HE HUNGARIAN SITUATION (information as1 November)
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Soviet troops have withdrawn from Budapest, they remain in bivouac areas near the Hungarian capital. Soviet tanks reportedly have surrounded the Budapest airfield, apparently for the purpose ofcontrol of the field while wounded Soviet troops are evacuated. No military action has taken place in Budapest between Soviet and Hungarian army units,to reliable reports from the city.
0 (local time)ovember,radio announced that Premier Nagy had officially protested to SovietAndropov that he had receivedInformation about the entry Into Hungarian territory of new Soviet militarynd had demanded that these forces be withdrawn at once. Budapest radio stated0 that aU airfields of the Hungarian air force had been surrounded by Soviet armored units in order to permit the departure of Soviet wounded. There is no firm evidence to confirm these assertions by Nagy, which may have been made in an effort to hasten the Soviet departure and to shore up his present government. There are indicationsmall-scale Soviet troop redeployment within Hungary and
Supplyhave been flying into Hungary daily.
Nagy, actingual role as premier and foreign minister, also reportedly informed Andropov that the Hungarian government was withdrawing immediately from the Warsaw pact. At the same time he declared Hungary'swhich, he added, should be guaranteed by the UN and the four major powers. Andropov, in response to thethat new troops were coming into Hungary, reportedly said that it wasegrouping of troops andew attempt on the part of the Soviet Union to smash the Hungarian revolution. During the afternoonovember, Nagy said
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in an appeal to the United Nations that "new Soviet troop units are enteringecretary General Hammarskjold has reportedly added this question to the provisional agenda ofh General Assembly which opens onovember.
Politically, the day was consumed inactivity by diverse groups presenting their demands and attempting to build up their popular following, but no realunity was achieved.
First Secretary Janos Kadar of theWorkers (Communist) Party announced0ovemberew party would be formed which wouldomplete break with the Stalinist past and serveallying point for all workers. The establishment of the newas the Socialist Workers Party--is aneffort to Increase national support for the Communists, particularly from left-wing Social Democratic Party members.
Efforts to enlist Social Democrats in the new coalition continue to be fruitless. Ana Kethely,president of the newly re-formed Social Democratic Party, who arrived in Vienna for the Socialist International, privately stated that until free elections had taken place there could be no thought of "real" Social Democrats becomingof the government.
Cardinal Mlndszenty in his first publicsince his release said that "all conditions for theof life aree withheld his support for anygroup and indicated that In two days he would clarify his
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