Miscellaneous - This Day That Age   

dated June 20, 1958: World reaction

President Eisenhower declared on June 18 that the feeling of revulsion throughout the non-Communist world over the execution of former Hungarian Premier Imre Nagy was going to be a very great obstacle to negotiations with the Soviet Union. The President told his press conference that the execution of Mr. Nagy and his associates in the 1956 Hungarian revolution was clear evidence that the Soviet Union intended to pursue a policy of terror and intimidation. The President commented that anything of this kind that shocked the whole free world so much was detrimental to fruitful negotiations. He was asked if, in view of the executions, there was any value in continuing his correspondence with Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, on a possible Summit conference. The President said he could not answer categorically and would want to talk with his advisers. But, he added, the whole thing had been a very big setback to his hopes.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Cartoonscape
The Hindu Crossword 9255
Solution to Puzzle 9254
Features of Bhakti
dated June 20, 1958: World reaction
dated June 20, 1958: Banking in India
Weather

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu