1987. április (33-52. szám) / HU_BFL_XIV_47_2
i •,HUf«.«ARIAH(§)opT9WtBt>-x.l ®ffl8 24/0 i.ittl* Ru»*e/| Street, LONDON, WC.t • Ttl. 04-ao h 26 • G. Kras-sé 36/1937 /l/ otn April, lytí7 Freedón Jeáeration dupoorta Sast-Furooean Pis3idents The member organizations of the Freedora Federation at the Federatlon's anr.ual assembly meeting held in Washington D.C. on Febrary 28, 1937 resolved, that they fully support the appeal issued by m.em.bers of the Czech, Slovok, East-German, Poiish, Románián, and Hungárián democratic opposition on the 30th anr.iversary of the 1956 Hungárián Revolution. It was further resolved that as an expression of acceptance of the principles , embedied in the appeal and as the demonstration of brotherhood with the originai sigr.atories the representative of each member organization piacé his or her signature on the appeal. The Assembly instructs the Executive Director of the Freedom Federation to inform those who originaily issued the appeal, the International Communications média and the relevant agencies of the governments of the Free World about this action. Commur.ique on 1956 Revolution Thirty years agc, on 23 October 1956, workers, and sciciers launched an attack on the Budapest rádió station builaing because they had enough of official lies and wanted to hear the truth and express their cwn öemanüs. They destroyed the statue of Staiin and the credibility of a régimé which claimed to represent the dictatorship of the proletariat and the people's repubiie. Their struggle shcwed clearly that what the Hungárián people really wanted was ir.dependence, democracy and neutrality. They wanted to live in peace in a decent and free society. The Hungárián revolution as well as the East Berlin up- risir.g, the Prague Sprir.g, and the social movement of the free trade unión Soiidarity in Pola.nd were suppressed, either by Soviet interver.ticn or by local armed intervention. During the pást 30 years, iife has become easier fór many people, and somé cár. express thenselves without being thrown intő prison. Bút the essential demands of the revolutionaries have nőt been satisfied. On this anniversary, we call on all our friends in the world to jóin us to ccmmemorate the 1956 Hungárián revolution. We proclaim our common determination to struggle fór political democracy in our countries, fór their independence, fór pluralism fo.unced on the principles of seif-government, fór the peaceful unification of a divided Europe and fór its democratic integra- tion, as well as fór the rights of all riational minorities. We emphasize our mutual reliance on the eforts of all of us to achieve, in our countries and in the whele world, a better iife that is free and decent. The tradition and the experiences of the Hungárián revolution of 1956 remain our common heritage and our inspiration. Berlin, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw, 23 October 1986.
