The Soviet Union and the Hungarian Revolution

The Soviet Union for its part viewed Hungary as the West did as a powder keg that could set off a chain of NATO and US backed attacks against all of its socialist allies in Europe. One Hungarian politician no communist himself told a US reporter quote many of the exiles the Americans are backing are men who are marked because of their war crimes. During the unraveling of this government you get a more reform minded one that drops socialism out of its public pronouncements and is clearly motioning toward the US.