Exclusion of Hungarian territory would grant the U.S.S.R. a "reservation." an unchecked assembly and staging area even after the conclusion of an MBFR agreement. Politically. the consequences of excludIng Hungary from the talks are even more deleterious. The Hungarian nation which in 1956 showed. at the price of almost 40.000 dead and about the same number deported. its devotion to democracy and freedom and its hatred of Soviet occupation. would be sentenced indefinitely to live under that occupation. while the other occupied countries would at least enjoy a reduction of Soviet forces on their soils. The occupied countries could at least benefit from any arms control agreements that come out of the talks with controls over the Russian troops stationed in their territories and could hope for ultimate Soviet withdrawal. However.
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