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...Freedom Is Suffocated." Tito, by releasing the archbishop, obviously hoped to better his standing with the U.S.,* from which he wants military aid. The gesture did get him favorable headlines-but it did not satisfy the Vatican. Stepinac's new status, while "less hard" than imprisonment, said a church spokesman, is mainly "polvere negli occhi" (dust in the eyes...
...church still wants Tito's regime to recognize Stepinac's innocence. It regrets Belgrade's reference to "the former archbishop"-no state, in the Vatican view, has the right to elevate or depose a prelate. Finally, there is the fate of the Roman Catholic Church in Yugoslavia. Said the Vatican's Osservatore Romano: "Another bishop, His Excellency Monsignor Peter Cule of Mostar, is still unjustly held in jail . . . Fully 200 priests and religious are in prison. Seminaries are still held requisitioned, and monasteries and convents are still confiscated . . . Freedom of worship ... is suffocated...
...private audience, a visiting Congressman recently asked: "Marshal Tito, when are you going to release Cardinal Mindszenty?" Tito smiled, apparently waiting for the Congressman to correct what must be a slip of the tongue. It wasn...
...Russia's first admission that the Soviet Air Force is actually operating in Hungary, as Tito has repeatedly charged...
When Hungarian Correspondent Tibor Merai spoke contemptuously to Levi about Tito, the Yugoslav retorted: "Where was [Hungarian Deputy Premier] Rakosi when our peoples were fighting for their liberation? In a hotel in Russia eating caviar, while Tito was fighting in the mountains." Sputtered Merai: "You call yourself a Communist...