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• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05504445
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 24, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-00903
• Publication Date: December 30, 1957

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ANALYSIS OF SATELLITE DEVELOPMENTS - HUNGARY
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NEWS REPORTS AND MONITORING RECEIVED OVER WEEKEND FROM HUNGARY
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APPEAR TO US TO INDICATE CONTINUED STEADY INCREASE OF RIGID STATE
CONTROL, POLICE ACTIVITY AND TERROR TACTICS ON SCALE EQUAL TO
RAKOSI REGIME AT ITS WORST. AMONG THE MORE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WHICH BEAR OUT THIS TREND ARE THE
FOLLOWING: (1) SPEECH BEFORE SATURDAY SESSION Olr PARLIAMENT BY
STATE PROSECUTOR SZENASI WHICH VIOLENTLY ATTACK4D IMRE NAGY,
REVISIONISTS, REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEES, EMPHASIZED THAT couRr6
MUST CONTINUE WITH STRICT MAINTENANCE OF "JUSTICE" AND STATE
PROSECUTORS AND POLICE MUST CONTINUE DRIVE AGAIN4ST "COUNTER-
REVOLUTIONARIES," TAKING CARE NOT TO EASE UP IN FERRETING OUT
"CLASS ENEMY ELEMENTS" STILL HIDING OUT IN COUNTRY; (2)
INTRODUCTION IN PARLIAMENT OF LEGISLATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF "PEOPLE'S CONTROL COMMITTEES" TO CHECK ON REVISIONISM AND
COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITY NOT ONLY IN ECONOMIC FIELD (FACTORIES,
TRADE ORGANIZATIONS) BUT ALSO IN PRIVATE LIFE (SEE OUR RFEA
OF TODAY); (3) KOSSUTH RADIO COMMENTARY BY IMRE KOMOR BROADCAST
DEC. 21, SHARPLY ATTACKING NAGY AND GYORGY LUKACS; (4)
ANNOUNCEMENT BY SZENASI IN SPEECH REFERRED TO ABOVE THAT
LENGTH OF TIME FOR INTERNMENT OF INDIVIDUALS IN WTERNMENT
CAMPS CAN NOW BE EXTENDED INDEFINITELY (PREVIOUSLY INTERNMENT
HAD BEEN LIMITED TO NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS); (5) RADIO KOSSUTH
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT POLITICAL PROSECUTORS WILL NOW EAVE OFFICES IN
FACTORIES WHERE COMPLAINTS, REPORTS AND DENUNCIATIONS BY WORKERS
CAN BE HEARD DIRECTLY; (6) CONTINUED RUMORS OF SECRET TRIALS OF
MILITARY, CLERICAL AND CIVILIAN PERSONS WHO TOOK PART OR
ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN REVOLUTION (SEE NUN S4 OF DEC. 15
AND NUN 97 OF DEC. 20).
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