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...Czechs showed what was impossible," a Hungarian intellectual said recently. "We are testing the possible." Last week, as the Hungarian Communist Party held its tenth party congress in Budapest, the country got a good idea of how well it is doing in the test...
...East bloc is whether it passes muster with the Kremlin. Since Hungary is embarked on an economic reform that in some respects is similar to Prague's ill-fated experiment, Hungarians and visitors alike were eager to hear what Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev would say about the Budapest plan of instituting private-enterprise incentives within a Communist-controlled society. His verdict: thumbs up. As long as the Communist Party retains its supremacy in all aspects of the country's life, he said, "the Hungarian party's approach meets with the full understanding and complete sympathy...
Hasty Summit. Just about everyone of prominence in the East bloc was present in Budapest, with one highly significant exception: East Germany's Walter Ulbricht. He stayed in East Berlin to show his displeasure with his Communist comrades for cozying up to West Germany. Ulbricht's truancy brought a growing rift within the East bloc into public view for the first time...
Pisar has served as counsel on many trade deals with the East, including the building of Pan Am's Intercontinental hotels in Bucharest and Budapest. He laments the fact that the U.S. lags far behind Western Europe and Japan in opening up trade with the East bloc. Until now, American corporations have been discouraged by the complexity of dealing with the Communists, as well as by criticism at home from stockholders and customers. The Soviets have sought to buy computers from IBM, but so far the company does not seem eager to do much business with them. Henry Ford...
...great copper statue of a man, Jefferson cannot be legitimately toppled. But he can be melted down legally. Arrested on a rigged Mann Act violation, the champ jumps bail and flees to Europe. There the bruiser becomes the bruised. The retreat starts in alcoholism and ends in a Budapest café where with aching symbolism he "lawzy me's" his way through the role of Uncle Tom on a tiny stage...