The Cold War continues: The Soviet Union invades its satellite state of Hungary. As a consequence of the invasion, Edward T. Wailes, from the United states Legation to Hungary, grants political asylum to Roman Catholic Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, an outspoken critic of both fascism and communism.
Postscript: Mindszenty would spend the next fifteen years living in the U.s. embassy.
[added 9/20/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.
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References:
Role Reversal: How the US Became the USSR—Paul Craig Roberts – ChrisInMaryville’s Blog.htm
chrisinmaryville.net/role-reversal-how-the-us-became-the-ussr-paul-craig-roberts.html
Fifteen years holed up in an embassy – BBC News.htm
www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19470470
József Mindszenty – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zsef_Mindszenty#Confinement_at_the_US_embassy
Edward Thompson Wailes – People – Department History – Office of the Historian
history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/wailes-edward-thompson
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