OMRI DAILY DIGEST
No. 206, 23 October 1996

WAS BRITISH INTELLIGENCE INVOLVED IN 1956 HUNGARIAN UPRISING? On the eve
of the 40th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, The Independent,
citing a British book about to be published, reported that some of those
who took part in the uprising were trained by British military
intelligence. A British agent is quoted as saying that Hungarian rebels
were taken to the British-occupied zone of Austria in 1954 for a "crash
course" in explosives and weapons training and were then returned to
Hungary with the "intention to cause an uprising." -- Sharon Fisher


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