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...Portugal, where he had lived since 1948. A younger son of petite noblesse, Horthy became a naval cadet at 14, rose rapidly, was made admiral of the Austro-Hungarian fleet after he faced down a mutiny late in World War I. In 1920, as the apocalyptic Red Terror of Leninist Bela Kun burned itself out. Horthy seized Budapest, got himself declared Regent of Hungary, earned the enmity of his country's liberals by letting the bloody White Terror reaction to Kun go unchecked. Virtual dictator of Hungary in the '20s and '30s, Horthy in 1940 made...
...glad to be in the glorious capital of the great Soviet Union," said Gomulka. "Nothing is more important than our fraternal and friendly relations." Then, looking past the microphones, he let his thin smile fade and spoke with deadly earnestness: "The most lasting foundation for such relations are the Leninist principles of equality of rights of small and great nations...
...this game Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito would be useful. He had made himself something of a hero by breaking loose from Moscow, had even won large-scale aid from the West, but he was still a Communist, and his Yugoslavia was still as monolithically Communist as any Marxist-Leninist could ask. He was the man to consult. He could give prestige to "nationalizing" the satellites, and provide a semblance of genuineness. He could help spot the right kind of leaders for the operation. If all went well, letting off a little anti-Russian steam might even encourage the satellite...
...Pravda drawing attention to the fact that trials are still being held for repatriated pro-Stalin Yugoslavs, hundreds of whom Tito is said to have jailed. A later report that cropped up in Warsaw-that the Soviet Central Committee was circulating a letter describing Tito as no Marxist-Leninist, but one of those hated leftist Social Democrats*-seemed to confirm a growing rift between Yugoslav and Soviet Communists...
...overcoming the "cult of the individual." In his 6,700-word address, he heaped praise on the Chinese Communists for their "transformation of China into a mighty industrial power," made only one reference to Mao-but it was a robust one. Mao, he said, is a "distinguished Marxist-Leninist" who has made a "major contribution to Marxist-Leninist theory." Mao appeared content. In the congress' opening speech, he told the 1,122 party stalwarts: "We must never become arrogant and complacent . . . Humility helps one make progress, whereas conceit makes one blind...