16h 42min, jun 20, 1989 y - Free Elections held in Hungary, overwhelming election victory by Polish Solidarity candidates
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HUNGARY:the communist party itself initiated reform, not a pressure group like Poland.
First economic reform of trade, political re.forms. basic freedoms, civil rights, electoral reform, ready for a multiparty system.
Soviets agreed to withdraw all military forces by 1991.
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16h 42min, jun 20, 1989 y
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~ 36 years ago