TRIESTE: Don't Shake Our Trees

When the world's No. 1 Communist says that a document is "a fabrication of the enemies of the people and agents of imperialism who entered the ranks of our party by deceitful means," a Communist who had a hand in preparing that document might be expected to stay quiet. Not so Vittorio Vidali, Communist boss of Trieste. No sooner had Vidali read Comrade Khrushchev's fulsome apology to ex-Comrade Tito last week than he was ready with a counterblast that denied it all. "Our surprise at that statement," wrote Vidali, "has been enormous. Our party has been shaken ... in...

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