We should appeal to the fraternal parties so
that they, in turn, will issue appeals to the Life in the city must be put right. In his address, Nagy inserted a point about
Hungarians. the withdrawal of Soviet troops.
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They re also insisting on a ceasefire. On our appeal to the Hungarians we
should prepare it. Cde. Zhukov With regard to troops in the
Our line now: this time the gov t is recom- A declaration should be prepared. GDR and in Poland, the question is more
mending a ceasefire, and the military com- serious.
mand is devising an order for the withdrawal Cde. Molotov Today an appeal must be It must be considered at the Consultative
of troops from Budapest.74 written to the Hungarian people so that they Council.84
promptly enter into negotiations about the The Consultative Council is to be convened.
Nagy and Szanto raised the question of re- withdrawal of troops.
moving Hegedus from the Directory.75 There is the Warsaw Pact. To persist further it is unclear what will
This must be considered with other coun- come of this.
There s no need to hold elections. tries. A quick decision, the main thing is to de-
On the view of the Chinese comrades they clare it today.
[Source: TsKhSD, F. 3, Op. 12, D. 1005, Ll. suggest that relations with the countries of
54-63, compiled by V. N. Malin.] the socialist camp be built on the principles Cde. Furtseva We should adopt a general
of Pancha Shila.83 declaration, not an appeal to the Hungarians.
DOCUMENT No. 7 Not a cumbersome declaration.
Relations along interstate lines are on one
Working Notes from the Session of the basis and interparty relations on another. The second thing is important for the inter-
CPSU CC Presidium on 30 October nal situation.
195676 Cde. Voroshilov: We must look ahead.
(Re: Point 1 of Protocol No. 49)77 Declarations must be composed so that we We must search for other modes of relations
aren t placed into an onerous position. We with the countries of people s democracy.
Those Taking Part: Bulganin, Voroshilov, must criticize ourselves but justly.
Molotov, Kaganovich, Saburov, Brezhnev, About meetings with leaders of the people s
Zhukov, Shepilov, Shvernik, Furtseva, Cde. Kaganovich Pancha Shila, but I democracies (concerning relations).
Pospelov don t think they should propose that we
build our relations on the principles of We should convene a CC plenum (for in-
On the Situation in Hungary Pancha Shila. formational purposes).85
Two documents an appeal to the Hungar-
Information from Cdes. Mikoyan and Serov ians and a Declaration. Cde. Saburov: Agrees about the need for a
is read aloud.78 In this document we don t need to provide Declaration and withdrawal of troops.
self-criticism. At the XX Congress we did the correct thing,
Cde. Zhukov provides information about There s a difference between party and state but then did not keep control of the un-
the concentration of mil.-transport aircraft relations. leashed initiative of the masses.
in the Vienna region.79 It s impossible to lead against the will of
Nagy is playing a double game (in Malinin s Cde. Shepilov The course of events re- the people.
opinion). veals the crisis in our relations with the We failed to stand for genuine Leninist prin-
Cde. Konev is to be sent to Budapest.80 countries of people s democracy. ciples of leadership.
Anti-Soviet sentiments are widespread. We might end up lagging behind events.
On Discussions with the Chinese com- The underlying reasons must be revealed. Agrees with Cde. Furtseva. The ministers
rades.81 The foundations remain unshakable. are asking; so are members of the CC.86
(Khrushchev) Eliminate the elements of diktat, not giving
play in this situation to a number of mea- With regard to Romania they owe us 5
We should adopt a declaration today on the sures to be considered in our relations. billion rubles for property created by the
withdrawal of troops from the countries of The declaration is the first step. people.87
people s democracy (and consider these There is no need for an appeal to the Hun- We must reexamine our relations.
matters at a session of the Warsaw Pact), garians. Relations must be built on an equal basis.
taking account of the views of the countries On the armed forces: We support the prin-
in which our troops are based. ciples of non-interference. Cde. Khrushchev: We are unanimous.
With the agreement of the government of As a first step we will issue a Declaration.
The entire CPC CC Politburo supports this Hungary, we are ready to withdraw troops.
position. We ll have to keep up a struggle with na- Cde. Khrushchev informs the others
tional-Communism for a long time. about his conversation with Cde. Mikoyan.
One document for the Hungarians, and an-
other for the participants of the Warsaw Pact. Cde. Zhukov Agrees with what Cde. Kadar is behaving well.
Shepilov has said. 5 of the 6 are firmly hanging in there.88
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