THE HISTORY OF THE SOVIET BLOC 1945-1991 A Chronology PART I 1945-1952 EDITED BY Csaba Békés Cold War History ResEarch CEntEr Budapest 2012 THE HISTORY OF THE SOVIET BLOC 1945-1991 A Chronology PART I 1945-1952 EDITED BY Csaba Békés Assistant Editors David CATALAN, Neala HICKEY, Jasper NOOIJN, Emese NYITRAI, Levente NYITRAI, Bobbie SCHOEMAKER, Kristóf ZSIDI Contributors Diego BENEDETTI, Martyna BOJARSKA, Shira BORZAK, Lauren CRYSTAL, Botond CSELLE, Sonya COWELL, Péter János DARÁK, Nico DEGENKOLB, Kati DEPETRILLO, Doris DOMOSZLAI, Jacob FEYGIN, Lilla FÖRDŐS, Katarina GABIKOVA, Kristína GABIKOVA, Zsófia GÖDE, Gyöngyi GYARMATI, Ágnes HEVÉR, Zoltán HERKUTZ, Emily Jennifer HOLLAND, Connie IP, Alin IVASCU, Dean JOLLY, Annastiina KALLIUS, János KEMÉNY, András KISS, Annamária KÓTAY-NAGY, Réka KRIZMANICS, Andrej KROKOS, András Máté LÁZÁR, Zardas LEE, Karina LEGRADI, Tara LOTSTEIN, Cynthia MANCHA, Viktor NAGY, Jennifer OTTERSON, Linda RICHTER, Zita Bettina VASAS, Dániel VÉKONY, Péter VUKMAN, Patrick Stephen WAGER, Jonathon WOODRUFF Technical Assistance Lotta BADENHEUER, Petra LESKANICH Cold War History Research Center Budapest 2012 ISBN 978-963-12-7938-2 © Cold War History Research Center, 2012 Contents 1945 January ................................................................................................................................................. 1 February ............................................................................................................................................... 4 March ................................................................................................................................................... 8 April ................................................................................................................................................... 13 May..................................................................................................................................................... 18 June..................................................................................................................................................... 24 July ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 August ................................................................................................................................................ 32 September ........................................................................................................................................... 38 October ............................................................................................................................................... 43 November ........................................................................................................................................... 47 December ........................................................................................................................................... 52 1946 January ............................................................................................................................................... 56 February ............................................................................................................................................. 60 March ................................................................................................................................................. 64 April ................................................................................................................................................... 69 May..................................................................................................................................................... 73 June..................................................................................................................................................... 78 July ..................................................................................................................................................... 83 August ................................................................................................................................................ 87 September ........................................................................................................................................... 91 October ............................................................................................................................................... 95 November ........................................................................................................................................... 99 December ......................................................................................................................................... 102 1947 January ............................................................................................................................................. 107 February ........................................................................................................................................... 110 March ............................................................................................................................................... 114 April ................................................................................................................................................. 118 May................................................................................................................................................... 121 June................................................................................................................................................... 124 July ................................................................................................................................................... 130 August .............................................................................................................................................. 134 September ......................................................................................................................................... 137 October ............................................................................................................................................. 141 November ......................................................................................................................................... 145 December ......................................................................................................................................... 149 1948 January ............................................................................................................................................. 153 February ........................................................................................................................................... 157 March ............................................................................................................................................... 161 April ................................................................................................................................................. 166 May................................................................................................................................................... 170 June................................................................................................................................................... 173 July ................................................................................................................................................... 177 August .............................................................................................................................................. 182 September ......................................................................................................................................... 186 October ............................................................................................................................................. 190 November ......................................................................................................................................... 193 December ......................................................................................................................................... 195 1949 January ............................................................................................................................................. 199 February ........................................................................................................................................... 203 March ............................................................................................................................................... 209 April ................................................................................................................................................. 213 May................................................................................................................................................... 217 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