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- By supportiug and proposing measures to make bordere soré open; and- By nőt getting involved in attempts to turn public opinion againat the neighboring nationa. Hovever, the lion's share of the taak falls on the citizens vho come up vith independent initiatives. International reconciliation is possible only betveen nationB, nőt betveen States.- Spokesmen fór the cause of the Hungárián minorities beyond our bordere must make unambiguously clear that the minorities in every country are equally entitled to minority rights, including the minorities living on Hungary's territory. Ve have to advocate tolerance of ethnic, cultural and religious variety.- Ve have to dispel the suspicion that, under the pretezt of the minority issue, ve actually vant to achieve a redraving of borders. Vhen speaking of the injustices of the Treaties of Trianon and Paris, ve must alvays bear in mind the defensive reflexes of the successor States' citizens.- In the historical polemics ve must nőt fali intő an escalation of accusation6. Ve have to consistently emphasize that the issues of the hiEtorical disputes must be kept separate from those of the present political disputes, even vhen the other side is unvilling to accept their separation.- Ve must seek a dialóg vith the neighboring countries' democratic-minded circles. They are the ones vho could be our collaborators and allies in the 8lov, gradual process of reconciliation. They must perceive that ve are linked to them by commitment to the common cause of democracy, by reál solidarity, and nőt merely by tactical interests. 3. 1956 in Hungárián Politics Today The consolidation in the 1960's Í6 based on forgetting 1956. The pover structure stopped the ideological campaigns against the forces that took part in the revolution; and in turn it ceased to be reproached fór the uprising's suppreEsion and the reprisals. From then on the memory of October neither united nor divided; October va6 erased from the nation's collective memory. Bút thi6 solution vas able to function only as long as the political formulas of consolidation. Át the end of the period of consolidation, the untreated trauma of 1956 is again overcoming the nation. There are ever-more references to historical parallelé, on both sides. Ve can no longer delay confronting these references. This is necessary fór the nation to regain its self-esteem and, having rid itself of itb obsessive sense of complete helplessness, to soberly assess the reál limité of its scope of action. 74 <> __________________________________________________________________________________________________
