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...swiped it, later raffled it off in Durham through the sale of some 2,000 tickets at threepence apiece. Exulted one of the thieves: "For once, the Dean's name will be used to aid a worthy cause." The raffle proceeds were turned over to a fund for Hungarian relief...
...West Germany, the Free Democratic Party denounced RFE's operations as "a crime against humanity." Embittered Hungarian refugees and Free Democratic Party papers took up the cry. Said Bonn's Freies Wort: "Irresponsible promises of help and aggressive propaganda of RFE carry a good part of the blame for the blood bath in Hungary." At RFE's Munich headquarters, European Director Richard Condon denied the charges: "In no broadcast did RFE incite to armed revolt or indulge in cheap, inflammatory propaganda. In no broadcast was the promise of active help by the West given...
...insurgents, but only after actual fighting had begun: 1) full reporting of the violent attacks in the U.N. on the Soviets; 2) full coverage of protest action throughout the free world; and 3) news from isolated freedom stations. U.S. policy advisers were also hard put to keep angry Hungarians on RFE's staff in line. But the broadcasts were tame. Sample: "The fight has begun and it is going on-not only in the streets but also in the hearts and souls of the people. No matter what the outcome of armed conflict, the Hungarian people will...
...flood tide of criticism began to subside, ex-Ambassador Joseph Grew, RFE's boss (as chairman of Free Europe Committee, Inc.), angrily fired off a statement charging: "It is an insult to the brave Hungarian people to suggest that they have responded to any other influence than their innate love of liberty...
...trying to serve Moscow in its coverage of the Hungarian rebellion, London's Communist Daily Worker had a rebellion on its own hands last week. Of its 30 staffers, four quit and 19 signed a petition protesting the paper's whitewash of Soviet brutality. Angriest of those who quit was its star correspondent, Peter Fryer, fresh from his assignment in Budapest itself. The others: Political Cartoonist "Gabriel" (real name: James Friell), Features Editor Malcolm MacEwan and Film Critic Patrick Goldring...