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Other U. S. publicity efforts gave a similar picture. The delegation's exhibit, according to Warshaw, was visited by "some thousands" of people; he and his photographs describe it in detail. It included...
This alteration of the exhibit was one of the few cases where group pressure was able to change the policy of the delegation for, as Warshaw points out, the U. S. group worked in "an internal atmosphere of fear and suspicion. "The suspicion and mistrust within the group," he states, "worked against democracy and fair play...
There were definite majority attempts to silence dissenting delegates. First example of this "pressure," as Warshaw calls it, came after the opening speech of the delegation. The speech had been dutifully reported in the Hungarian Press, picked up by the U. S. embassy and included in its daily press summaries. These in turn were given to the U. S. delegation for distribution to its members. This was a regular service of the Embassy; it sent the Steering Committee of the delegation 150 such press summaries every...
...August 23, in a meeting of the entire delegation, Warshaw accused the Steering Committee of withholding the U. S. press summaries. (Another delegate took notes on this meeting: Warshaw now has them in his possession. A third delegate has confirmed their accuracy.) The girl who had made the opening speech admitted that the summaries were not being distributed, and stated that "we are not here as agents of the State Dept., and we are not here to disseminate their propaganda." Shevstated further that the release was "slanted and mistranslated...
According to the notes on the meetings, 'Warshaw cut in and stated that the Steering Committee was wrong in claiming mistranslating. He said that he would like to read the translation along with the official Festival copy and compare them. The chairman said that the committee shouldn't discuss specific differences but principals.' Someone also said 'you have to see the incident in its total context...