Chicago, May 21.
Extraordinary police precaution: were taken last night to safeguard the life of Dr. Eduard Benes, former President of the former Czechoslovakia.
Special police patrols were ordered to guard Dr. Benes after the receipt of a cablegram from an unnamed source in Paris asserting that a "possible assassination has been planned."
Large numbers of police were stationed around the hotel in which Dr. Benes is residing here. Unusual vigilance was noted as police carefully inspected everyone entering the hotel.
Dr. Benes came to the United States shortly after fleeing from Czechoslovakia at the time of its dismemberment by Chancellor Adolf Hitler. He is lecturing at the University of Chicago and at public meetings and has accepted the leadership of a new Czech organization which will seek the restoration of the Czech Rq public—United Press.
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