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party?

KADAR: I cannot say what will happen in the future.

There is a one-party system' in Hungary at the moment, and it is the further development of existing institutions and the improvement of the work of these institutions form the path of progress, at this particular moment.

MCLAUGHLIN: Again, do you see an absolute requirement

that there be only one party in Hungary?

KADAR: Well, this cannot be posited this way, s'ince there are socialist countries today, where there is nőt only one party. These developments have occurred as functions of the circumstances of the given country.

MCLAUGHLIN: Let me be very frank with you. It is said

that János Kadar, the reformer, is now becoming János Kadar, the conservative. Maybe even the reactionary. János Kadar is worried about the rate, the pace, the tempó of political change, and he wants to slow it down. Is that true?

KADAR: No. There is no talk about any kind of slowing

down. What we are talking about is that we must indicate a

clear path and must follow it. We cannot go in the direction

of anarchy. We can go in the direction of democratization.

We do want to go in this direction, and we will take steps in this direction. We are on a path of reform, and will be on the path of reform. Bút we will nőt go towards anarchy.

MCLAUGHLIN: What reforms do you think will come intő

existence at the Party conference in Hungary next month?

KADAR: I can only indicate in terms of what we've

already discussed here. What we will be discussing at the Party conference. And this party conference cannot at its sitting guarantee the solution of all essential questions. It can indicate the path in the direction of Solutions, and it is my hope that it will indicate these.

MCLAUGHLIN: There is much talk about the younger

generation of leadership in Hungary. Grosz, Berecz, Pozsgay, and* others. And there's talk about you and your present position and whether you will offer your resignation, and my question is this: correct me if I'm wrong. In the early '70s you offered your resignation. The Party declined it— rejected it. Do you see the possibility of the Party asking fór your resignation — this time — and what would you say if it happens?

KADAR: Yes, well. What the party wants I do nőt know at this moment. Of course, you don't know either, since there

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