Senator Hruska of Montana has asked the State Department to explain why the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization is helping Hungarian Premier Kadar out of his present agricultural crisis. Of the FAO’s funds, 31.5 per cent come from the United States….Last public figures on the Hungarian purge: 89 death sentences, 41 executions of last year’s freedom fighters…. The recently concluded Hungarian-Soviet military pact calls for a cut in the Hungarian army from 240,000 to 50,000 men.
Egypt’s new espionage law provides the death sentence for a multitude of offenses, including rumor-mongering and insults to the President…. Soviet – Egyptian trade increased about ten times during the first four months of 1957, but Egyptian officials indicate they are not pleased with the quality of wheat, crude oil and kerosene they are receiving from the USSR…. Jordan has banned all Egyptian newspapers and magazines because of continuing attacks on King Hussein in the Cairo press.




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