Imre Nagy is appointed Prime Minister
● This is secretly initiated by Moscow as part of the de-Stalinization which they believe should extend to the Soviet sphere of influence
● The change is primarily intended to forestall the incipient crises as a result of the economic chaos which has brought Hungary to the point of economic collapse
● Although he is required to support the new Prime Minister by orders from Moscow, Mátyás Rákosi is strongly opposed to the change
● Rákosi, who still has control of the Party, begins the process of undermining Nagy