YUGOSLAVIA: The High Price of Friendship

In the days of his exile from the fold, nobody stomped on that "fascist dog" Tito with more enthusiasm than Hun gary's bullet-headed Matyas Rakosi. He eliminated his enemies (notably former Foreign Minister Laszlo Rajk) on the charge of "Titoism" and missed no opportunity for verbal abuse of Tito himself. Then Big Brother told all good Communists they had to be nice to errant Little Brother Tito—or else. It was Tito's turn, and he demanded Rakosi eat a full portion of crow, and be quick about it.

Rakosi was naturally reluctant. He dutifully found a Beria-type scapegoat, his own ex-police...

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