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WORLD, Page 52World NotesHUNGARYThe Last Goodbye
Once hailed as the most liberal Communist leader in Eastern
Europe, Janos Kadar has become a political pariah in his own
country. Following his ouster as General Secretary last May after
almost 32 years in power, Kadar, 76, remained party president. Last
week Kadar was stripped of the largely ceremonial job and expelled
from the Central Committee.
Party officials cited Kadar's poor health as the reason for
his removal, but some Western and Hungarian political analysts
speculate that the government wanted him out of the way before it
rehabilitated the reputation of Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of
Hungary at the time of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Kadar is said
to have given evidence at the trial of Nagy, who was hanged for
treason. Others say that the party, by breaking with "Kadarism,"
wished to underline its pro-reform stance.
"In my political work, I probably committed errors," wrote
Kadar in a letter to the party's Central Committee after his
removal. "But all my actions were dictated by good intentions."