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Hungary External Threats to National Security
In the late 1980s, Hungary's defense policy was in a
state of
flux. The government no longer stressed the possibility of
a NATO
attack, nor did it consider likely a Soviet intervention
to halt
Hungary's march toward reform. In fact, spokesmen for both
Hungary and the Soviet Union publicly alluded to a
possible
withdrawal of Hungary from the Warsaw Pact and the
proclamation
of neutrality for Hungary such as that enjoyed by Finland
and
Austria. But both sides spoke cautiously about this
possibility,
and the Hungarian government stressed that it did not wish
to
pursue neutrality at the risk of upsetting the balance of
power
in Europe.
Data as of September 1989
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