Background Report on Hungary from 1957 to 1961: Includes Large Number of Issues Related to the Political and Economic Life of Hungary

Background Report on Hungary from 1957 to 1961: Includes Large Number of Issues Related to the Political and Economic Life of Hungary

Radio Free Europe

Hungary -- History -- 1956 -1962 -- Sources

Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Refugees

Reports

Records of this digital collection were assembled to document the work of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary established on January 10, 1957 by the United Nations General Assembly for the purpose of investigating the 1956 Hungarian revolution.

Principal contributor(s): Radio Free Europe

Héderváry, Claire de

OSA Archivum

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1961

Héderváry, Claire de

United Nations. General Assembly. Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/rights/rr-f.html

English

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osa:69d134b5-586f-4463-ad3a-96ba4c929b52

Discusses Communist legal philosophy and decrees; describes different factions inside the Communist Party; relationship between Kádár and Khrushchev; relationships with Tito and Yugoslavia; some democratization since 1960; limited criticism allowed, but fundamental critique of the system is ruled out.

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Hungary