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
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.
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
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.