I urge in the name of humanity and in the cause of peace that the Soviet Union take action to withdraw Soviet forces from Hungary immediately and to permit the Hungarian people to enjoy and exercise the human rights and fundamental freedoms affirmed for all peoples in the United Nations Charter.
Eisenhower: “I urge in the name of humanity and in the cause of peace that the Soviet Union take action to withdraw Soviet forces…”
On the recordNovember 3, 1956
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presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
Message to Nikolai Bulganin, Chairman, Council of Ministers, U.S.S.R., Urging Withdrawal of Soviet Forces From Hungary
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