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sA s November 1952 - page two =< specially among certain socialist leaders, who do not seem to grasp that today other values are at stake than merely small-sized Party politics, 2. - the great personal prestige enjoyed by Cardinal Mindszenty in the country itself is evident in this publication, as it shows constantly in the many reports we receive from Hungary. His words and gestures are still now frequently quoted; he is considered the leader of the nation; the line of action and the directives he had given are followed faithfully. Whatever manifestation is made in the free world to honor Cardinal Mindszaty and to express solidarity with him is known and finds immediate echo in Hungary. the reason for thea great prestige becomes evident by what has been said zuszÉxz above: people have no use for leaders who compromise or who lose time and energy is small and sterile Party fighting. They want a personality - and have found it in Cardinal Mindszenty - who shows the way, who fights without fearing the price that has to be paid, and who remains a common national hero and not a Party mane This men&ality that wishes the fight and not neutrality and compromise is expressed in one of the slogans quoted by "Magyar Jovo"{Nre6. pe3): "It is not resistance, but submission that provokes repression". 3. ~ People in the East of burope have a keen interest in communist and anti-communist activities in the Weste They are not centered on. themselves, licking their own wounds and complaining about their fate. They are aware that their hope lies in the strength of the West. Communist propp@anda - that is ever present in their lives - tells them a one-sided story about economic and political crisis and about communistic strength prevailing in Western “uropa and Amertéa.e People behind the Iron Curtain want to know the truthe They want to know details about the Western defense, about atomic stmegth and hydrogen bombs, about the attitude of French government anc public opinion in face of communistic agitation, about elections in the united States, about production, markets and prices in the west etece Uf course they want to hear also what communists’ plans and large-scale policies are in the Mast ma for the world; being eager to xkkm Biew such questions from a different angle than the one given through the official propagand they are greatly encouraged too, by finding out that there exists an anti-communist solidarity: be it through manifestations in the Western world or be it in active and passive resistance in other satellites that have a Similar fate to theirsee. These are the news ano items discussed in "Magyar Zovo",. neactions on this specific point have been most favorable; people in Hungary who have read the paper or heard about it, spread the news thus received, as they feel that it correspond exactly to what information they need most and are eager to obtains One of our observers added that he was expressing the opinion of many of his friends in saying that some of the Western radio programs should learn a lesson at the school of "Magyar Hévo". People take an enormous risk in turning on a foreign radio. They should know at least, in doing so, that they will receive news and commentaries that are worth ite 4. " Under communistic oppression, people have developed a keen Luropean feeling, It is due both to a reaction against the prevailing Asiatic
