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As in 1920, a new regime recognized the defeat of its predecessor. As early as December 1944, a makeshift Provisional National Assembly had accepted a government list and program presented to it by communist agents following in the wake of the Soviet armies. Beginning cautiously, the communists announced that the new Hungary was to rest on “all its democratic elements.” The government contained only two communists; its other members were representatives of four noncommunist left-wing parties—the Smallholders, the Social Democrats, the National Peasants, and the Progressive Bourgeoisie—and four men associated with the Horthy regime, including two generals who had been ...(100 of 37110 words)