The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1982 (9. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1982-08-01 / 8. szám
The Transylvanian Quarterly TRANSYLVANIA ia part of the Carpathian Baa in, which ia a compact geographical, economical and cultural unit, inhabited by Hungarians since 985 A.D. After World War L the Eastern part of Hungary, including Transylvania, the Banat, and part of the Great Hungarian Plain was given to Rumania, without the consent of the native population. Thus the thousand year old Hungarian kingdom, and the long established economical, political and cultural unit of the Carpathian Basin was broken np, causing disruption, oppression, and economic hardship. The Hungarian population of Transylvania was thrown into minority status under foreign occupation, and was forced to endure extreme discrimination and injustice. During the last sixty years of Rumanian occupation more than one million Hungarians were killed, deported or forced under pressure to leave their homeland. Today, still close to three million strong, the native Hungarians of Transylvania are subjected to large-scale cultural genocide under the barbaric dictatorship of Ceausescu’s communist regime. WE APPEAL TO THE CONSCIENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: IN THE NAME OF GOD, SAVE THE TRANSYLVANIAN HUNGARIANS! Dedicated to the oppressed peoples of Transylvania, to their right to self-determination, self-administration, and the free development of their cultural heritage. NO. 12 — JULY, 1982 Published by the U.S. Branche« of the Transylvanian World Federation and Affiliated Organisations. Editors: A. Wasa de Czege and István Zolcsák Assistant Editor: Mrs. Anne Fay Atzél Washington Representative: Mrs. Ilona Boissenin Editorial Office: American Hungarian Literary Guild Rt. 1, Box 59 — Astor, Florida 32002 President Reagan advises Congress on Rumanian Governient’s failure of allowing immigration from Rumania President Reagan informed Congress on June 2nd, that unless the Rumanian government allows a significant increase in Jewish emigration it will be in “serious jeopardy” of losing the preferential trade status the United States granted in 1975. Under an amendment to the 1974 Trade Reform Act, Congress can vote such concessions for communist countries only after a determination by the President that they have open emigration policies. The warning was the strongest high-level United States criticism in recent years of the internal policies of President Nicolae Ceausescu’s communist regime. The president advised Congress that Hungary’s emigration policies continued to reflect a “positive approach to open emigration. However, the President said that Jewish emigration from Rumania to Israel had dropped from a high of 4,000 persons a year to only 972 cases in 1981, with a backlog of at least 652 cases. At the same time, the President said that the emigration process was “cumbersome and plauged with obstacles for those who merely wish to obtain application forms.” The strong language indicated a break on the part of the administration with a previous policy of tolerating political repression in Rumania, because of its independence on such issues as the Middle East and participation in Warsaw Pact military maneuvers.
