1988. november (277-303. szám) / HU_BFL_XIV_47_2
fctós ©m£ Editor: György Krassó * 24/D Little Russell Street * London, WC1A 2HN * Tel. 01-430 2126 (írom abroad 441-430 2126) 279/1988 (E) 6th November, 1988 Hungárián Authorities Deport Transylvanian Refunees to Románia Today at 6 pm the 43 hour hunger strike which was announced by the Nagymaros Committee and started by 29 people, this later increased to 33, representing 14. organisations came to an end in the Jurta Theatre. Others alsó joined such as a group of disabled people who live in an institute fór the handicapped bút they made their fást at home. The suspension of the construction of the dam and the action demanding a referendum are especially apposite in the light of a declaration made by István Petrovszky, head of department of the Party’s Central Committee, on the Kossuth Rádió programme "168 Hours" yesterday in which it was said that all Part# M.P.s had been asked to reject the plán fór a referendum unanimously if the vote came before Parliaraent. In the "168 Hour" programme Zoltán Gál the deputy Minister of the Interior and Dr Margit Pénzes the deputy leader of Hajdú-Bihar County’s Police Headquarters Admin- istration Department spoke about the situation of Transylvanian refugees. According to the latter refugees who were previously sentenced fór violent acts and who "only come here in the hope of a better matériái existence . . . do nőt belong here" and are handed over to the Románián frontier controllers with no further thought fór their subsequent fate. Three leaders of the Independent Hungárián Committee In Defence of Transylvania sent the following telegramme to Karoly Grósz, Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Party, in reaction to this appalling announcement. "Mr Prime Minister, Parliament, Budapest According to a Kossuth Rádió broadcast the government is breaking its promise made in January 88 and is handing over refugees of Románián nationality, among them Hungarians, to Románia. There are no political or economic reasons fór the state to hand over people of its own or other nationalities fór physical torture or extermination. We demand that extraditions are ceased immediately. Jurta Theatre, Budapest, 6th November, 1988. The telegramme was signed by Pál Dragon, László Szekeres and Vilmos Bereczki who i f áré all decorated with the Áron Marton medál and are members of the Independent Hungárián Committee In Defence of Transylvania. They were alsó joined by the 33-member group conducting a hunger strike in defence of the Danube. /) Os—^ Subscribers can use or quote the Hungárián October newsletters in totál or in detail as long as the source is acknowledged.
