Fighting continues in Budapest andumber of areas in the provinces. Reliable sources indicate thatforces were still active ln nine cities other than the capitaL^Meast upovember. mXWMKtmWmM JgmWmmMlhe American legation reportedovember that "the heaviest continuous shelling yet" had been heard in Budapest during the early evening and that at least four pockets of resistance in the city continue to hold out, one of which is defended by Hungarian artillery.
Accordingovember report from the American legation, Soviet troops in Budapest have been systematically slaughtering men, women and children continuously for the past three days. "Despite this, the resistance evidently is not yet entirely broken."
Soviet atrocities have been confirmed
The legation, commenting on the Soviet offer of food and medical supplies to Hungary, notes that whatever the motives of this offer, the Soviet action in Budapest will starve out the people, "andthe Sovietshelp but know
The longer the freedom fighters hold out and the more the Soviets resort to slaughter, the morePremier Kadar's task will become. Efforts to date to restore transportation facilities and to resume industrial production have met with little success.
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