Itt-Ott, 1977 (10. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)

1977 / 1. szám

A magyar memorandum szövege: AN APPEAL TO THE HONORABLE JIMMY CARTER TO DEMONSTRATE A CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE 2.5 MILLION HUNGARIANS IN RUMANIA Your eloquent statements on the importance of morality in foreign policy have instilled a new hope in the approximately one million Hungarian-Americans throughout the United States. We wholeheartedly agree with your position that this nation "can not look away when a government tortures people, or jails them for their beliefs or denies minorities fair treatment." (Speech to National Convention of B'nai B’rith, September 8, 1976.) All too often over the past years our leaders have, as you said, "rationalized that there is little room for morality in foreign affairs" and have placed a higher value on commercial and political considerations. In contrast to this trend, you have not only expressed the need for our country to restore a healthy rexpect for fundamental human rights, but you have pointed out the means, United States trade policy, for achieving that end. We applaud the position which you summed up in the following manner! "If other nations want our friend­ship and support, they must understand that we want to see basic human rights respected, and this includes the rights of Hungarians wherever they may be." (Cablegram to Hun­garian organisations, October 23, 1976.) Our purpose now is to call your attention to a concrete and specific opportunity for im­plementing the ideals you have espoused. Rumania is one country which, by any definition of the phrase, "denies minorities fair treatment." . The dictator of that country, Nicolai Ceau^escu, is currently waging a systematic and increasingly aggressive campaing of forceful assimilation against the 2.5 million native Hungarian inhabitants of Rumania. The principal elements of this brazen assault consist of falsification of population statistics,­­gross discrimination in the field of education,- dissolution of compact minority communi­ties and dispersion of ethnic professionals,- curtailment of cultural opportunities for mi­norities,- refusal to permit bilingualism; falsification of history; confiscation of ethnic church archives,- obstruction of contacts with relatives abroad,- and persecution of mino­rity religious institutions. Each of these abusive measures is fully documented in the material attached to this memorandum. As President of the United States, you will have several means at your disposal to exert pressure on the Rumanian Government to reverse this policy of oppression. Your Administration will, as a matter of course, be making contacts with representatives of the Rumanian Government. We appeal to you, and those representing you, to use the oppor­­tunity offered by such meetings to express a serious concern for the fate of the Hungarian minority in Rumania. The Ford Administration, through its State Department, has failed to treat this question with any degree of objectivity. We urge you to direct a thorough and unbiased investigation and to institute a dialogue with the appropriate representatives of the Rumanian government. Finally, we call upon you to inform the Rumanian Government that you will not recom­mend extension of Most Favored Nation status until that Government has implemented con­crete measures to ameliorate the situation of the Hungarian minority. We are certain that your firm stand on basic moral principles will restore the pres­tige of this nation and we pray that God give you the strength, the wisdom and the clear sight needed to fulfill this great mission. — 32

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