Khrushchev

Divided in the Yalta and Potsdam conferences into 4 sections

Hungary was crushed meant that the Warsaw Pact was secure
Remains a buffer state for the USSR
The US is only going to protect up to Western Europe--E Eur becomes a Soviet sphere of control
The US will not be involved to stop Communism in Eastern Europe, ie that this was a Soviet sphere of influence

Importance= Deflected from Hungary, and no one worried about Hungary anymore
Realize that the US won’t back up B and F everywhere to stop communism--selective

The US is going to shine
Defining moment where Khrushchev “loses face”--doesn’t look well to outsiders and has been humbled and embarrassed in front of people