Word: legatione
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There was more symbol than substance in the move. Outside the buildings on Sofia's Alexander Stambolisky Boulevard and Budapest's Freedom Square, the LEGATION signs will be taken down as quickly as EMBASSY signs can be found. In both Communist capitals, U.S. ambassadors will replace lesser-ranked...
The new agreements with Hungary and Bulgaria may help salve several irritants. Hungarians privately insist that the fate of József Cardinal Mindszenty, who became the chief cause of contention between the two countries when he was granted asylum in the U.S. legation during the 1956 Hungarian revolution, no...
Eager Red Guards pulled down old street signs. The avenue in front of the Soviet embassy was renamed Struggle Against Revisionism Street. The Gate of Heavenly Peace, scene of Communist mass rallies, became The East Is Red-a favorite Mao slogan. Legation Street, location of most foreign embassies in Peking...
At week's end, the nasty little diplomatic crisis showed no sign of abating. Dutch Charge d'Affaires Jongejans was still a prisoner in his own legation. And rather than submit to questioning by Dutch police, the eight Chinese welders ordered in a truckload of groceries, including a...
A Ton of Rice. In Peking, the Chinese Foreign Ministry fired off angry protests, then in retaliation for the "unjustified and shameful" expulsion of Diplomat Li, ordered Dutch Charge d'Affaires G. J. Jongejans to leave Red China. It was a hollow ouster, for Peking cops promptly took up...