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1960
 * January
 * In government reshuffle, Gyula Kallai is made First Deputy Premier.
 * March
 * Amnesty for certain categories of political prisoners is announced, including some imprisoned in 1956.

1961
 * February
 * Collectivization drive is completed; party announces that more than 90% of arable land is "within the socialist sector."
 * June
 * Travel restrictions on diplomats are rescinded mutually by Hungary and the United States.
 * September
 * Government undergoes major reorganization; Kadar assumes premiership, while retaining party leadership; two new deputy premiers are appointed.

1962
 * February
 * Six deputy ministers and 12 high executive officials are relieved; regime fills posts with more technically proficient party members.
 * April
 * Warsaw Pact maneuvers held in Hungary, with Hungarian troops participating for the first time.
 * August
 * As part of de-Stalinization campaign, Central Committee expels Matyas Rakosi, Erno Gero, and 23 others from party.
 * October
 * Politburo member and party secretary Gyorgy Marosan is dropped from all party posts.
 * November
 * Eighth Congress of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party is held in Budapest. Major party and government reshuffle is announced; Kadar reaffirms Hungary's position within Soviet camp and attacks Albanian regime and those who support it.
 * December
 * United Nations votes to abolish post of "special representative for Hungary."

1963
 * March
 * Kadar announces dismissal of two government ministers who served under Rakes, shifts others to different posts; amnesty is declared, affecting 2,000 to 3,000 prisoners; nearly all political prisoners from 1956 are released.
 * May
 * Negotiations are undertaken between Hungary and the Vatican; five Catholic bishops are released from house arrest.
 * June
 * Hungarian delegation is fully accredited at the United Nations, for first time since 1956.
 * September
 * Kadar and Tito confer; meeting marks improvement in Hungarian-Yugoslav relations.
 * November
 * Trade agreement is signed with West Germany; Hungary accepts the "Berlin clause."

1964
 * April
 * Kadar publicly identifies himself with Khrushchev's policies during the latter's visit to Hungary, attacks Chinese Communists.
 * September
 * Hungary and the Vatican sign accord, the first such agreement between the Vatican and a Communist state; five new bishops are named.
 * October
 * Kadar publicly praises Khrushchev, who was ousted as Soviet Premier on 15 October; he assures Hungarians that there would be no repercussions in Hungary.
 * Austrian Foreign Minister visits Budapest (the first visit of a Western European foreign minister to Hungary since the end of World War II); Austro-Hungarian relations improve.
 * November
 * United States and Hungary begin negotiations to settle outstanding bilateral issues.

1965
 * February
 * Kadar tells Parliament that Soviet troops will remain in Hungary until West accepts "Soviet proposals for power disengagements" in Europe.
 * May
 * United States participates in the Budapest International Trade Fair for the first time.
 * June
 * Major party and government changes are announced; Kallai succeeds Kadar as Premier; party hardliners are downgraded; Kadar lieutenants are promoted.
 * November
 * Kallai addresses Parliament for the first time as Premier; education reforms are announced by Minister of Culture Pal Ilku.
 * Party Central Committee approves "guiding principles" of the economic reform.
 * December
 * Permanent representative of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam arrives in Budapest.
 * Details of 1966 economic plan are announced (approved by Central Committee on 8 December); some wages and pension allowances are increased; prices of various consumer goods are left to be increased during the first 8 months of 1966. The announcement of price increases generates widespread popular discontent.

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