The article was written by András Nagy, iASK researcher and was released in Hungarian Review, Vol 13. Nr. 3., in 2022.
The article is an excerpt of his book, Halálos együttérzés, originally published in Hungarian.
Abstract
Hungary’s membership of the United Nations in December 1955 and the tangible change this brought to the country’s room for manoeuvre in foreign policy must have contributed to Hungary’s opes and everincreasing political ferment in the summer of 1956. Henceforth it was not only possible to refer to the UN Charter but, once it was ratified, it became part of the Hungarian legal system. Part of this brightening of the historical horizon was due to the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Austria, in line with the State Treaty of 15 May 1955, allowing the country, formerly partially occupied by Moscow, to announce its ‘permanent’ neutrality.
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