Northern (N): Hungary (NH). Political Summaries on Hungary, December 1953 to December 1954

A file containing a series of biweekly summaries of politics in Hungary from December 1953 to December 1954. Topics discussed in the reports include changes to agricultural policies; the production of agricultural machinery; developments in Egyptian-Hungarian relations; national budgets; crime; relations with the Soviet Union and Austria; new regulations for the issuing of identity cards; church-state affairs; sessions of the National Trade Union Council; and national holidays, including Red Army Day, Liberation Day, and the anniversary of Lenin's death. Other topics discussed include the Berlin Conference; the trial of the former Chief of Police; children's literature; public reactions to Hungary's defeat at the Football World Championship; cooperative farms; food shortages due to the flooding of the Danube river; the introduction of a new state pension scale; the Geneva Conference; new regulations for local elections; changes within government ministry positions; and foreign relations with the West.