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Various armed groups and organizations formed during the revolution in Budapest and other towns and villages under various names (national guard, peoples guard, workers guard etc ) to maintain public law and order, which the police were unable to do They patrolled communities, collected weapons from ÃVH officers and other functionaries and privileged persons under the Rákosi system, saw to the distribution of food and aid, and arranged for various buildings to be guarded (factories, granaries, hospitals etc ) Incorporation of these groups into a single organization began after the ceasefire on October 28 The Revolutionary Armed Forces Committee was formed at the Budapest police headquarters on October 30 to organize and direct them This was to have operated until the new government was established