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Eisenhower: “It is my hope that your representative will be in a position to announce at the Session today that the Soviet Union is…”

On the recordNovember 3, 1956
It is my hope that your representative will be in a position to announce at the Session today that the Soviet Union is preparing to withdraw its forces from that country and to allow the Hungarian people to enjoy the right to a government of their own choice.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor'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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