Fraternity-Testvériség, 1962 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1962-06-01 / 6. szám
10 FRATERNITY counter-revolutionary attempts and aspirations. The rest of their demands called for reforms in industry and agriculture. The UN Special Committee analyzing these resolutions found that essentially they contained two fundamental demands. The first called for friendly relations with the Soviet Union, but on a basis of equality and the recognition of Hungary’s independence. The second fundamental demand aimed at the establishment of a democratic regime, based on free elections and reforms to assure economic justice and well-being to workers and peasants. Not one of the demands aimed for the restoration of the pre-war political, economic and social system. They actually called for the implementation of the Peace Treaty which assured the Hungarian people the fundamental freedoms, and the restoration of Hungary’s independence and sovereignty. The Peace Treaty, drafted by the Council of Foreign Ministers in Paris, was signed in 1946, but the ink had hardly dried on the document when the leaders of the Hungarian Communist Party, backed by Soviet forces, established a monolithic state, subservient to the Kremlin. The public demands put forth by the Hungarian students and intellectuals on the eve of the uprising called for a peaceful solution of the problems created by the violations of the Peace Treaty. The UN Special Committee, after a careful analysis of the events of October 23, found that “the change from a peaceable demonstration to revolutionary action was provoked by two things, a resort to violence by the AVH and the intervention of Soviet force. The action of the Soviet authorities in using armed force to quell the uprising, and the solidarity of the AVH men with them, strengthened the unity of the Hungarian people against both.”
