Hungary: 25th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution 1956

A file of correspondence and reports concerning national anniversaries in Hungary. The documents cover Hungarian media coverage of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Hungary; analysis of the factual inaccuracies in the Hungarian press reports; and the reaction of the Soviet press, which limited its coverage to the successes of the Hungarian economy. Other documents in the file cover a motion tabled at the European Parliament in support of the Hungarian people on the anniversary of the Soviet invasion; and discussion of the attitude of the Hungarian authorities to events marking the Hungarian revolution of 1848.