The Polish Crisis and the Hungarian Rebellion, October 20-November 3, 1956: The Advent to Power of Gomulka in Poland and Nagy in Hungary; Soviet Military Intervention in and Subsequent Withdrawal From Hungary; Discussion of the Hungarian Question in the U.N. Security Council


153. Notes on the 42d Meeting of the Special Committee on Soviet and Related Problems, Washington, November 1, 1956

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 100.4–OCB/11–156. Top Secret. Drafted by Comstock.


154. Telegram From the Legation in Hungary to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 661.68/11–156. Confidential; Niact. Sent also to Moscow and Vienna.


156. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between the Secretary of State in Washington and the Representative at the United Nations (Lodge) in New York, November 2, 1956, 4:11 p.m.

Source: Eisenhower Library, Dulles Papers, General Telephone Conversations. Transcribed by Bernau.


157. Circular Telegram From the Department of State to Certain Diplomatic Missions

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 764.00/11–256. Confidential. Drafted by Blake (EUR/EE) and cleared in draft with Freers, McKisson, and Trivers. Sent to London, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Bonn, New Delhi, Tokyo, Belgrade, Bucharest, Prague, Warsaw, Ankara, Athens, Teheran, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow, Berlin, Frankfort, Munich, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and Stockholm.


158. Telegram From the Mission at the United Nations to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 764.00/11–256. Confidential; Priority.


159. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 764.00/11–556. Secret; Priority. Repeated to London and Paris.


161. Telegram From the Department of State to the Legation in Hungary

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 123–Wailes, Edward T. Secret; Priority. Drafted by McKisson and cleared by him and by Freers. Repeated to Vienna.