ON NOVEMBER 21 Janos Kadar, the Russian- installed Premier, wrote
to the Yugoslav Govern- ment guaranteeing Nagy a free return to his home. The note specifically asserted that 'it [the Hun- garian Government], has no intention of taking punitive action against Imre Nagy or members of his group because of their past activities.' Relying on this promise, at half-past six on the evening of November 22 Nagy and his friends entered a bus which the Government had sent to the doors of the embassy. Two Yugoslav diplomats travelled with him to see that he reached home safely. The bus had scarcely started moving when Soviet officers jumped aboard. A Russian police car nosed in front and another behind; the bus was diverted to the Soviet Military Headquarters. There the two Yugoslays were pushed into the street. Nagy was sent to prison in Rumania the same night. And now he and Maleter are dead.
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