| Preface | p. XIII |
| Foreword | p. XV |
| Introductory Essay | p. XIX |
| Editors' Introduction and Acknowledgements | p. XXVII |
| Acronyms and Abbreviations | p. XXXI |
| Chronology of Events | p. XXXIII |
| Hungary Before the Revolution | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Notes of a Meeting between the CPSU CC Presidium and a HWP Political Committee Delegation in Moscow, June 13 and 16, 1953 | p. 14 |
| "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Hungarian Worker's Party Concerning the Mistakes Committed in the Policy and Practice of the Party, and the Tasks Necessary to Correct These Mistakes," June 28, 1953 | p. 24 |
| NSC 174, "United States Policy Toward the Soviet Satellites in Eastern Europe," December 11, 1953 | p. 34 |
| Notes of Discussion between the CPSU CC Presidium and a HWP Leadership Delegation in Moscow, May 5, 1954 | p. 54 |
| Notes of Discussion between the CPSU CC Presidium and a HWP Leadership Delegation in Moscow on January 8, 1955 | p. 60 |
| Dispatch 1086, "Balloons to Hungary," March 24, 1955 | p. 66 |
| National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) 12-56, "Probable Developments in the European Satellites," January 10, 1956 | p. 69 |
| Study Prepared for U.S. Army Intelligence, "Hungary: Resistance Activities and Potentials," January 1956 | p. 86 |
| Soviet Foreign Ministry Notes on Current Issues in Soviet Global Policy, January 4, 1956 | p. 106 |
| British Foreign Office Minutes concerning Developments in Eastern Europe, June 5, 1956 | p. 114 |
| Memorandum from Kliment Voroshilov to the CPSU CC Presidium regarding His Meeting with Matyas Rakosi, June 26, 1956 | p. 116 |
| NSC 5608, "U.S. Policy Toward the Soviet Satellites in Eastern Europe," (excerpts) July 6, 1956 | p. 119 |
| Minutes of the 290th NSC Meeting, July 12, 1956 | p. 129 |
| Nikita Khrushchev's Letter to Matyas Rakosi and Other Socialist Leaders, July 13, 1956 | p. 136 |
| Report from Anastas Mikoyan on the Situation in the Hungarian Workers' Party, July 14, 1956 | p. 143 |
| Memorandum from J.G. Ward to the British Foreign Office, "British Policy towards the Satellites," July 17, 1956 | p. 148 |
| National Security Council Report NSC 5608/1, "U.S. Policy toward the Soviet Satellites in Eastern Europe," July 18, 1956 | p. 152 |
| Letter from Erno Gero to Josip Broz Tito, July 19, 1956 | p. 157 |
| Report from Ambassador Yurii Andropov on Deteriorating Conditions in Hungary, August 29, 1956 | p. 159 |
| North Atlantic Council Document C-M(56)110, "The Thaw in Eastern Europe," September 24, 1956 | p. 168 |
| Record of Conversation between Yurii Andropov and Erno Gero, October 12, 1956 | p. 178 |
| Memorandum from the British Foreign Office to the British NATO Delegation, October 16, 1956 | p. 183 |
| Working Notes from the Session of the CPSU CC Presidium, October 20, 1956 | p. 186 |
| The "Sixteen Points" Prepared by Hungarian Students, October 22-23, 1956 | p. 188 |
| From Demonstrations to Revolution | |
| Introduction | p. 191 |
| Working Notes from the Session of the CPSU CC Presidium, October 23, 1956 | p. 217 |
| Situation Report from Anastas Mikoyan and Mikhail Suslov in Budapest to the CPSU CC Presidium, October 24, 1956 | p. 219 |
| Jan Svoboda's Notes on the CPSU CC Presidium Meeting with Satellite Leaders, October 24, 1956 | p. 222 |
| Memorandum of Conversation between John Foster Dulles and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, October 24, 1956 | p. 228 |
| Minutes of the Czechoslovak (CPCz) Politburo Meeting, October 24, 1956 | p. 229 |
| Notes on the 38th Meeting of the Special Committee on Soviet and Related Problems, Washington, October 25, 1956 | p. 231 |
