1966
1966
10-13 Jan. I.G. Maurer, Romanian prime minister, visits Hungary.
18-19 Jan. W. Gomulka, first secretary of the Polish United Workers’ Party, and prime minister J. Cyrankiewicz visit Hungary.
1 Feb.-1 March Gyula Kállai, prime minister, leads a Hungarian government delegation to the
United Arab Republic, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kuwait, India and Cyprus.
10-12 March Under the leadership of János Kádár, first secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party Central Committee, and prime minister Gyula Kállai, a Hungarian party and government delegation visits Bucharest.
25-27 May The Central Committee session of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party discusses the guidelines of the economic mechanism – reform, and the third Five Year Plan.
4-14 July Waldeck Rochet, general secretary of the French Communist Party Central Committee, visits Hungary.
7-13 Sept. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Íran, pays an official visit to Hungary. He signs the Hungarian-Iranian cultural agreement.
13-23 Sept. Dolores Ibarruri, president of the Spanish Communist Party, leads a delegation to Hungary.
25-26 Sept. Under the leadership of L.l. Brezhnev, general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, a Soviet party delegation pays a fraternal visit to Hungary.
28 Nov.-3 Dec. The 9th congress of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party in Budapest. János Kádár is elected first secretary, secretaries: Béla Biszku, Lajos Cseterki, Zoltán Komócsin, Rezső Nyers and Árpád Pullai. The congress adopts a new organizational rule. The approved congress resolution expresses support for the further development of socialist democracy, the increasing role of Parliament, and the necessity for the elaboration of the new mechanism of economic management. It emphasizes the need to make the development of the national economy more balanced, the more intensive utilization of potentials inherent in household plots, the raising of living standards, as well as the necessity to implement social measures. The resolution states that the main task of the party is the strengthening of scientific-analytical work and that of the theoreticalpolitical control. It calls attention to the need to increase the independence of mass trade unions and movements.
23-28 Dec. In Budapest, a Hungarian-Soviet agreement is concluded on the construction of an 800 mW atomic power station.
