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HUNGARIAN REFUGEE QUOTAS

HUNGARIAN REFUGEE QUOTAS
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the number of Hungarian refugees allowed to enter the United States. In October of 1956, Soviet troops crushed a sudden revolt in Hungary, and at the time of the lecture (December 1956) a great many Hungarians were seeking relocation after being displaced from their home country. After fifty thousand lives had been lost and two hundred thousand refugees had fled to Austria and the US, the revolt was subdued and Hungary was retained as a Soviet satellite. —Project Third Dynamic Approved 25.2.91