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Vice President Richard M. Nixon Is Proud of the “Magnificent” American Efforts “to discharge American responsibility in meeting the needs of the Hungarian refugees” After the Revolution of 1956 by Richard Nixon

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Title: Vice President Richard M. Nixon Is Proud of the “Magnificent” American Efforts “to discharge American responsibility in meeting the needs of the Hungarian refugees” After the Revolution of 1956
Author: Richard Nixon
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 3/1/57. On October 23, 1956, a student demonstration against the Soviet-dominated regime in Hungary became the first serious challenge to Communist authority since the Soviet Union drove the Nazis out and occupied Eastern Europe at the end of World War II. The demonstrators marched to the Parliament building in Budapest, where Hungarian State Security Police detained a group of them who attempted to enter the radio building to broadcast the students_ demands. The police then fired on a group of demonstrators who demanded their release and killed a student. When demonstrators wrapped the body in a flag and paraded it in central Budapest, violence erupted, and news of the event provoked unrest throughout the country. The pro-Soviet government collapsed, and a new government disbanded the State Security Police and announced its intention to withdraw from the Soviet-run Warsaw Pact and to hold free elections.The Hungarian Revolt was one of the crucial events of the Cold WarOn October 31, the Moscow newspaper “Pravda” stated that the Soviet government was “prepared to enter into the appropriate negotiations with the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and other members of the Warsaw Treaty on the question of the presence of Soviet troops on the territory of Hungary.” That same day, though, unwilling to appear weak to the United States, Soviet leaders reversed course and decided to take military action to crush the rebellion. In the early morning hours of November 4, Soviet troops invaded Hungary. The free Hungarian government fled, and by November 7 the Soviets installed János Kádár as the new Prime Minister. In six days, the Soviet military completely crushed the revolution. More than 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet soldiers were killed. By January, the new Soviet puppet government had suppressed the opposition. However, meanwhile, large numbers of Hungarians were fleeing the country, mostly headed for Austria.This unfolding drama received hour-by-hour press coverage throughout the world, with film footage appearing every evening on the news in the U.S. and elsewhere. The invasion, with its graphic depiction of Soviet tanks on the city streets in Hungary clashing with demonstrators, destroyed the Soviet argument that Eastern Europe was voluntarily within the Soviet sphere. It also confirmed to those in the West that there was a real Cold War at hand, and that the Soviets were the aggressors, as they could only hold their people by force. Strong anti-Communists, like Richard M. Nixon, then Vice President in the Eisenhower Administration, seemed confirmed in their judgments.By the time Hungary’s borders were sealed, 200,000 refugees had fled the country. Of those, approximately 180,000 went to Austria, and another 20,000 went to Yugoslavia. The refugees needed care and resettlement, and this required a massive effort, led by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 37 nations on five continents accepted refugees, with the plurality - 40,000 - going to the United States. Llewellyn E. Thompson was U.S. Ambassador to Austria, so to him fell the main responsibility for managing the American effort to care for them and arrange their resettlement.Lewellyn Thompson was one of the most important American diplomats of the 20th Century. After two years at his post in Vienna, he would become the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War, serving two separate tours in the administrations of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson, and then acting as advisor to Richard M. Nixon. Few Ambassadors faced as many crises as Thompson did in Moscow - the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over Russia, the great confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union over Berlin and the building of the Berlin Wall, very difficult summits between Soviet Premier Khruschev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, the August 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, and tensions over the Vietnam War. But there were also steps toward better relations. At Thompson's suggestion, Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet leader to visit the U.S. in 1959. Thompson helped arrange (and was present for) the 1967 summit in the U.S. between President Johnson and Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey, after the Six-Day War in the Middle East exacerbated tensions. Also in 1967, the Soviet Union and U.S. agreed to begin cooperation in space, with the joint Soyuz-Apollo program. The first treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was signed on July 1, 1968.Thompson’s stint as Ambassador to the Soviet Union began in 1957 when President Eisenhower appointed him to the post. President Kennedy reappointed him in 1961, which was a tribute to Thompson, as new presidents usually name their people to the top diplomatic posts. He ended his first tour in Moscow in 1962, when President Kennedy brought him home to Washington to become his Ambassador-at-Large, as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council, advising the President on Soviet affairs. Shortly after returning to Washington, Thompson provided President Kennedy with advice that was crucial to avoiding nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Johnson reappointed him to the ambassadorship to Moscow in 1967, and he served until 1969. He came out of retirement to advise President Nixon on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) negotiations with the Soviet Union and represented the United States in the SALT talks from 1969 until his death in 1972. He thus was able to provide valuable insight into Soviet thought to four American presidents. Secretary of State William P. Rogers called him “one of the outstanding diplomats of his generation.”From December 18-24, 1956, Nixon traveled to Austria to get first hand accounts from Hungarian refugees, and inspect their conditions and aid requirements. Thompson aided him during that trip, and Nixon was grateful.“You can be proud of the magnificent job being done under your able direction to discharge American responsibility in meeting the needs of the Hungarian refugees in Austria.""Typed Letter Signed, on Office of the Vice President letthead, Washington, January 3, 1957, to Thompson.“This is just a note to tell you how deeply I appreciated the generous hospitality which you and Mrs. Thompson extended to me and the members of my party during my recent visit to Austria. Due to your efforts and those of your staff, I was able to accomplish my inspection mission in a limited period of time, and I am grateful for the many courtesies which were extended to me.“You can be proud of the magnificent job being done under your able direction to discharge American responsibility in meeting the needs of the Hungarian refugees in Austria. This compliment is meant for you and your permanent staff of all nationalities and agencies, as well as those who have come from other countries on short notice to meet the need for additional help, the wives and families who have been working long hours as volunteers to relieve hardship, and the hundreds of American and international relief agency workers. All of you have shown a wonderful spirit of dedication in rendering public service in the highest American tradition, and I was highly pleased to find this same devotion to duty and deep interest in the refugee problem reflected among American personnel when we stopped in Munich, in Prestwick, and in Iceland.“It was a pleasure for me to report to the President on your splendid activities, and I know he would want to join me in saying – “well done, keep up the good work.”""Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our very best wishes for the New Year.” The accompanying envelope, which is still present, bears Nixon_s printed free frank. It was not mailed and therefore evidently was delivered by diplomatic pouch.This letter comes directly from the Thompson descendants.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER by Chaucer, Geoffrey

