The committee asked Witness RRR questions in connection with his earlier statement. Witness SSS made a statement about Kádár's attempt to form a coalition government (4-6 November), and the Soviet intervention. Witness TTT, accused in the Rajk trials, made a statement about the trials. The committee asked him about the interrogations. Witness UUU was also expected to play an important role in the Rajk trial. He gave a statement on the torture he was subjected to, how important personalities of the revolution were captured and held prisoners, and the executions after the revolution. The committee asked him about the sources of his information and the names of his informants.
Context
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 Fifty-Ninth Meeting (Closed)", 10 April 1957. HU OSA 398-0-1-6602; 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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