| Memorandum from Thomas Brimelow to the British Foreign Office News Department, October 25, 1956 | p. 234 |
| Situation Report from Anastas Mikoyan to the CPSU CC Presidium, October 26, 1956 | p. 235 |
| Report from Anastas Mikoyan and Mikhail Suslov to the CPSU CC Presidium on Talks with HWP Leaders, October 26, 1956 | p. 237 |
| Memorandum of Discussion at the 301st Meeting of the National Security Council, October 26, 1956, 9-10:42 a.m. | p. 240 |
| Memoranda of Conversation between President Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles, October 26, 1956 | p. 244 |
| Minutes of the 55th Meeting of the Romanian Workers' Party Political Committee, October 26, 1956 | p. 246 |
| French Foreign Ministry Instructions to United Nations Representative M. Cornut-Gentille, October 27, 1956 | p. 250 |
| Report from Anastas Mikoyan and Mikhail Suslov in Budapest to the CPSU CC, October 27, 1956 | p. 251 |
| HWP CC Political Committee Meeting, October 28, 1956 | p. 253 |
| Working Notes from the CPSU CC Presidium Session, October 28, 1956 | p. 262 |
| Soviet Foreign Ministry and CPSU CC Presidium Instructions to Yurii Andropov and Arkadii Sobolev, October 28, 1956 | p. 270 |
| Report from Yurii Andropov Transmitting a Back-Dated Request for Soviet Intervention from Andras Hegedus to the CPSU CC Presidium, October 28, 1956 | p. 272 |
| Minutes of the First Meeting of the Hungarian National Government, October 28, 1956 | p. 273 |
| Radio Message from Imre Nagy Announcing the Formation of a New Government, October 28, 1956, 5:25 p.m. | p. 284 |
| Transcripts of Radio Free Europe Programs, Advising on Military Tactics to Use Against a Superior Enemy, October 28, 1956 | p. 286 |
| Proclamation by Imre Nagy on the Creation of a Multi-Party System, October 30, 1956 | p. 290 |
| Situation Report from Anastas Mikoyan and Mikhail Suslov in Budapest, October 30, 1956 | p. 292 |
| Cable from Italian Communist Party Leader Palmiro Togliatti to the CPSU CC Presidium, October 30, 1956 | p. 294 |
| Working Notes from the Session of the CPSU CC Presidium on October 30, 1956 (Re: Point 1 of Protocol No. 49) | p. 295 |
| "Declaration by the Government of the USSR on the Principles of Development and Further Strengthening of Friendship and Cooperation Between the Soviet Union and Other Socialist States," October 30, 1956 | p. 300 |
| Minutes of the 58th Meeting of the Romanian Politburo, October 30, 1956 | p. 303 |
| Information Report from Bulgarian State Security on the Activities of "Hostile Elements," October 30, 1956 | p. 305 |
| Working Notes and Attached Extract from the Minutes of the CPSU CC Presidium Meeting, October 31, 1956 | p. 307 |
| Draft Telegram to Italian Communist Leader Palmiro Togliatti on the Situation in Hungary, (CPSU CC Protocol 49), October 31, 1956 | p. 311 |
| Instructions from Koca Popovic, Yugoslav Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Ambassador Dalibor Soldatic, October 31, 1956 (Excerpt) | p. 312 |
| Record of Conversation between Yugoslav Ambassador Dalibor Soldatic and Janos Kadar, October 31, 1956 (Excerpt) | p. 313 |
| Minutes of the Nagy Government's Second Cabinet Meeting, October 31, 1956 | p. 314 |
| Telegram from Imre Nagy to Kliment Voroshilov Proposing Negotiations on the Withdrawal of Soviet Troops, October 31, 1956 | p. 316 |
| Draft Minute by British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd to Prime Minister Anthony Eden, October 31, 1956 | p. 317 |
| Minutes of the 59th Romanian Politburo Meeting, October 31, 1956 | p. 318 |
