Public hearing of József Kővágó, former Mayor of Budapest, and Major General Béla Király. In his statement, Kővágó talked about the aims of the revolution, the Imre Nagy government and its attitude towards the Warsaw Treaty. He finished his speech by listing the Hungarians' expectations of the United Nations. Király talked about the Soviet intervention, the charges of counter-revolution and fascist conspiracy, the program of the revolution, Soviet political tactics in Hungary during the revolution, the cover negotiations, and the role played by the Hungarian army during the revolution.
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Creation Note:
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): United Nations Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary
Source:
Records of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary: UN Documents (HU OSA 398-0-1)
"Verbatim record of the Fifth Meeting", 29 January 1957. HU OSA 398-0-1-6548; Records of the UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary: UN Documents; Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest.
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