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...ever visited Hungary, and Margaret Thatcher was determined to make the most of it. Wearing a sable hat and her warmest smile, she set out to thaw the relationship between Britain and the Communist bloc that she had helped to freeze. She called her two-day visit to wintry Budapest last week "the first step of quite a long journey" toward the goal of linking East and West...
...than any other leader of a major nation in Western Europe, sees herself as the person best equipped to serve as a link between Moscow and Washington. "I believe passionately that we share the same planet with other people who have different systems," she said before her departure for Budapest. "We really should try to cooperate in the interests of both our peoples." Associates acknowledge that she is realistic about any role she might play; she knows the real dialogue has to be between the two superpowers. "But we can help," she says. "Or at least not hinder." Her efforts...
...least orthodox member of the East bloc, Hungary was the natural starting point for Thatcher's diplomatic opening. From the moment her Royal Air Force VC-10 touched down in Budapest, the Prime Minister sought to find and build on shared moments in history to strengthen the connections between the two countries. At a gala banquet in her honor, she noted that the Magna Carta of 1215 had been an influence on the Golden Bull, a similar document drawn up by a King of Hungary seven years later. She also noted that the bridge across the Danube near...
...more aggressive in checking the spread of Communism. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles summed up this approach when he told LIFE magazine in 1956 that "if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost." Still Eisenhower and Dulles backed away when Soviet tanks rumbled into Budapest later that year to crush the Hungarian uprising. Eisenhower contributed another idea when he invoked the domino theory in 1954 to justify U.S. economic aid to South Viet Nam. The notion that the fall of one nation to Communist control would send adjacent countries toppling like dominoes lined...
...thousand policemen fanned out in a nationwide search, but in all likelihood the culprits had already escaped to Yugoslavia or Austria, both just 2½ hours from Budapest by car. Although the fame of the paintings will make them all but impossible to sell publicly, some unscrupulous private collectors may relish acquiring them clandestinely. Authorities have already described the loss to Hungary's cultural heritage as "incalculable." The same term might apply to the negligence of the museum. Officials admitted last week that the poorly guarded paintings had not even been insured against theft...