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Title: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
Seller: Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
Description: The Clarendon Press and Henry Frowde, Oxford, London and New York. 1903. Beautifully bound in three-quarter vellum over marbled boards. Octavo, 732 pages plus useful 147 page glossarial index bound in at the back. Ornamental spine in the Art Nouveau style with gilt twining stem and flowers. Title and publisher labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endleaves, matching the paper used on the binding. Pictorial frontispiece. Aside from minor soiling, this is a superb example of the Book Arts that flourished at the turn of the twentieth century. This edition of Chaucer's work is edited from numerous manuscripts by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat, noted scholar and professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge University. Prized for their beauty and representation of literary achievement, these bindings have become difficult to find in fine condition.

Kingery's Celebrated Peanut Roaster and Warmer Combined [and] Peerless and Giant Freezers by [Broadside]; Kingery, S.S.

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Title: Kingery's Celebrated Peanut Roaster and Warmer Combined [and] Peerless and Giant Freezers
Author: [Broadside]; Kingery, S.S.
Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Cincinnati, OH, 1882. Two-sided advertising broadside, (29.8 x 22.2 cm.). Illustrated advertisement, printed on both sides. For Cincinnati, Ohio purveyor S.S. Kingery. On one side, Kingery promotes a combined peanut roaster and warmer. Includes description, capacity, ordering options, and testimonials. The other side advertises two types of ice cream makers, the "Giant Freezer" and the "Peerless Freezer". Some very slight edge wear and fold creases, fine condition. [OCLC locates no copies; not in Romaine].

