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Article: The dove flies East: Whitehall, Warsaw and the 1950 world peace congress.
- Article from:
- The Australian Journal of Politics and History
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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Just after 2pm on Sunday 12 November 1950 a young marathon runner, Stan Horsham, was chased by scores of London police. In what was reportedly "an amazing scene" he was pursued through side streets from Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square. He was part of a relay team that had started in Sofia and was to end in Sheffield--the site of the second World Peace Congress due to open the next day. He carried a "peace baton" bearing the now familiar emblem of a dove, designed recently by Pablo Picasso. (1) The police caught, arrested and charged Horsham but not before he passed the baton to a motor cyclist who, in mm, was hunted by two police cars through back streets. Some time ...