Neutrality for Hungary Foreseen
From the Washington Post
WASHINGTON —
A senior Hungarian official said Monday it is time to begin “creating conditions” that could facilitate a historic shift of Hungary out of the Soviet-dominated Warsaw Pact alliance.
Matyas Szuros, newly elected Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, told Washington Post editors and reporters that he envisages such an eventual shift “within a climate of trust” between Hungary and the Soviet Union.
Rather than remain a Soviet military ally, Hungary could be a neutral nation on the model of Austria or Finland, he said.
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