permalink Print