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Foreign Office podcast remembers the historic reburial of Imre Nagy

On 16 June 1989, British Ambassador Greg Dorey was one of 200,000 people present in Heroes Square in Budapest, Hungary, to witness the reburial ceremonies of Imre Nagy and his fellow martyrs.

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Published
17 November 2011
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鈥淚t was hot, humid, crowded, and very exciting. We heard a call for Soviet troops quartered in the country to withdraw and for democratic elections to take place鈥�.

Speaking about arriving in Hungary in April 1989, British Ambassador Greg Dorey says 鈥淚t was still Europe, but in terms of the systems in place, it could have been another world鈥�.

You can download Greg Dorey鈥檚 eyewitness account of this important moment in Hungarian history via or , or listen below.

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Published 17 November 2011