Itt-Ott, 1985 (18. évfolyam, 1-3. szám)
1985 / 3. szám
MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE Edison, New Jersey 08817 (201) 548-6000 The Honorable Bill Bradley P.O.Box 1720 Union, NJ 07083 Dear Senator Bradley: September 15, 1985. I have called your Washington office on July 18, requesting your help during the Subcommittee on International Trade hearing on the Most Favored Nation status of Rumania. I would like now to express my personal thanks for the help you have, indeed, given in this matter. During the hearing Mr. László Hámos of the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation has represented our grave cdbern over the fate of Rumania's two million Hungarian nationals who are being deprived of their human rights in the most brutal ways. Your help to bring this matter to the attention of the Subcommittee is very much appreciated by the Hungarian community of New Jersey -- we have informed numerous cultural, church, civic and other groups of your assistance through our papers and radio programs as well as by circulars and "word of mouth" channels. I would also like to inform you of a matter which concerns me personally and which is, most likely, not unrelated to our struggle for our oppressed fellow Hungarians. On July 31 I sought admission to Rumania for a few days' visit. Unlike for the first four occasions during the past ten years, this time I was denied entrance visa to Rumania in the most rude manner, after waiting four painstaking hours and undergoing hostile - though futile - searches and inspections at the Rumanian border. I was denied even an explanation except for: "You must turn back! You cannot come into Rumania!" Since the previous searches and customs inspections did not result in any objections against me, I must conclude that my entry denial was purely politically motivated. A sad illustration of how the Rumanian regime treats U.S. citizens among other travellers I have seen being similarly insulted at the border. We sYongly hope that we can count on your continued support in the matter of Hungarian minority rights in Europe. At a time when much publicity informs us about the condemnable curtailment of the majority population’s human rights in South Africa, an aura of virtual silence still prevails about the Rumanian and Czechoslovakian Hungarians - the largest minority population of Europe - who are also condemned to "apartheid" type of discrimination practices by their communist governments. Very sine er ly yours, Károly Nagy Ph.D. cc. Mr. László Hámos 40
