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    "ocrText": "-6-\nThe US denounced this flagrant outrage against international\nlaw and comity as \"arbitrary, inhumane and a clear denial of\njustice. II In a note delivered to the Hungarian Minister for\nForeign Affairs on De cember 20, a copy of which was also handed\nto the Hungarian Minister in Washington by Under Secretary of\nState James E. Webb, the US Government accused the Budapest re-\ngime of \"inaction, evasions and bad faith\" and warned that \"the\nabsence of a satisfactory settlement of the matter must inevita-\nbly affect other aspects of United States-Hungarian relations. \"\nThe note dismissed as \"wholly false\" the charges of espionage\nand sabotage against Mr. Vogeler, and accused the Hungarian\nGovernment of being motivated by \"ulterior purposes in this\naffair. \"\nThe note stated that the US Government was taking steps to\nprohibit travel by private American citizens to Hungary until\nfurther notice because the conduct of the Hungarian Government\nover a considerable period of time, and specific.lly in the case\nof Mr. Vogeler, \"compels the conclusion\" that American citizens\nare no longer free to transact normal busines , or to visit, in\nHungary \"without suffering surveillance, arbitrary arrest, and\nother intolerable molestations at the hands or the Hungarian\npolice authorities and other infringements of their rights. \"10\nYugoslavia: President Truman Says US Opposes Aggression\nAgainst Tito. -- The President said at his press and radio\nnews conference of December 22 that the US was just as opposed\nto aggression against Yugoslavia as any other country and just\nas favorable to the retention of Yugoslav sovereignty. He\nadded that his statement about aggression did not represent\nany change in US policy toward Yugoslavia since it had always\nbeen US policy to oppose aggression against any country, no\nmatter where situated. 11\nIV. FAR EAST\nChina: Secretary Acheson Discusses Recognition of Commun-\nist China. - At his bress and radio news conference of De-\ncember 7, the Secretary said that while the US was having con-\nstant consultations with other governments, it was not at this\ntime even considering recognition of the Chinese Communist re-\ngime. He added that no decisions, no conclusions, no recom-\nmendations would be made on the subject without the fullest\nconsultations with the Foreign Relations Committee of the\n12\nSenate and the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House.\n10-\nPress release 994, Dec. 20.\n11\nPress release 40, Dec. 22.\n12\nPress release 44, Dec. 7."
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