The release of the Gulag prisoners that followed his speech continued, but it was done in silence. Party membership was restored to purge survivors, and they received new jobs, but they were forbidden from discussing the horrors that they had endured.
赫鲁晓夫对这些抗议活动忧心忡忡，试图平息这场反斯大林运动。发表讲话后开始释放古拉格政治犯继续进行，但却悄无声息。清洗运动中的幸存者被恢复了党籍，安排了新的工作，但却禁止议论其遭遇。