“Fred, what exactly do you expect to happen in Estonia?” “Wildfire, Mary. Think about the way it spreads. Why did the Hungarians rise up? Because five days before they did they heard about some Poles in Wroclaw dragging the Soviet flag through the gutter. Eisenhower should stop trying to calm things down. He should be fanning the flames.” “I’ll tell that to the next Young Republican who calls.” “Get ready for a new birth of freedom,” said Fred, more sonorously than usual. “Fred, I need to go. Fuller wants something,” she fibbed. She hung up the phone and put some lotion on her hands. Two
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