1987. január (1-6. szám) / HU_BFL_XIV_47_2
gfflJi 24/0 üttl« IWell Street, LÓN D 0 NI, W.C.i -Ttl.OI-M a< 2« • G. Rras-si 1/1987 /ü/ 2nd January, 1987 An or^anization, calling itself "The Council fór Reconciliation", isaued a declaration giving Budapest, Bucnarest and uonáon as the places of setting it forth. The text of the declaration is as follows: A CALL FÓR RECONCILIATION TO THE CARING PEOPLE OF HUNGARY & ROMÁNIA This letter has been written fór reasons of consclence. It is a response to the growing cry of pain from the Hungárián people living in the Transylvnninn region of Románia. We have hope that the process causing this suffering will come to an end if people of goodwill unité fór that purpose. . We do nőt wish to pass judgment on the events of our common pást. Fór history is a bottomless pit out of which facts can be taken in an arbitrary fashlon to justify and rationalize the actions of one people and condemn those of another. Looking intő history only makes sense if it prompts mutual understanding and apprecia- tion, and if its purpose is nőt to incite or stir up hatred. Our deep hope is fór a new spiritual enlightenment that will cause both Hungarians and Romanians to be more thankful fór the good they have shared together, both in years gone by, and today. The great river of Hungarians now fleeing from Románia has brought shock to the whole world. The majority of the Jews and Germans have already left the country, and the remainder of their commu- nit.ies are making preparatlons to follow them. Bút fór the Hungárián community of two millión people this is nőt possible. These people regard their own and their children's future as hopeless. To have forced a mán out of his country intő exile, and then to permit the "reunification" of his family has in practice been a policy of mass deportation. We ask with amazement, what is the ultimate aim? Transylvania without Hungarians? Is it to force out those who are unable to assimilate themselves and violently assimilate those who have no option bút to romáin? Wlin doen Hint benefJt? We can nőt over- estimate the damage that Románia has suffered by losing her Jew- ish and Germán communities. Now the movement of tens of thou- sands of the most talented and slcilled Hungarians means that the country is losing the very people who could do so much good fór the common homeland. Why is this? By having only one language Románia will be poorer. Faraway conti- nents are now benefiting from the skills of expelled Hungarians. Eastern Europe as a whole is losing out. Ancient treasures of Hungárián culture-the libraries, the schools and the universities, which are an organic part of European civilation- are beeing ruined; all Europe is becoming poorer. What good will come from this? Can this process be reversed? A \
