25, 26, 29, 30, 31 October; 1, 2, 3 No vember 4 November 1, 2 November 23, 27, 29, 30 October 31 October 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29 October 31 October 23, 24, 25 October 4 November 2, 3 November 1, 2 November 30 October 1956: 5 November; 28-31 December 1956; 13-16, 19-20 January 1957 28-30 December 1956; 3-11, 13-17 January 1957 29-31 December 1956; 3-6, 9-20 January 1957 16-18, 21 November 1956 10-26 November; 5 December 1956; 5-15, 17-20 January 1957 22, 23 November 1956 5, 12 January 1957 16, 19 December 1956 16 November; 13 December 1956 13-14, 17-18, 20, 22-23, 27, 30 Novem- 14 November 1956 13 November 1956 14 November 1956 20, 24 November 1956 9. Other material of Hungarian origin received from witnesses (a) Memorandum from "Leaders of the Hungarian liberation forces" regarding the views of the "legal Government of Hungary, held captive by the Soviets and the Hungarian people fighting for freedom" (b) Written statements by a witness on : (i) The role of the Hungarian peasants and the Co-operative Movement from 1945 to 1956 (ii) The origin of the Hungarian Revolution (iii) The Hungarian Army and the AVH between 23 October and 14 December 1956 (c) Memoranda of a witness on: (i) Hungarian justice, 1945-56 (ii) The situation of members of the Bar (iii) The situation of workers (iv) The situation of the bourgeoisie (d) Statement of a high-ranking engineer on the "economic exploitation" of Hungary since 1948 (e) Photostat copies of documents concerned with the arrest of several -witnesses and their subsequent release (f) Statement by a Hungarian Communist woman on: (i) Her arrest and treatment in prison (ii) The disintegration within the Hungarian Workers' Party from May 1956 onwards (g) Photostat copies of material issued at the outset, or in connexion with, the mass meeting of the Building Industry Technological University students on 22 October 1956 transmitted by a witness 87 (h) Photostat copy of a leaflet containing 17 demands of the University Youth, issued on 23 October 1956 transmitted by a witness (i) Manifesto and four other declarations of Hungarian writers issued during the revolution; French translation of the issue of Irodalmi Ujság of 2 November 1956; and the issue of 15 March 1957 of the same publication published outside Hungary by the members of the Writers' Union in exile (j) Protocol drawn up on 31 March 1957 in a camp for Hungarian refugees in Italy on terrorist activities of AVH (k) Sketches and notes by a witness concerning the losses of Soviet forces between 24-27 October 1956 in Budapest (1) Memorandum on the discussions which took place on 29 October 1956 at the Hungarian Air Force Command regarding the possibility of bombarding Soviet forces in Hungary prepared by a witness (m) Statement by a witness on the Office of the Hungarian Chief Prosecutor during and after the uprising (n) Ahogy Lehet (As it could be) (Special number devoted to the Hungarian uprising of a literary and cultural review) Paris, October 1956January 1957, Vol. III, No. 10; IX, No. 1, Nos. 93-94 (Transmitted by a witness) (0) Memoranda submitted by a Hungarian journalist on : (i) "The disintegration of the Hungarian Communist Party" (ii) Russian troop movements (iii) "Russian control over Hungary" (p) Memorandum on the Central Workers' Council of Csepel, prepared by a witness (q) Memoranda supplied by a witness on: (i) The origin and role of Workers' Councils in Hungary (r) Leaflets supplied by a witness (Photostat copies of twenty leaflets, declarations, manifestos and memoranda issued in Budapest during and after the uprising) C. MONITORING REPORTS OF RADIO BROADCASTS 10. British Broadcasting Corporation (B. B. C.) Summary of World Broadcasts: (a) Part I (The USSR) (b) Part II.A (Poland, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Germany, Finland) 11. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) [USA] Daily Report Foreign Radio Broadcasts-USSR and Eastern Europe, 22 October 1956 up to date 12. A Magyar Forradalom és Szabadságharc. A hazai rádióadások tükrében, 1956 október 23-november 9. (The Hungarian Revolution and fight for Freedom in the Light of Hungarian Broadcasts. 23 October-9 November 1956) D. COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS 88 13. Australia.-Report of Mr. Eugene Gorman, Q. C., on the Problem of Hungary 14. Belgium.-Note transmitted by the Head of the Permanent Delegation of Belgium to the European Office of the United Nations [Translated from French] 15. France.-Report on the Hungarian Revolution (Communicated by the Permanent Delegate of Italy to the European Office of the United Nations) [Translated from French] 16. Italy. Report of Hungarian Events (Transmitted by the Permanent Delegate of Italy to the European Office of the United Nations) 17. Netherlands.-Statement on Events in Hungary and the foreign intervention in that country during October and November 1956 (Transmitted by the Permanent Delegate of the Netherlands to the European Office of the United Nations) 87 See Chapter X, paras. 439-452. 