Delivered: Written 24 October
1956, forwarded by Yuri Andropov on 28 October 1956.
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Budapest, October 28, 1956
In code
Top Secret
Not to be copied
Sent from Budapest Urgent
I hereby forward a letter from the Hungarian
Government to:
“The Council of Ministers of the Soviet Socialist
Republics
Moscow
On behalf of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary I
appeal to the Government of the Soviet Union to send Soviet troops in order to
put an end to the riots that have broken out in Budapest, to restore order as
soon as possible, and to guarantee the conditions for peaceful and creative
work.
24 October 1956
Budapest
Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Hungary Andras Hegedus”
28.X.56 [28 October 1956] Andropov