1957
1957
1-4 Jan. Government and party leaders from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and the Soviet Union hold talks in Budapest.
4-7 Jan. UN deputy secretary general De Segues visits Budapest.
10 Jan. Hungarian, Chinese and Soviet party and state leaders conduct talks in Moscow.
16-17 Jan. Under the leadership of Chou-en Lai, Chinese prime minister and foreign minister, a delegation visits Hungary.
26 Jan. Publication of a communique from the interior ministry about the arrest of Gyula Háy, Balázs Lengyel, Tibor Tardos and Zoltán Zelk (writers); Sándor Novobáczky and Páf Lőcsei (journa-lists) because of “their participation in counterre-volutionary activities”.
9 Feb. Miklós Horthy dies in the Portuguese town of Estoril.
19 Feb. Law 13 of 1957 of the Presidential Council about the organization of the Workers’ Militia.
28 Feb. The government is reshuffled. Prime minister: János Kádár, first deputy prime minister: Ferenc Münnich, minister of state: György Marosán.
10 March Decree 16/1957 of the cabinet declares 15 March as a school holiday.
20-28 March Under the leadership of János Kádár, a Hungarian party delegation visits Moscow. They sign an agreement on Soviet goods credit to be extended to Hungary.
21 March Formation of the Hungarian Communist Youth Organization KISZ.
29 March Decree 24/1957 of the Presidential Council about the easing of conditions for the return of persons who left Hungary illegally.
9-11 May Parliament modifies the Constitution and elects the new government. Antal Apró is elected deputy prime minister.
27 May An agreement is signed in Budapest about the legal position of Soviet troops pro-visionallyostationed in Hungary.
15 June At the Municipal Military Court, the trial of Mihály Farkas and Gábor Péter and associates starts. The former receives an 8 year term, the latter a 6 year term in prison.
27-29 June The national conference of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party approves the policy of the Provisional Central Committee followed since October 1956 as well as the guideline marked out. They approve a new organizational rule and elect the Political Committee. Members: Antal Apró, Béla Biszku, Lajos Fehér, Jenő Fock, János Kádár, Gyula Kállai, Károly Kiss, György Marosán, Ferenc Münnich, Sándor Rónai and Miklós Somogyi. Alternate members: Zoltán Komócsin and Dezső Nemes. Secretaries of the Central Committee: Jenő Fock, János Kádár, Gyula Kállai, Károly Kiss and György Marosán. First secretary: János Kádár.
27 Sept.-5 Oct. Under the leadership of János Kádár a party and government delegation leaves for China.
21-22 Oct. The session of the National Council of the Hungarian People’s Front elects Antal Apró as president and Gyula Ortutay as general secretary.
25-27 Oct. 1st national conference of the National Youth League.
13 Nov. On charges of conspiracy to overthrow the state order, the people’s court of the Supreme Court sentences Tibor Déry to 9 years, Gyula Háy to 6 years, Zoltán Zelk 3 years, and Tibor Tardos to 18 months in prison.
4-22 Nov. Under the leadership of János Kádár a Hungarian government and party delegation visits Moscow.
17 Nov. Decree 63/1957 of the Presidential Council eliminates workers’ councils and declares the formation of factory councils.
21 Dec. Géza Losonczy – imprisoned as one of the accused in the lmre Nagy trial – dies in prison.
28 Dec. Decree 65/1957 of the Presidential Council on pensions for the aged, disabled and widows of members of agricultural cooperatives.
