Hungarian Heritage Review, 1991 (20. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1991-01-01 / 1. szám
George Polk, Kati Marton learned, was an American journalist who did not accept governmental press releases as gospel, and, in order to report both sides of the civil war story in Greece, he actually went behind communist lines to conduct interviews. He also dared to report governmental abuses and corruption, and even threatened to expose the financial manipulations of then Foreign Minister Constantine Tsaldaris. There is no question that his presence in Greece at the time was annoying to the ruling junta of Greek Royalists, and it is logical to assume, from the circumstantial evidence, that they arranged to have him liquidated just before he was to return to the U.S. It is the "story-behind-this-story" that Kati Marton has revealed in her noholds-barred, 371- page thriller entitled: "The Polk Conspiracy", which was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and is now available in libraries and onsale in all bookshops. It is, indeed, quite a read! RUTGERS UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR ADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGY PRODUCES NEW TYPE OF COMBAT RATIONS FOR AMERICAN TROOPS IN SAUDI ARABIA WITH HELP OF HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN PROCESS ENGINEER Dr. Alex Sigethy explains processing of Combat Rations to delegation from U.S.Department of Defense [A Newark Star-Ledger Photo by Jennifer A. Huisnizer] NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY - A large delegation from the Logistics Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, which is responsible for providing combat rations for "Operation Desert Shield" troops, recently visited the Center for Advanced Food Technology at Rutgers University. The purpose of their visit was to inspect and to be briefed on new food production machinery developed by staff scientists and to ascertain what improvements in combat food production processes has been made. Set up to help find ways and means to develop production methods for combat rations and civilian foods, the "Combat Ration Advanced Manufacturing Technology Demonstration Site", as the facility is called, has already produced "the meal ready to eat" (or MRE). It comes in a pouch, does not require refrigeration, and lasts for years without spoiling. Soon, American troops serving in the Middle East will be receiving combat rations developed here at Rutgers University. —continued next page 8 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW JANUARY 1991
