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International News Photos Hungarian Troops March in Budapest

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09677.08 Author/Creator: International News Photos Place Written: Budapest, Hungary Type: Photograph Date: 29 October 1956 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 18 cm, Width: 22.8 cm Order a Copy

One wirephoto released by International News Photos dated October 29, 1956. Shows armed military and civilians walking down a road. The press release attached reports that the revolution is in its seventh day. Imre Nagy, Premier of the reform government, has asked the rebels to lay down their arms and the Soviet troops will withdraw. The response was that the rebels will surrender their arms after the Soviet troops leave. The photo is stamped on the back with International News Photos information. The Wirephoto is blurry and pixilated.

Nagy, Imre, 1896-1958

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