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Hungarian Rebel Leader Galls for Free Elections Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., Oct, 28, '56 (Sec. III)21 :r i - By PETER HOFFER HEGYESHALOM, Hungary, Oct. 27 UP A rebel leader said here to night the anti-Communist revolu. tionariet want general elections throughout Hungary to determine Its future government. The interview took place in the customs house of this town just across the Austrian border. The hut was crowded to overflowing by a mixture of rebels, soldiers, civilians, workers in overalls, young men with fiery eyes, and ambulance personnel. A stocky Hungarian of about SO was pointed out as the command- Kremlin May Lose Control Of Communism ant of the Gyoer border district. Withholding his name but speak ing with great sincerity, he declared: "We freedom fighters want free and general elections in which all parties will be equal. Show Popularity "This will determine which par ty is most popular with the people. '-"In th ftlnMrt at diers, workers and students have fprmed councils but they have not yet proceeded to set up a formal table of government organization. "We are not in contact with oth er rebel-held areas and do not know where rebels are fighting except Budapest. "We have no telephone connec tions with the Hungarian capital, but we know there is fighting there. "The main aim of our uprising is the end of the hated rule of the Russians. Hungarlai Way "It is not important, in our opin ion, if someone is for or against communism. We all are entitled in demanding that we have our Hungarian way." The commandant shifted in his chair and surveyed the smoke filled room where there was much shouting, kissing and hand- clapping. I got my share of the kissing, too, when I arrived across about a mile of no man's land. The commandant went on: "Factories already are working in the Gyoer area and It is our aim to do everything to normalize life. This means the freedom fight ers themselves wlH prevent any excesses. "We have nothing In common with the present Communist gov ernment, Net Planned ' "The revolt w$s not planned or organized by any group, It was a spontaneous uprising. "The fame goes for the general strike called Thursday. "Changing of power In our dis- Htrlct could have been accom plished without any bloodshed had it not been for some hotheads among soldiers who fired gren ades into a peacefully demonstrat ing crowd." Moscow Radio Blames U.S. For Rebellion LONDON, Oct. 27 isV-A Moscow radio commentator tonight blamed American dollars and propaganda for sparking the anti-Communist uprising in Hungary. Anatoly Sherstyk, speaking on i the Moscow radio home service, charged the "counter-revolution-airy putsch" and (he "closest and direct ties with abroad." And for the first time Russian listeners were told Soviet troops were taking part in the fighting? The picture given the Russians of the Hungarian uprising was that of "counter-revolutionary reb els attempting to overthrow the peoples rule." Sherstyk denounced the I'. S. By THOMAS P. WHITNEY NEW YORK, Oct. 27 -lt is entirely possible that one day soon Soviet Communist leaders will wake up to find that in the inter national Communist movement their party is in a minority of one. Recent events in Poland and Hungary are indications that the Kremlin, unless it begins to ma neuver with greater adroitness than it recently has shown, could wind up in a position of total iso lation within the Communist' world. This possibility arises from the . currently obvious inability of Mos- i cow chieftain!! to adjust to the cold hard fact that no longer arc they the only oyster in the Com munist stew, that Moscow is just one Communist capital among many, not the Communist capital. Errors Made Three times In the last month the Soviet Communist party has made serious errors and dealt se vere blows to its own prestige among Communist countries: 1 Nikita Khrushchev proved his Inability to convince President Tito of Yugoslavia that it was cor rect for Moscow to exercise direct eontrol over Soviet Eastern Euro pean satellite states and to use its authority to slow down the de Stalmlzation campaign. 2. Khrushchev flew to Warsaw to deliver an ultimatum to the Polish Communist oartv against declarinj its independence of Mos-! Congress and privately financed cow His ultimatum was rejected ! Kadio Free Kurope" for being in- and he had to bark down. Had In I e Korre S. The Soviet leaders let them selves he put in a position in which they had to use Soviet armed forces in an attempt to crush the revolt In Hungary, thereby labeling themselves not only for the whole world but also among Communists, as imperial ists attempting to retain i colonial empire by naked force and terror. The effects of these Kremlin de feats and errors will only be felt In full strength much later but even In the very near future they will begin to become apparent. Stronger Opposition One of the effects within the So viet Union is likely to be strength ening of opposition within the Communist party leadership to Khrushchev with some other lead er, or it may impose on him a policy of combatting Titoism with in that portion of the Communist realm which remains Soviet-dominated. Outside the Soviet Union effects are certain to be the strengthen ing of Tito in his resolve to re- main free of Moscow's domination and continue an independent Com munist line, the strengthening of Wladyslaw Gomulka in his deter mination to make Communist Po land totally free of Soviet rule, and an increase in the longing of Communist leaders in other satel lite countries for independence of their own. MARGARET BACK HOME LONDON, Oct. 27 (T-Princcss Margaret, sun-tanned and in a merry mood, returned Friday from a 20,000-mile royal tour of East Africa and Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean. stigators in the Hungarian rebel lion. Citing a report from Vienna that the rebels were well armed, he said: "Here then it is a question of a well-trained and armed under ground. The .bourgeois Western papers prefer at present to keep silent about who is organizing and financing the subversive actions against the countries of the social ist camp. U. 8. Centres "But it is already clear to the whole world that it is precisely the U.S. Congress which annually allocates for this dark affair 100 million dollars. And last summer the U.S.A. allocated an additional 23 million dollars to intensify the subversive work in the peoples democracies. "And is this all? Remember the broad campaign of sending bal loons of an instigatory character organized by the imperialist agents from West Germany terri tory. "Rumors Spread" "Remember how many dirty and provocative rumors are spread every day by the so-called Radio Free Europe,' financed by American dollars. "If we add to this the direct diversionary and spying activities of Western intelligence in these countries, it will become even more clear who is the real initia tor of the anti-national, putsch in Hungary." He said the rebels are suffering failure. The commentator defended the intervention by Soviet troops: "At the request of the Hungar ian government, Soviet troops took part in repulsing the attacks of the armed reactionaries and in estab lishing order and calm." Americans in War-Torn Budapest Termed Safe WASHINGTON. Oct. 27 W-The United States legation reported from battered Budapest today that all American personnel and de pendents in the 'Hungarian capital are safe. The message was sent to the State Department through the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. It said also that the Hungarian gov ernment warned this morning that any group of three or more per sons on the streets would be fired on. All individuals in Budapest were ordered to stay at home" aft er 10 a.m. today. First Word The message released by the State Department here was the first word from the legation since Thorsday afternoon. Normal chan nels through which coded diplo matic messages are moved had closed down late Thursday after noon Budapest time which was noon Washington time. Press officer Lincoln White said late today that regular channels had still not been restored. The message he made public was giv en by the legation to the Hunga rian Foreign Office and presuma bly radioed to the Hungarian le gation in London, where it was filed to Washington through com mercial channels. Left In .Convoy The message said that Mr. and Mrs. Chrysler (other identification missing1, Mr. and Mrs. Mathys and Mr. Wolf had left Budapest for Vienna in convoy yesterday. It also said that four Americans of "the Garst group" were still in Margit Island Hotel. That apparently was a reference to the party of an Iowa seed coto dealer named Garst, White said. 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