Fraternity-Testvériség, 1962 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1962-06-01 / 6. szám
FRATERNITY 9 garian Communist Party, for the reconstitution of the government under the leadership of Imre Nagy, for general elections in the country with universal suffrage, secret ballot and the participation of several political parties for the purpose of electing a new National Assembly. Then they demanded that Mátyás Rákosi, whom they held primarily responsible for all the crimes of the recent past and the ruin of the country, should be brought back to Hungary to stand trial together with his accomplices. This was followed by the demand for the re-examination and re-adjustment of Hungarian-Soviet and Hun- garian-Yugoslav political, economic and cultural relations on the basis of complete political and economic equality and of non-intervention in each other’s internal affairs. This was followed by the demand for complete freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of the press and the radio, and the removal of the Stalin statue — the symbol of Stalinist tyranny and political oppression. The students also demanded that foreign trade agreements and the real figures in respect of reparations paid to the USSR in consequence of World War II be made public, that frank and sincere information should be given concerning the country’s uranium deposits, their exploitation and the Russian concession. Then they demanded the re-examination of all political and economic trials by independent courts and the release and rehabilitation of innocent persons, the repatriation of prisoners-of-war and of civilians deported to the Soviet Union. The writers’ proclamation also emphasized that “the people must elect freely and by secret ballot their representatives in Parliament, in the Councils and in the autonomous organs of administration.” The proclamation then demanded a change of the structure of the leadership of the Communist Party and of the State with Imre Nagy at the helm. The writers at the same time urged a resolute stand against all
