Jaromir Vasicek, attache of the Czech Legation here, who was accused of espionage and declared persona non grata by the Israel Government, left the country by air today, together with his family.
The denunciation of Mr. Vasicek followed by several days the Czechoslovak Government’s expulsion of Moshe Shatz, Israel legation secretary in Prague, on similar charges.
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