Hungary ' s ex - Foreign Minister , Laszlo Rajk , on being sentenced to death by the Budapest People ' s Court , stepped to the microphone and said his sentence was just. He and seven others had been accused of war crimes , high treason , plotting to overthrow the State and spying for America and Yugoslavia . Photo shows ; The Chairman of the People ' s Court lets Rajk and Szonyi identify a photograph of NH Field during the closing stages of the trial in Budapest . 25th September 1949