Graham preaches to 28000 in Hungary on bridge-building visit
Billy Graham concluded a bridge-building trip in Hungary with five sermons in Budapest Debrecen and Pecs and an outdoor rally attended by about 28 000 people Officials described the trip as unprecedented in postwar Eastern Europe It marked his first visit to a Moscow line Communist nation and raised hopes for further Soviet bloc invitations while Hungarian authorities permitted extensive preaching though the Communist Party forbids church activity by its 750 000 members The preacher said he plans more visits and believes people can worship in communist countries despite government controls