In the Communist world, which celebrates by the numbers, fall is a festive season. But between observance of the October (1949) Communist victory in China and the 40th anniversary of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution in November, the Reds this year must pause to mark a new anniversary. The date is Oct. 23, and it is no Red-letter day. On that day last year Hungary's freedom rebellion broke out.
Last week, betraying a certain nervousness that the anniversary might touch off some kind of sorrowful and sullen demonstration, Minister of State Gyorgy Marosan told 5,000 members of the armed Red...
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