ACCORDING UPI DESPATCH BELGRADE JULY 9 QUOTE EAST EUROPEAN SOURCES UNQUOTE REPORT FOUR AND PERHAPS SIX MORE LEADERS HUNGARIAN REVOLT TRIED ON CHARGES TREASON AND EXECUTED SECRETLY BUDAPEST WITHIN LAST WEEK OR TEN DAYS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00036R001000160014-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2013
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: July 9, 1948
• Content Type: CABLE

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According UPI despatch BelgPade Ja4 9 QuOTE East European sources
UNQUOTE report four and perhaps six more leaders Hungarian revolt tried
on charges treason and executed secretly Budaiest within last week or
ten days. Reported victims include Julia Rajk, Sandor Haraszti, Gabor
Tancos and Gyorgy Fazdkas. Peter Erdos and Szilard Ujhelyi also mentioned.
Unidentified Hungarian Foreign Office spokesman reached on phone by UPI
reportedly disclaimed knouled6e any trials or executions.
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together with any information avaaable Embassy Belgrade on identity and
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