Fáklyaláng, 1965. október (6. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)
1965-10-23 / 10. szám
FÁKLYALÁNG 9 HENRY CABOT LODGE . In Budapest one year ago tonight there began a wonderful struggle for truth and freedom. At first the struggle was peaceful; then it had to be carried on against shooting by secret police and against the overwhelming power of Soviet tanks. By that struggle the Hungarian Freedom Fighters lit a spark of admiration and compassion in the hearts of people of all nations and all races, in all parts of the world. Their fight will never be forgotten. It is not only a glorious battle which we commemorate today. Even more we commemorate the fact that one year ago, there began those few days of freedom in which the people of Hungary could once again live a dignified life, without lies and without fear, as an independent nation. In those few days their revolution against Soviet colonial tyranny seemed to be moving towards peaceful completion. Then, tragically, then- work was laid in ruins by the Soviet Union in a classic act of perfidy, power, and terror. But the Hungarian patriots of 1956 achieved things which Soviet armed might could not undo ...” (Excerpt from Message by Henry Cabot Lodge on October 22, 1957.) WHO WEEPS FOR HUNGARIAN VICTIMS OF RED ATROCITIES? BRUCE ALGER “(Mr. Alger (at the request of Mr. Beermann) was given permission to extend his remarks at this point in the Record and to include extraneous matter.) Mr. Alger. Mr. Speaker, 7 years ago today the world witnessed one of the most brutal episodes of modern times, when the people of Hungary revolted against the Communist masters who held their nation in bondage. While the world stood aside the freedom fighters of Hungary, men, women and children were crushed beneath the treads of heavy Russian tanks. The streets were red with the blood of those whose crime was a longing to be free and a love of country. Most Americans were not proud of our part in the Hungarian revolution. There were those who had expected more from a nation which itself was born in revolutiton and which has stood for more than 180 years as the bastion of liberty. We, too, watched helplessly at the slaughter of the Hungarian people by the Communists from the Soviet Union. No aid was offered and the revolt was crushed. It is true that the United States offered refuge for some who mnaged to escape the terror, but that is all we did. For awhile we opposed recognition of the dictatorship placed over the Hungarian people by the Soviet Union. With the advent of the Kennedy administration even this token disapproval of murder and aggression was given up. The present occupant of the White House has adopted a policy of “accommodation” of the Soviet Union. So the United States gave tacit approval for wiping the slate clean by withdrawing any further action by the United Nations against the Hungarian puppet government. Today, which should be a day of mourning by free people everywhere for the Hungarian dead, when every American should bow his head in sorrow and shame became the rights of free men had been so ruthlessly crushed without an outcry from the citadel of freedom, we read in this morning’s Washington Post: The United States is expected to give its approval tody to the private sale of 40,000 tons of corn to Communist Hungary. The Post article continues: It woidd be the first such grain shipment behind the Iron Curtain since President Kennedy 2 weeks ago reversed a policy ban on sales of subsidized agricultural commodities to Soviet-bloc nations other than Yugoslavia and Poland. Is President Kennedy proud of the actions of this day? Is it possible that he will sleep peacefully tonight without hearing in his innermost heart the cries of Hungarian babies who were murdered 7 years ago in Hungary by the very people we are now helping? Are those advisers of the President who hold freedom and honor so cheap in order to curry favor with the Communists so base they can forget he heroic struggle of the Hungarian people? What has happened to America, Mr. Speaker, that we can accept a ledership so lacking in courage, so oblivious to the rights of man and to the precepts of justice upon which the foundations of this Nation were laid? Who weeps today for the Hungarians masacred by Soviet troops? I do, Mr. Speaker, and I believe there are many American citizens who do. May the tears brought about through injustice and brutality become a surging flood to engulf tyranny and sweep from public life the weak and the timid and those who would forget the cause of freedom in their anxiety to deal with the enemies of freedom.” (Excerpt from Congressional Record — House, p. 19145, 1963.) RICHARD M. NIXON . . First, we should have recognized the anti- Communist Nagy government promptly. This would have deprived Khrushchev of he legal argument that the Communist Kadar government had “invited” the Soviet forces to come in. Second, when Khrushchev refused to withdraw his troops from Budapest, we should have broken off diplomattic relations with the Soviet Union. Third, we should hve permitted the organization of “volunteers” in free countries to help the freedom fighters. This is the action the Kremlin has taken in corresponding situations. Fourth, when the puppet Kadar government was set up in place of the free government, we should have recognized a government-in-exile. Such a government-in-exile by itself could not have changed the situation. But it would have been a symbolic rallying point not only for Hungarians but for people throughout Eastern Europe, who admired their courge and shared their ideals of freedom. (Continued on page 12)