18. United Kingdom. (a) Report on the Hungarian Revolution (Transmitted by the Permanent Delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (b) Documentation transmitted by the Permanent Delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as annexes to "Report on the Hungarian Revolution": A. Students' Manifesto of 22 October 1956; B. Translation of article by Miklós Molnár in Szabad Nép, 29 October 1956, replying to Pravda; C. Translations of broadcast speeches by Cardinal Mindszenty on 1 and 3 November 1956; D. Translations of speeches and declarations by leading Hungarian personalities, 29 October-3 November 1956; E. Translations of Party programmes and announcements, 26 October-3 November 1956; F. Translations of articles and declarations on the neutrality of Hungary; G. Declarations and opinions of Hungarian personalities, 26 October-3 November 1956; H. Translation of Irodalmi Ujság, published 2 November 1956; I. Memorandum of Greater Budapest Workers' Council, 6 December 1956; J. Translation of declarations by the Democratic Parties and Revolutionary Organizations of Hungary, 8 December 1956; K. Telegram addressed to Mr. N. A. Bulganin by the Greater Budapest Workers' Council, 15 December 1956; L. Statement of the Hungarian Writers' Union passed at the General Meeting, 28 December 1956. (c) Cuttings from the British Press from 23 October 1956 to 31 January 1957 (transmitted by the Permanent Delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (d) Summaries of Hungarian daily and weekly Press: (i) Relevant issues of the daily Press summary from 22 October 1956 to 3 February 1957; (ii) Two issues of the fortnightly "Review of Hungarian Periodicals", 21 January and 4 February 1957 (e) Other Memoranda on Different Aspects of the Hungarian Revolt, provided by the Government of the United Kingdom. (f) Photostat copies of a number of leaflets, declarations and manifestos, issued in Budapest during the revolutionary period and now in the possession of British authorities. Informal translations of a few of these are included. The material is numbered 1-44 and two photostat copies of a list, summarizing the contents of each leaflet, are also included. (g) Material Published in the United Kingdom: (i) "Hungarian Tragedy", by Peter Fryer; (ii) "Hungary and the Communist Party", by Peter Fryer (iii) "A Handful of Ashes", by Noel Barber (iv) "The Hungarian Revolution", by George Mikes (v) "What Really Happened in Hungary", by Basil Davidson (vi) "Encounter" January 1957, containing an article entitled "Two Wandering Satellites" by Peter Miles (vii) "Picture Post" special supplement entitled "Cry Hungary" (viii) "The Hungarian People's Rising", December 1956 (ix) "Hungarian Resistance Continues", January 1957 (x) "Repression in Hungary", February 1957 (The last three items also in French and Spanish) (h) A set of photographs from an exhibition held in London in November 1956 19. United States of America (a) Chronology of Events in Hungary, 23 October-23 November 1956 (b) Report on the Hungarian Revolution (Background; Chronology of Events; Analysis and Comments) (c) Monitoring material of the Hungarian revolution of October-November 1956 (d) Appeals and Leaflets: (i) Appeals of the university students (22-24 October 1956) (ii) Appeals of Revolutionary Councils: Budapest, 28 October 1956; Györ, 30 October 1956 Györ, 6-7 November 1956 (iv) Appeal of the World Federation of Trade Unions, Prague, 3 November 1956 (v) Other miscellaneous appeals and leaflets (88 photostat pages) E. DOCUMENTS OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORIGIN 20. Summaries of communications received by the Committee from non-governmental sources 21. Material submitted by the International Commission of Jurists: " (a) Memoranda: (i) Background Material to the Legal Situation in and concerning Hungary; (ii) Hungary and the Soviet Definition of Aggression; (iii) The Hungarian Situation in the Light of the Geneva Conventions of 1949; (iv) Summary Trials in Hungary (b) "The Hungarian Situation and the Rule of Law". The Hague, April 1957 22. Depositions transmitted by the International Commission against Concentration Camp Practices 90 23. "Vier Tage Freiheit"—"Der Kampf des ungarischen Volkes und die Gewerkschaften der freien Welt" [Brussels, 1957]. Pamphlet transmitted by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions 24. "On Human Rights in Hungary before the Revolution". Memorandum transmitted to the Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary by László Varga on 12 April 1957, in the name of the Federation of Free Hungarian Jurists in America 25. "Plainte contre le gouvernement hongrois relative aux atteintes portés à la liberté syndicate". Text of a complaint submitted by the General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to the Director-General of the International Labour Office [10 April 1957] 26. Report on Hungary by the Delegation of the World Federation of Trade Unions [23-27 November 1956] [includes in Appendix No. 1 "Notes on an Interview with János Kádár and György Marcsán, on 24 November"] F. MISCELLANEOUS 27. Files of Official Statements of Governments on the Problem of Hungary other than those made within the United Nations 28. Cuttings and extracts from the Ward Press, 22 October 1956 up to date. See Chapter 1, paragraph 29. 90 See Chapter XV, paragraph 720. |