Item COLD WAR 14/2 - Transcript of interview with leading figure in the Hungarian uprising, Dr Bela Kiraly, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Dr Bela Kiraly, commander of the Hungarian National Guard during the Hungarian uprising, Oct-Nov 1956, relating to the objectives of the Hungarian uprising, 1956; the character of Imre Nagy, Hungarian Prime Minister, 1953-1956; the Soviet decision to withdraw Red Army troops from Budapest, Hungary, 28 Oct 1956; the Hungarian attack on the Communist Party Headquarters, Budapest, 30 Oct 1956; the declaration by Nagy of Hungarian neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact, 1 Nov 1956; the advance of the Red Army into Budapest, 3-4 Nov 1956; the meeting between Kiraly and Yuriy Vladimirovich Andropov, Soviet Ambassador to Hungary, Nov 1956; speculation on the possibility of intervention by the western powers in Hungary, 1956; broadcasts by Radio Free Europe, 1956; the Soviet invasion of Hungary, 1944; the impact of the death of Soviet President Josef Vissarionovich Stalin, 5 Mar 1953. 38pp