Fraternity-Testvériség, 1962 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1962-04-01 / 4. szám

FRATERNITY

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the Soviet Union’s Deputy Prime Minister, was sent to Budapest. After his arrival, the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party was convened. According to the accounts of some of the participants of the meeting, Rákosi tried to convince Mikoyan that only the suppression of the ideological differences can restore the stability of the regime. After a heated debate, Mikoyan ordered him to resign from his office and Rákosi bowed to the orders. After his resignation, he flew to Moscow. The Central Committee elected in his place Ernő Gero, his closest collaborator, and left András Hegedűs, his protege, in the Prime Minister’s office.

These changes only confirmed the statement of Tibor Déry, one of the rebellious Communist writers, who, on June 27, 1957, in the course of the most heated Petőfi Circle

debate on de-Stalinization, said the following: “As long as we direct our criticism against individuals, instead of investigating whether the mistakes spring from the very system, from the very ideology, we can achieve nothing more than to exchange evil for a lesser evil. I trust we will get rid of our present leaders. All I fear

is that the limping race horses will be followed by limping donkeys . . . We must seek in our

Socialist system the mistakes which not only permit our leaders to misuse their power, but which also render us incapable of dealing with each other with the humanity we deserve.”

(To be continued)