DISTURBANCES IN BUDAPEST PROVOCKED

BY COUNTER- REVOLUTIONARY ELEMENTS

Budapest 24 (Agerpress) – In the evening of October 23, reactionary and subversive

organizations tried to provoke a counter-revolutionary rebellion against the people’s power in

Budapest. It is obvious that this hostile adventure had been prepared for a long time –foreign

reactionary forces systematically inciting anti-popular elements to act against the legal power.

Hostile elements used the students' manifestation held on October 23 in the capital of

Hungary as a pretext to bring into the streets groups previously prepared, which formed the nucleus

of the rebellion. They used agitators who tried to provoke mass turmoil by sowing confusion among

the population.

Some public institutions and enterprises were attacked. Fascist hooligans, crossing the line,

begun to burgle stores, break windows of residential houses and institutions, and try to break

industrial equipment. Detachments of rebels who succeeded in procuring arms, provoked bloodshed

in some locations.

The revolutionary forces started to impose resistance to the rebels. The new President of the

Council of Ministers, Imre Nagy, ordered curfew in the city.

The government of the Hungarian People’s Republic asked the government of the USSR for

aid.

In accordance with this request and based on the provisions of the Warsaw Treaty, Soviet

military units stationed in Hungary assisted the troops of the Hungarian People’s Republic in their

action to reimpose order in Budapest. In many factories, workers offered armed resistance by

setting up armed guards against the bandits who were trying to damage and destroy industrial

equipment.

Toward the end of October 24, the hostile adventure was liquidated. Order was restored in

Budapest. The President of the Council of Ministers, Imre Nagy, spoke on the Radio on October 24,

asking the people to stay calm and maintain order.

The counter-revolutionaries' attempt to find partisans in Debrecen and other cities failed.

Telegrams are being sent to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party in Hungary by

people from all over the country, expressing their profound indignation regarding the criminal

actions of the counter-revolutionaries and ensuring the party and the government that they are

prepared to defend stoutly the democratic and popular regime against any attempts by the enemy.

by the enemy.