| Minutes of the Nagy Government's Third Cabinet Meeting, November 1, 1956 | p. 321 |
| Memorandum of Discussion at the 302nd Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, November 1, 1956, 9-10:55 a.m. | p. 324 |
| Cryptogram from the Polish Ambassador in Budapest, Adam Willman, to Warsaw, November 1, 1956 | p. 326 |
| Minutes of the Nagy Government's Fourth Cabinet Meeting, November 1, 1956 | p. 328 |
| Report from Yurii Andropov in Budapest to the CPSU CC Presidium, November 1, 1956 | p. 330 |
| Telegram from Imre Nagy to Diplomatic Missions in Budapest Declaring Hungary's Neutrality, November 1, 1956 | p. 332 |
| Telegram from Imre Nagy to U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, November 1, 1956 | p. 333 |
| Imre Nagy's Declaration of Hungarian Neutrality (Radio Broadcast), November 1, 1956 | p. 334 |
| Minutes of the PZPR Politburo Meeting Reacting to the Soviet Decision to Use Military Force in Hungary, November 1, 1956 | p. 335 |
| Working Notes from the CPSU CC Presidium Session with the Participation of Janos Kadar and Ferenc Munnich, November 2, 1956 | p. 336 |
| Minutes of the Nagy Government's Fifth Cabinet Meeting, November 2, 1956 | p. 341 |
| Hungarian Government Protest, November 2, 1956 | p. 343 |
| Imre Nagy's Note Verbale to the Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions in Budapest Informing of Soviet Military Movements and Hungarian Intentions to Negotiate, November 2, 1956 | p. 344 |
| Telegram from Imre Nagy to U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, November 2, 1956 | p. 346 |
| Resolution of the CPCz CC Politburo Supporting Planned Soviet Measures, November 2, 1956 | p. 347 |
| Notes of Yugoslav Ambassador to Moscow Veljko Micunovic on Negotiations between Yugoslav and Soviet Leaders at Brioni, November 3, 1956 | p. 348 |
| Nikita Khrushchev's Recollections of Discussions between the CPSU CC Presidium and Hungarian Leaders Janos Kadar and Ferenc Munnich in Moscow, November 3, 1956 (Excerpt) | p. 355 |
| Working Notes from the Session of the CPSU CC Presidium, with the Participation of Janos Kadar, Ference Munnich, and Imre Horvath, November 3, 1956 | p. 356 |
| Working Notes of Imre Horvath from the Session of the CPSU CC Presidium, November 3, 1956 | p. 359 |
| Hungarian Government Instructions to Acting U.N. Representative Janos Szabo, November 3, 1956 | p. 362 |
| Telegram from Jean Laloy, Head of the European Department of the French Foreign Ministry, to the French Delegation in New York, November 3, 1956 | p. 363 |
| Hungary in the Aftermath | |
| Introduction | p. 364 |
| Radio Statement by Imre Nagy Announcing an Attack by Soviet Forces on the Hungarian Government, November 4, 1956 | p. 383 |
| Report from Georgii Zhukov to the CPSU CC, November 4, 1956, 12 a.m. | p. 384 |
| Working Notes from the Session of the CPSU CC Presidium, Protocol No. 51, November 4, 1956 | p. 385 |
| Instructions to Soviet Ambassador Nikolai Firyubin to Inform the Yugoslavs of the Soviet Position concerning Imre Nagy, November 4, 1956 | p. 387 |
| Action Taken as a Result of White House Decision, November 4, 1956 | p. 388 |
| RFE Press Review on U.N. Action against the Soviet Union, November 4, 1956 | p. 389 |
| Yugoslav Foreign Ministry Instructions to Dalibor Soldatic, November 4, 1956 | p. 391 |
| Notes from the CPSU CC Presidium Meeting Reflecting a CPSU Leadership Split, November 6, 1956 | p. 392 |
| Letter from Nikita Khrushchev to Josip Tito, November 7, 1956 | p. 395 |
| Josip Tito's Letter to Nikita Khrushchev, November 8, 1956 | p. 398 |
| Memorandum of Discussion of the 303rd Meeting of the NSC, November 8, 1956 (Excerpts) | p. 401 |
