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...revolution; they were at peace with the mighty Soviet Union and hoped to remain so-Hungary's bloodshed was only a drop of what the world would suffer in a total war. The explanation was not one which Hungarians were in a mood to understand. A convoy of U.S. diplomatic women and children and civilians left Budapest for Austria. Correspondent after correspondent hit the road, swinging precariously through the roadblocks. Said TIME Reporter Edward Clark: "In the space of eleven days I have seen Hungary pass from a Soviet satellite state, through independence, to become an occupied country...
...This week, as the Russians launched their all-out attack on Hungary, the correspondents' problem was not getting into Budapest but getting out. Many made it to Vienna before the Soviet drive began. Those who did not took shelter in the U.S. and British legations, or joined a convoy of diplomats' families only to be held up near the Austrian border by surly Soviet tankmen. A Russian tank major summed up the menace to newsmen in the latest turn of the Hungarian story when he growled: "I would particularly like to shoot reporters and diplomats...
NASSER'S troubles are far from over, but any responsible assessment of the canal crisis must include the probability that the Egyptians are able to run it by themselves. At 0730 on the dot, placed 14th in a 24-ship convoy, the Coraggio swung free at Port Said. Egyptian Pilot Ibrahim el Shiaty, who speaks good Italian, barked his first orders: "Avanti adagio, venti a diritta" (Slow ahead, 20 degrees rudder to the right). We moved slowly past the statue of Canal Builder Ferdinand de Lesseps with bronze arm outstretched, past the white-colonnaded canal headquarters where the green...
...Balcony. Egypt was left with 65 pilots (only 33 Suez-seasoned). Could they and a gradually trained group of volunteer pilots handle the flow of ships and the tricky 103 miles of water without stalling traffic or blocking the canal? At 2:30 Saturday morning the first full convoy of 13 ships pulled out of Port Said with Egyptian pilots. "Give us more ships; we'll take them through," shouted one pilot as he took his tanker into the cut. A second convoy of 29, the largest in months, headed north from the Red Sea entrance and arrived...
Into too many Laborite minds sprang a vision of a convoy of tankers led by British warships shooting their way along the 103-mile canal. Above the uproar, Eden's voice rang out. "In the event [of Egyptian interference]. Her Majesty's government and others concerned will be free to take such further steps as seem to be required, either through the United Nations or by other means, for the assertion of their rights." "What do you mean by that?" shouted Laborite S. O. Davies. "You are talking about...