1988. január (1-16. szám) / HU_BFL_XIV_47_2
oi 24/D little Ru&sell Street, LONDON, W-C.i ■ Tel. 04-450 U 2é> ■ Q. Rrassó 14/1988 (E) 27th January, 1988 February lst; Silent Protest in Budapest in Front of the Románián Embassy Building As is well known Charter 77 the Czech civil rights group announced that February lst will be a day of International solidarity fór the Románián nation, and a demonstration will be organised in front of the Románián Embassy in Prague. The announcement was met with great international response, fór example the Románián emigrés in England will demonstrate on this day in front of the Románián Embassy in London and Hungárián emigrés will alsó take part. On January 21st fifteen people published a declaration in Budapest asking the Hungárián population to switch off the lights in their flats fór three min- utes at 10 pm on February lst as an expression of their solidarity. News has just arrived of a new announcement. People in Budapest who belong to the various groups of the Hungárián Democratic Opposition movement will organise a silent demonstration on this day at 4 in the afternoon in front of the Románián Embassy in Budapest. The text of the announcement dated January 27th is as follows: In conjunction with the Charter 77 announcement, which asks fór a commemoration throughout Europe fór the victims of the Ceaugescu régimé and the sufferings of the peoples of Románia, Hungárián citizens are asked to a silent commemoration on February lst at 4 pm fór twenty minutes in front of the Románián Embassy (XIV. Thököly út 72). The writers of the announcement have informed Budapest Police Headquarters. György Gadó Péter Grawátsch Miklós Haraszti Tamás Molnár Gáspár Miklós Tamás On January 25th on the Budapest Kossuth Rádió programme Rádió Diary Mátyás Szűrös - Secretary of the Hungárián Socialist Workers Party Central Committee fór foreign affairs - answered listeners questions and his answers were published the following day in the Hungárián daily Magyar Nemzet ("Hungárián Nation"). In regard to the refugees who have come from Románia to Hungary, Szűrös acknowledged that their situation was nőt satisfactorily regulated and that there had been somé so-called equivocal measures recently, bút he denied that anyone had been deported from Hungary and promised that such things would nőt happen in the future either. He requested the Románián Hungarians - including the intellectuals - nőt to leave their native land, to strengthen their Hungárián consciousness and if necessary to speák out against violations of the law.
