The Hungarian Revolt
- When the process of de-Stalinization was adopted by communists in Hungary many Hungarian citizens demanded democracy and wanted to break the ties to Moscow and the Warsaw Pact
- Two communist leaders, Imre Nagy and Janos Kadar, formed a coalition government
- In a "massive street demonstration" the new government announced its neutrality and that it was withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact
- Soviet leaders believed that this was a serious threat to their security
- In Fall of 1956 Soviet Tanks entered Budapest and crushed the Hungarian uprising
- Soviet authorities elected Kadar as a dependable communist leader who strictly followed Pro Soviet Foreign Policy
- They also secretly executed Nagy along with many others who had trusted the Soviet promise of safe conduct