Certificate signed by Imre Nagy upon enlistment in the OGPU secret police (later the NKVD).

Matusov and Altman report on Nagy's arrest on 4/5 March 1938 and subsequent release on 8 March, and describe some of his work.

Sverdlov provides a brief overview of agent "Volodya" (Imre Nagy) and his work.

The Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union, L.D. Wilgress, thoroughly reviews Soviet foreign policy in Europe, Asia, and in Latin America and its relations with the United States and the United Kingdom. Wilgress optimistically concludes that "the Soviet Government are desirous of co-operating fully with the other great powers."

Soviet Ambassador Zorin and Czech official Firlinger go over the details of the draft armistice agreement with Hungary.

Molotov, Beria, Malenkov, and Mikoyan suggest means by which they believe Kliment Voroshilov can structure the Hungarian government in such a way that the Communists have significant control and relations between Hungary and the Soviet Union are friendly.

Stalin and the Hungarian delegation discuss economic issues, and the situation of Hungarians in Slovakia.

Stalin and Hungarian President Zoltán Tildy discuss the draft of the treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between Hungary and the Soviet Union. They also discuss Hungarian relations with its neighbors, Romania and Czechoslovakia, and the internal situation in Hungary.

Discussion of the reorganization of the Hungarian government and various reforms following Stalin's death.

Discussion of the reorganization of the Hungarian government and various reforms following Stalin's death.

Report from Ambassador Károly Práth to Budapest on the unusual circumstances in the run-up to and during his first meeting with Kim Il Sung.

The Chinese Embassy in Hungary provides an update on developments in the Hungarian "counterrevolutionary rebellion."

A CIA/International Operations Division official recommends policies to guide RFE broadcasting to Hungary during the revolution.

The Chinese Embassy in Budapest reports that the "counterrevolutionary rebellion in the Hungarian capital became increasingly serious after midnight last night"

The Chinese Embassy in Budapest reports that the "counterrevolutionaries intentionally misinterpreted" China's stance on the events in Hungary

The Chinese Foreign Ministry says that "'much listening, little speaking' is necessary” with regards to the Hungarian Revolution.

The Chinese Embassy in Hungary provides a lengthy report on the talks between Imre Nagy and Hao Deqing.

Conversation about the mood among the foreign Hungarian colony in PRC. The most of the conversation concerns the reasons for the 1956 uprising in Hungary. A lack of knowledge among the Hungarian leadership (with a predominant Soviet background) about the actual situation in Hungary, and the failure of the Soviet Embassy in Budapest to establish contacts with non-Russian speaking Hungarians, are here presented as main reasons for the Hungarian uprising.

After lightly rebuking Hoxha's choices to use public trials for the executions of political criminals, Khrushchev reassures Hoxha of the Soviet Union's support for Albania, and concludes with a summary of the Soviet Union's current standing in the international sphere.

The Chinese Embassy in Budapest describes some of the problems which occurred as the Embassy attempted to follow and react to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.