The Eighth Tribe, 1980 (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1980-07-01 / 7. szám
human dictator. Is it American policy to preach human rights and freedom for the oppressed and suppressed, while at the same time, for petty and fallacious interests, sell out the largest European minority to a dishonest communist dictator? The taxpaying American-Hungarian constituents, of whom there are many thousands, are respectfully inquiring whether there aren’t some serious misconceptions and miscalculations in the U.S. Information Service in Rumania, — like there appears to have been in Iran? ☆ ☆ No Minority Complaints In Rumania — State Department Says In a special report to Congress, the State Department stated recently that it has no knowledge of any complaints concerning the treatment of minorities by the Rumanian government. Furthermore, the report points out that Ceausescu’s National-Communist Rumania is one of our most important allies, economically as well as politcally. It is a strange coincidence that hardly two years ago almost the same words were used by State Department officials while reporting on the situation in Iran. ☆ ☆ Our “Trusted Friend” In Action The Washington Star reported on April 24, 1980 that “Rumania signed an agreement with Iran to buy more oil, increasing its purchase by 60%, to 10,000 barrels a day.” Furthermore “the Soviet Union agreed to let Iran and Rumania use Soviet roads in order to circumvent any naval blockade set up as part of U.S. economic sanctions.” To inform your Representatives and Senators about the true situation in Transylvania, send this magazine to them or send their names and addresses to us and we will send them a copy. TRANSYLVANIAN DELEGATION INVITED TO BERLIN Dated May 5, 1980, several invitations were sent out from the Bundeshaus in Bonn, Germany, to leading Transylvanian Hungarians, among them to Mr. István Zolcsák, associate editor of the Transylvanian Quarterly, and Mr. Károly Király, silenced spokesman of the Hungarian minority in Rumania. The delegation will represent the oppressed minorities in Rumania at the European Conference For Human Rights and Self-Determination. It was Dr. Felix Ermacora, chairman of the Hearing Committee, the venerable champion of Human Rights, who personally insisted on the presence of Mr. Király. It is doubtful, however, if the Rumanian government will grant permission to his participation at the conference. It was Károly Király, a native Hungarian of Transylvania, at that time a member of the Central Committee of the Rumanian Communist Party, who, on September 10, 1977, boldly accused the Ceausescu government of breach of the Constitution, and acts committed against the basic principles of the Marxist doctrine in their treatment of the Hungarian minority. In his letter, which gained world-wide attention in the press, Király charged the Rumanian government with cultural genocide, intimidation, brutality as well as political, economical and social discriminaton against the three-million native Hungarian population of Transylvania. Within 24 hours after the public release of that letter in one of the Hungarian party publications, Mr. Király, his wife and children, were arrested, severely disciplined and deported. Two years later it was reported by the media that the Király family had been exposed daily to cancer-causing radiation by the secret police. The subject was discussed in the Oct. 1979 issue of the Transylvanian Quarterly. Members of the Transylvanian World Federation all over the world are waiting to see Mr. Ceausescu’s reaction to this significant step in the right direction taken by the European Conference For Human Rights and Self-Determination. The findings of this conference will be presented later in the fall to the signatory powers of the Helsinki Agreement, in Madrid. The Transylvania Quarterly is a supplement to the Eighth Tribe bi-lingual monthly magazine. Subscription is $10.00 per year — $12.00 outside U.S.A. payable in U.S. funds. Eighth Tribe, P.O. Box 637, Ligonier, Pa. 15658. THE TRANSYLVANIAN QUARTERLY m
