“Several people were interested in a possible Budapest Olympics and everyone thought that the Hungarian capital would be a great host.”

“We dined with the head of the Italian Olympic Committee ... who confided that were Rome not in the running they’d be cheering the Hungarian bid,” he said, adding that the general view was that Hungary has a great track-record in organising sports events.

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