European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse The t a r and tripes feature Section Cardinal Mindszenty with 1956 Freedom fighters in Palace courtyard before finding Refuge at the . Legation. A photo Mindszenty still in Budapest Refuge hungarian police maintain guard on . Legation but reports say the Cardinal is not anxious to leave by Carl Hartman a staff writer 1949 ordeal Church head flanked by guards at trial. Up 1956 Welcome to Cardinal. Keystone Anit time in the past two yours that Josef Cardinal Mindszenty has looked out from his Refuge the american legation in Budapest he has seen two kinds of cars parked outside. The american and West european models of the legation staff Are mostly big and shiny. The others smaller scattered and somewhat Shabber have Plain clothes officers of the hungarian police at the wheel ready for a Chase if he should Ever break for Freedom. Chances Are slim that they will got any action. According to the Best reports. Car Dinal Mindszenty is not eager to leave. The austrian Border is 100 Miles away and in real life american diplomats shun the methods of paper Back thrillers. The Cardinal was jailed in 1948 on charges that he was a spy and a Black marketeer. Freed by anti communist Reb Els in 1956, his Liberty lasted Only a week. Early on the morning of nov. 4, 1956, he left his Palace on Budapest s Castle Hill. He made his Way to the . Legation past the soviet tanks that were plough ing through the City. In a few Days the revolt was put Down. After that a step outside the legation door would have meant prison for him again and perhaps a new trial for counterrevolutionary while he stays in the five Story building he is technically on american soil and untouchable. Fortunately for his Comfort the legation has a comfortable three room apartment designed for the occasional use of the . Minister. The office of the present Mission chief Garret Ackerson jr., charge d affaires is Only two doors Down the Hall. The biggest room in the apartment is a Bright one on a Corner. It serves the Cardinal As a parlor office and Chapel. The main piece of furniture is a Flattop state department desk which becomes an altar when he says mass. From his windows the Cardinal can also see the lawns Trees and romping children on the Square ironically named Freedom place less agreeable parts of the View include hungarian police patrols and a big soviet War memorial which is often the site of Wreath laying by pro Vincnt communists. If he bothered to look one sunny Day last Spring he could have seen both soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev and hungarian loader Janos Kadar commemorating Hun Gary s liberation Day. Whether he spends much time gaming out of the window is one of the Many questions that the legation staff won t answer. Apparently under the strictest or front. On Pago % 3 Ujj ii i 3
