House Concurrent Resolution 192 expressing the sense of the Congress on the need for an affirmative policy toward the Soviet satellites. Whereas the Hungarian freedom revolution which broke out October 23. 1956. was catastrophic in nature and caught the free world totally unprepared. and Whereas its tragic finale left a feeling of bitter disappointment and regret that the governments of the free world were not ready to take effective action. and Whereas the barbaric action of the Soviet Union in Hungary demonstrates that the Soviet Union is determined to go to any and all lengths to maintain its empire of enslaved peoples by the most brutal forms of armed subjugation and repression. when permitted to do so. and Whereas the crisis and foment created by developments in the satellite nations require a reevaluation of and revision in strategic policy to meet changed conditions: Now. therefore. be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring). That it is the sense of the Congress that the United States should establish and implement an affirmative policy toward the satellites to utilize fully and effectively the position of leadership of the United States through all proper means within and without the United Nations. including the use of economic and political sanctions and the establishment of a clearly defined satellite refugee program. SEC. 2. It is further the sense of the Congress that the President. through the United States Representative to the United Nations. should immediately request the convening of a special session of the General Assembly of the United Nations to consider the report of the United Nations Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary and other available information on the brutal action of the Soviet Union in Hungary and other satellite nations.