1988. január (1-16. szám) / HU_BFL_XIV_47_2
I (ssíImí 24/D Little Ruisell Strc«t, LONDON, WC.L • Ttl. D4-4SO n 26 • G. Kras-só 9/1988 (E) 19th January, 1988 More Than 300 Hungárián Intelléctuals Express Their Solidarity With The Románián People A press conference uas called today at 12 noon by the signatories of a declara- tion in which more than 300 writers, historians, sociologists, philosophers, literary historians, economists and Hungárián intellectuals of other profes- sions expressed their solidarity with the Románián nation. Intellectuals from all important groups could be found among the signatories, as well as pop- ulist writers who participate in the Democratic Opposition Movement. The text of the declaration, dated January 4th, was distributed in Budapest in stencilled duplicated form, today however the signatories delivered it to represen- tatives of the Hungárián and intemational press. The invitation to the press conference is as follows: Dear Editor-in-Ghief, In connection with the events at Brasov Hungárián intellectuals express their solidarity with the Románián people. We wish to make our declaration known to the national and intemational public. On January 19th at 12 noon at 42 Damjanich St. IV floor no.6, Budapest VII. (in Lajos Für’s fiat) we vili release the text of our declaration and the list of signatories. We thus cordially invite the correspondents of your paper to the press conference. On the signatories behalf: Gyula Benda, Pál Bodor, Sándor Csoóri, Lajos Für, Gy.Csaba Kiss, Miklós Mészöly, Miklós Szabó, Miklós Vásárhelyi. The following declaration was released at the press conference: Our Románián Friends, Indications of change, fór which we have long wished, can be seen in our lands. The Soviet General Secretary offers peace to the highest ranking leader of the opposition in Russia, in Poland the government has been outvoted,critical voices spoke out in the GDR’ Writers Union, 1000 people marched on the streets in Prague on Humán Rights Day, the political will of the Románián people was expressed on the streets of Brasov and Timi^oara. In Brasov the workers, inTimisoara the university students, in Bucharest, Cluj, in Iagi and other places the attitűdé of the workers and intellectuals is rev- ealed: the people of the country have had enough of this dumb patience;they want change. With compassion we salute the brave, the honest and the sane. We strongly protests against their persecution which has aready started. Somé time ago Ceau^escu based his power on the creation of false appearances. Twenty years ago he made the world believe that he agreed with the Prague Spring and that he wanted his nation to have a freer, more open, more indepen- dent life. Today we know that his intention was nőt the independence of the nation bút only the independence of his autocracy, the unity of his own power. At that time Ceaupescu created the illusion that he was a mediator fór the interests of the Románián nation. Today the whole country suffers at the hands of Ceaupescu and his family cián who ignore their own nation, who ignore and deride its most primary interests and needs. He has created conditions of exist- ence in which there is matériái, spiritual and morál privation the serious con- sequences of which affect many generations and endanger the nation and fate of the country. This botalitarián dictatorship wanted to make people forget the totál withdrav— al of freedom, hunger and spiritual desolation by stirring up national hatred. JtZ
