HE HUNGARIAN SITUATION
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No Soviet troop movements In Hungary have been reported since the withdrawalumber of Soviet tanks and motorized equipment from Budapest on the eveningovember. The situation in thecapital remained tense as Soviet soldiersouse-to-house search for insurgents who, reportedly, wereout because of uncertainty as to whether or not they would be shot after surrender.
The status of fighting in the provinces ls unclear. No rebel radios have been heard since earlyovember. Press reports indicateuerrilla warfare nature--in at least southern Hungary near Pecs.
The legation reportedovember that numbers of people were in the Budapest streets searching for food, in disregard of the Soviet-Imposed curfew. The regime-controlled Budapest radio has Indicated that extensiveof storage depots, textile and furniture stores as well as food shops has taken place.
In an effort to speed the restoration ofBudapest police headquarters announcedovember the creation of special guard groups, composed in part of armed workers. The regular police have proved completely inadequate and the regime has appealed to thehole to help prevent the looting.
Premier Kadar and other members of his cabinet continue tooft line in domestic policies. Kadar, according to Budapest radioovember, said that thedemonstrations ofctober placed correct and Justified
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demands before the party and themplying that Nagy's government was not itself aforce, Kadar stated that Nagy tried to eliminate the counterrevolution through political maneuvers andeaceful manner, but achieved diametrically opposite
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