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Destalinization had sparked a revolt in Poland, a revolution in Hungary, strikes in the Ukraine, widespread unrest in East Germany, Lithuania, and Estonia. Most of these disturbances could be tied to the youth of those countries. Young people, many of them nominally Communists, had taken seriously Khrushchev's thesis that a new day was dawning, and were pressing actively for freedom and reforms. In Russia itself youth was also on the move, and did not seem to care whose sacred feet it trod on. Rising to address a youth rally at Moscow University recently, Khrushchev was greeted with...
COMMUNIST CURRENCIES are plummeting because of satellite unrest. Hungary's forint, pegged officially at 12½, hit alltime low of less than 1? on Zurich and New York free markets, as refugees rushed to sell at any price. Russia's ruble, pegged officially at 25?, has dropped on U.S. free market to 7? v. 12½ one year...
Send for Gomulka. With the old Dictator's death came that "wavering" in Soviet power which he had always feared. When destalinization got out of hand, the long-disciplined Polish intellectuals broke loose. The unrest spread to the workers and peasants. All Stalin's successors could think of was to order Jakub Berman and other hated leaders to disappear. Party Secretary Bierut died fortuitously in Moscow, Deputy Premier Mine took ill. In July came the riots at Poznan. Someone in Moscow remembered Gomulka, the one man who, because of his war record, his persecution, but most...
Growing curiosity about events in Hungary and Poland has sparked unrest among Soviet students, according to reports reaching London from Western diplomats in Moscow...
Though Moscow seems to be the center of unrest, reports from the Balkans also note students restiveness. Students there have demanded the withdrawal of Russian officials and the release of various imprisoned intellectuals...