Nagy offered amnesty to the demonstrators and thought he had negotiated the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary. He ended the one-party system and supported free elections. The Soviets deceived him. Nagy withdrew Hungary from the Warsaw Pact, but the Soviets brutally invaded Budapest on November 4, 1956. Nagy fled to the Yugoslav Embassy, which had promised him safe passage. | Nagy offered amnesty to the demonstrators and thought he had negotiated the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary. He ended the one-party system and supported free elections. The Soviets deceived him. Nagy withdrew Hungary from the Warsaw Pact, but the Soviets brutally invaded Budapest on November 4, 1956. Nagy fled to the Yugoslav Embassy, which had promised him safe passage. |