Exhibition card: Carl Andre at Wide White Space (8 January-4 February 1974) by (ANDRE, Carl)

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Title: Exhibition card: Carl Andre at Wide White Space (8 January-4 February 1974)
Author: (ANDRE, Carl)
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: Printed on both sides. Card. Brussels: Wide White Space, 1974. Invitation card for Andre’s 1974 show with Anny de Decker and Bernd Lohaus’s gallery. Near fine. ❧ Y. Pettitallot, ed., Wide White Space: Behind the Museum, 1966-1976 (1995), Exhibitions no. 80 (pictured).

CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE: A CATALOGUE OF WORKS by (Balanchine, George. Kirstein, Lincoln (preface by).

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Title: CHOREOGRAPHY BY GEORGE BALANCHINE: A CATALOGUE OF WORKS
Author: (Balanchine, George. Kirstein, Lincoln (preface by).
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Description: NY: The Eakins Press Foundation, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. As new copy, in clear acetate wrapper, in light cardboards slipcase as issued. 4to, tan rough-weave cloth, green label w. gilt titles spine, 407, (2). Inscribed by Lincoln Kirstein on the colophon in rear with best wishes to a friend and supporter and dated by him October 1983. The Russian-born Balanchine (1904 - 1983) was the leading choreographer of American ballet and founder of the School of American Ballet. Lincoln Kirstein (1907 -1996) was an American writer, impresario, art connoisseur, philanthropist, and cultural figure in New York City, noted especially as co-founder of the New York City Ballet.

La Vestale Melodramma in tre Atti di De Jouy Tradotto in Versi Italiani da Giovanni Schmidt ... Rappresentata per la prima volta in francese al Teatro dell'Opera a Parigi il 15 Dicembre 1807 e riprodotta in italiano all'I. R. Teatro alla Scala in Milano il 26 Dicembre 1824 Canto in Chiave di Sol con accompto. di Pianoforte Riduzione di Remigio Vitali ... 23125 ... netti Fr. 15.-. [Piano-vocal score] by SPONTINI, Gaspare 1774-1851

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Title: La Vestale Melodramma in tre Atti di De Jouy Tradotto in Versi Italiani da Giovanni Schmidt ... Rappresentata per la prima volta in francese al Teatro dell'Opera a Parigi il 15 Dicembre 1807 e riprodotta in italiano all'I. R. Teatro alla Scala in Milano il 26 Dicembre 1824 Canto in Chiave di Sol con accompto. di Pianoforte Riduzione di Remigio Vitali ... 23125 ... netti Fr. 15.-. [Piano-vocal score]
Author: SPONTINI, Gaspare 1774-1851
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Description: Milano: F. Lucca [PN 23101-23124], 1870. Large octavo. Quarter dark brown calf with textured black cloth boards, spine in gilt-ruled compartments, titling gilt. 1f. (recto decorative title, verso blank), 1f. (recto contents, verso named cast list), 5-465, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved. Named cast includes Loreto Garcia, Elisabetta Ferron, Vincenzo Galli, Berardo Vinter, Claudio Bonoldi, and Giovan Carlo Beretta. Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped. Minor to moderate foxing; minor worming to upper margin of free front endpaper and first two leaves. First Italian edition of the second version.

La Lanterne Noire. Revue de Critique Anarchiste. Troisième annèe, no. 9 (December, 1977) by [ANARCHISM - FRANCE] DUTEUIL, J.-P. (ed)

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Title: La Lanterne Noire. Revue de Critique Anarchiste. Troisième annèe, no. 9 (December, 1977)
Author: [ANARCHISM - FRANCE] DUTEUIL, J.-P. (ed)
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: Paris: J.-P. Duteuil, 1977. Octavo. Staple-bound wrappers; 68pp. Single issue in original wrappers. Mild external wear; Near FIne. Includes article, signed "Agathe," on "Anarchisme et Feminisme," reprinting the Manifesto of the Barcelona anarcho-feminist group Mujeres Libres. Text entirely in French.

Zap Comix #7

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Description: (n.p.): Print Mint. 1974. Second printing, with 75 cent price. Mild rubbing to covers; very good. Softcover. Very Good.

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