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...assure the Europeans that their security is, to us, our own security." At the end of the day, the American party will split up. Secretary of State Vance, accompanied by a delegation of Senators and Congressmen, is scheduled to head for Budapest, where he will return to Hungarian officials the thousand-year-old Crown of St. Stephen, which has been in U.S. hands since the end of World War II. Carter meanwhile will leave for home...
...legendary Hungarian treasure stirs passions...
...kick in the teeth to the Hungarian people," charged Ohio Democratic Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar. "It's a great blunder committed by President Carter," protested Polish-Hungarian World Federation President Karol Ripa. These-and worse-outcries, along with demonstrations at the White House gates, were raised again last week by Hungarian-Americans at Carter's decision to return the Crown of St. Stephen to Budapest. The legendary symbol of Hungarian nationhood, the priceless gold crown is fitted with rubies, and displays exquisitely detailed enamel portraits. Scholars say that Pope Sylvester II gave the treasure to Hungary...
Possession of the crown has been a nagging issue for more than three decades. The Hungarian government has insisted on its return, while the U.S. has maintained that delivery would have to await improving relations between the two countries. Two months ago, the Carter Administration decided that the time had come. The Communist regime of Party Chief János Kádár has paid its debts, exchanged diplomatic representatives with the U.S. and slightly liberalized its authoritarian rule. "Returning the crown is the correct thing to do," says a State Department official, adding: "It belongs...
...Hungarian-Americans oppose Carter's decision. "The crown can do more good on public display in Hungary, where it is a symbol of historical and religious significance," argues Zoltan Gombos, editor of a chain of Hungarian newspapers based in Cleveland. There has been no accurate opinion poll among the diverse community of America's 3 million Hungarians. But so far, the loudest response has been protest. "The crown was given over to the Americans for trust and safeguarding until Hungary is really free again," says Leslie E. Acsay, president of Hungarian House in New York. "But Hungary...