Fáklyaláng, 1966. június-október (7. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1966-10-01 / 7-12. szám

kVENtrr McKINLtY o FÁKLYALÁNG & The Governor of Arizona HCnilíö J&iale* -5>cnaí« August 18, 1966 41 TO THE HEMäSS AND GUESTS OP THE HUNGÁRIÁM FREEDOM FIGHTERS FEDERATION: I wish I could be with you in person to express ny feelings and thoughts in honoring those Hungarian Freedom Fighters who, in 1956, desperately and prayerfully attempted to free themselves and their children from the chains of slavery under corammiat domination. Many made the supreme sacrifice in giving their lives. Others were seriously injured and suffered greatly. The world will long romember the dedication and the courage of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters who brushed aside the cocmunlst dominated Army for a short­lived victory. The world will not forget the brutality of the Soviet Russian Conmunlsts who sent masses of troops and tanks across the frontier and brutally killed women, children and men who were among those armed with only guns in their valiant efforts to stem the Soviet onslaught. It has been reported that over 50,000 Hungarians were killed in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and that the Communists terrorized the freedom loving Hungar­ian people beyond belief. Now, it is 10 years later. There are prayers on the lips, hope in the hearts, and determination in the minds of the Hungarian people behind the Iron Curtain and throughout the world that the Hungarian people and other captive peoples will become free, that they will gain their basic husmn rights and dignities, and that they will have the opportunity of choosing their own form of free government with free elections, and all other rights and privileges enjoyed by free people. But to all of you, I say that prayers on the lips, hope in the hearts, and determination in the minds of the Hungarian people for freedom is not enough. It must be supported by the determination of all free peoples throughout the world and by the leaders of the respective free nations, individually and collectively through the United Nations, to Impress upon the Soviet communist leaders that these people behind the Iron Curtain should become free, should have the right of self-determination, should have the right of free elections, and that those people who have been sent to slave and labor camps in far away countries be returned to their families to live as free men. I have spoken in the Senate Chamber on several occasions dealing with the anni­versary of the Hungarian Revolution, March 15, 18W, and pertaining to the Hungar­ian revolt against the Soviet Russian Comsunistic power in 1956, but making speeches is not enough. So I introduced in past years and in the present Congress Senate Concurrent Resolutions which vould accomplish freedom for the Hungarian people and other peoples behind the Iron Curtain if the Senate Concurrent Resolu­tions were carried to its ultimate goal. Thus far, it has not been fully success­ful even though"it has brought moral courage to the Hungarian people. But, again, moral courage is not enough. Freedom must be the ultimate goal, and to this objective, we dedicate ourselves. Mr. Erno Hoka Secretary General Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation, Inc. in the United States of America 6629 Broadway, Apt. 7-R New York 71, New York Dear Mr. Hoka: On the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Freedom Fight, I offer you and your compatriots my deepest sympathy for the plight of your countrymen who still are under the yoke of Communism, and my pledge of continued support for the aspirations of people of all nations to be free. As I noted in my 1966 Captive Nations Week proclamation, the people of Hungary and other countries behind the iron curtain have not lost their love of freedom, nor their determination to one day regain it, and the free world continues to recognise the moral right of all peoples to govern themselves. As Governor of Arizona, and on behalf of the people of this state, I express the hope that the people of Hungary will soon be able to shake off the Communist yoke, and once again assume the responsibility for their own destiny. Mr. Erno Hoka Secretary General Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation, Inc. 6629 Broadway, Apartment 7R New York, New York 10071 Dear Mr. Hoka: Thank you very much for your letter of July 15th, 1966, which I should have long since answered. I am enclosing a reprint from the Congressional Record which contains two articles I wrote in 1956 with reference to the Hungarian Revolution. I am also enclos­ing a copy of a statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Revolution. With every good wish, I am Ever sincerely,____ Claiborne Pell Enclosures STATEMENT ON HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION Speaking with the perspective of a decade, I think the one aspect of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 which struck me at the time and remains foremost In my mind Is that the revolutionaries, the Freedom Fighters, were the very people who Marx, Lenin and Stalin all alleged would be the beneficiaries and not the opponents of a Communist regime. Actually, it was students and workers who led and fought the Hungarian Revolution. The hour geos le and the farmers In general sat on their hands. But, it was the young soldiers and the factory workers that raised the standards of freedom, fought the tanks, made and threw the Molotov Cocktails—a glass bottle filled with gasoline—and eventually fled In vast droves to the West. I must add though that while they fled In droves, those droves were added to by a large number of those who had not fought, but took advantage of the opportunity to escape from their cruel regime. This is why the people who came across the fields at Andau, where I spent some time with them, were such a cross section of humanity. Another point about this revolution that has always remained In my mind was the extreme youth of many of those who fought In it. To be a Freedom Fighter and be eligible for hurling a Molotov Cocktail one had only to be 12 years old and wear the green arm band. From an historical viewpoint, the significance of the Hungarian Revolution was that it demonstrated that humanity when pressed too hard by the straight jacket of Communism will go into paroxysm. The contribution of this Revolution has been a lightening of the Iron hand of Communist brutality In Eastern Europe ever since. All lovers of freedom and all believers In the innate decency of human beings and the Individuality of each human owes a great debt to the Hungarian Revolution and its brav* rraaSoSfTTghtar». MESSAGE TO THE WORLD FEDERATION OF HUNGARIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS No. 310-VH/UH August 18, 1966 Mr. Erno Hoka Secretary General Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation, Inc. 6629 Broadway, Apt. 7R New York 71, N.Y. Dear Mr. Erno Hoka, I thank you very auch for your letter of July 15, 1966 asking me to sponsor the Conmemorative celebration at the New York Hilton Hotel on October 22nd 1966, which I am delighted to I am enclosing herewith a special statement in connec­tion with the Tenth Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolu­tion for your publication. With best wishes of success to the Federation of Hunga­rian Freedom Fighters, I remain. Sincerely yours, fir&yJÖ—■ Nguyín Duy Liin Ambassador This year, as we commemorate the Tenth anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freadoo Fight, I am happy to extend my fraternal greeting, to the World Federation of Hungarian Freedom Fighters and my best wishes of success for the Federation. The commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution is all the more significant to u. „ we also commemorate this year the anniversa­ry of the Quynh Luu peasants uprisings which occurred in North Viet-Nam ten year, ago. The revolt was brutally suppressed by Communist authorities but the cry for freedom of the Hungarian fighters and the Quynh Luu peasants is still reverbera­ting in the hearts of freedom-lovers all over the world. Today, the Vietnamese people are shedding their sweat, blood, toil and tears to defend the independence and integrity of their nation, the right to live in peace and map out their own future and their own system. However, Coosunist power, in Asia are not willing to let their neighbours live in peace. Conaunist aggression is savage, and war is destructive but South Viet-Nam'i determination to fight for its survival is equally strong. ' The cause of Hungary ten years ago is the cause of Viet-Nam today. As the Vietnamese people have rejected slavery, like the Hungarian free­dom fighters ten years ago, I am convinced that the sacred struggle of our two people will eventually bring about peace and freedom, regardless of the cost we have to pay and the peril we have to face. In this spirit, I fervently pray that freedom and independence vili soon be returned to the heroic people of Hungary and the correct demands made by the Hungarian people during the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight will be ultimately Ambassador Nguyin Duy Li«n Permanent Observer of the Republic of Viet-Nam to the United Nations

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