| Message from Andrei Gromyko to Janos Kadar, November 9, 1956 | p. 404 |
| Memoranda of Telephone Conversations between President Eisenhower and Henry Cabot Lodge, and between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, November 9, 1956 | p. 406 |
| Minutes of the HSWP Provisional Central Committee Meeting, November 11, 1956 (Excerpts) | p. 408 |
| Speech by Josip Tito at Pula, November 11, 1956 | p. 418 |
| Report by Soviet Deputy Interior Minister M. N. Holodkov to Interior Minister N. P. Dudorov, November 15, 1956 | p. 432 |
| Report by Georgii Malenkov, Mikhail Suslov, and Averki Aristov's on Hungarian-Yugoslav Negotiations, November 17, 1956 | p. 435 |
| National Security Council Report NSC 5616/2, "Interim U.S. Policy on Developments in Poland and Hungary," November 19, 1956 (Excerpts) | p. 437 |
| Notes of the Meeting between Dobrivoje Vidic and the Nagy Group, November 19, 1956 | p. 443 |
| Hungarian Minutes of the Negotiations between Janos Kadar and Dobrivoje Vidic, November 20, 1956 | p. 445 |
| Situation Report from Georgii Malenkov, Mikhail Suslov, and Averki Aristov, November 22, 1956 (Excerpts) | p. 448 |
| Tito's letter to Nikita Khrushchev on the Tensions between Belgrade and Moscow Caused by the Hungarian Revolution, December 3, 1956 (Excerpts) | p. 456 |
| Resolution of the Provisional Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, December 5, 1956. (Excerpts) | p. 460 |
| "Policy Review of Voice for Free Hungary Programming, October 23-November 23, 1956," December 5, 1956 | p. 464 |
| Vladimir Baikov's Telegram to the CPSU CC Suggesting a Multilateral Meeting on the "Imre Nagy Group," December 28, 1956 | p. 485 |
| Memorandum from Boris Ponomarev to the CPSU CC on the Hungarian Government's Draft Declaration concerning "Major Tasks," December 29, 1956 | p. 487 |
| Romanian and Czechoslovak Minutes on the Meeting of Five East European States' Leaders in Budapest (with Attached Final Communique), January 1-4, 1957 | p. 489 |
| Minutes of a Meeting between the Hungarian and Chinese Delegations in Budapest, January 16, 1957 | p. 496 |
| National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) 12-57, "Stability of the Soviet Satellite Structure," February 19, 1957 | p. 504 |
| HSWP Provisional Central Committee Resolution concerning the Evaluation of the Nagy Group's Role, February 26, 1957 (Excerpts) | p. 515 |
| Kadar's Report before the HSWP Provisional Executive Committee on the Soviet-Hungarian Negotiations in Moscow, April 2, 1957 | p. 517 |
| Notes of Talks between the PPR Party-State Delegation and the USSR Party-State Delegation, Moscow, May 24-25, 1957 | p. 524 |
| CPSU CC Plenum Transcript from June 24, 1957 (Excerpt from Evening Session) | p. 527 |
| Minutes of the HSWP Central Committee Meeting, December 21, 1957 (Excerpts) | p. 532 |
| Letter from Yurii Andropov to the CPSU CC regarding the Trial of Imre Nagy, August 26, 1957 | p. 539 |
| Memorandum from Yurii Andropov to the CPSU CC, August 29, 1957 | p. 541 |
| National Security Council Report 5811, "Policy toward the Soviet-Dominated Nations in Eastern Europe," May 9, 1958 | p. 543 |
| Documentary Epilocue | |
| Extraordinary Meeting of the HSWP Political Committee Discussing Imre Pozsgay's Declaration on 1956, January 31, 1989 (Excerpt) | p. 553 |
| Remarks on the Hungarian Revolution by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, December 6, 1991, and Russian President Boris Yeltsin, November 11, 1992 | p. 557 |
| Main Actors | p. 559 |
| Organizations | p. 565 |
| Bibliography | p. 568 |
| Index | p. 583 |
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