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(David Ames) writes:


Reshevsky didn't go to the Budapest 1950 tournament because Americans
were then forbidden to go to Hungary.

I don't know what to make of it, but Reshevsky himself
later denied this. He was quite adamant about it.

There has got to be some source on the government's position.

Keep in mind that Raoul Wallenberg was arrested in Hungary in 1945
even though he was a Swedish diplomat. Nothing was known of his
whereabouts. If the national government cannot guarantee the safety
of an accredited diplomat, then the United States government would
have presumably been unable to secure the safety of our citizens
there.

And, if I recall correctly, Cardinal Mindszenty, a Hungarian
churchman, was secured in the United States embassy in Budapest.
Given what was then known about Soviet-bloc governments, it would not
have been inconceivable to take Reshevsky hostage in exchange for
Mindszenty.

If Reshevsky meant that it was his choice not to go to Hungary despite
our government's position, I would not doubt him. But his passport
would have been lifted if he went; of that I am quite sure.

David Ames