The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1983 (10. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1983-10-01 / 10. szám

The Transy/vanian Quarter/?

TRANSYLVANIA is part of the Carpathian Basin, which is a compact geographical, economical and cultural unit, inhabited by Hungarians since 895 A.D. After World War I, the Eastern part of Hungary, including Transylvania, the Banat, and part of the Great Hungarian Plain was annexed by 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 up, 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. 17 — OCTOBER, 1983

Published by the U.S. Branches of the Transylvanian World Federation and Affiliated Organizations. Editors: A. Wass 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

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

The Transylvanian World Federation as well as the entire Hungarian American community stands outraged in the face of this cowardly and premeditated murder of innocent people perpetrated by the Soviet Union. There is no question in our minds that this unjustifiable destruction of an unarmed passenger liner with 269 people on board was an act of the KGB with the sole purpose of eliminating one of the most outspoken challengers of International Communism:

Congressman McDonald was a true friend and a staunch supporter of the aims our Federation stands for, and never missed an opportunity to raise his voice in behalf of the oppressed Hungarians under Rumanian communist rule.

Congressman Larry McDonald died in the line of duty and his death proved the precept he was trying to convey to the people of America: that neither the government of the Soviet Union nor that of any other communist dictatorship can be regarded, treated and negotiated with as equal partners. Their values and ethics are diametrically opposite to ours, and while they may use the same words we do, the meanings of those words are different in their vocabulary than in ours. The doctrine they pursue is a doctrine of unrelentless, permanent aggression against freedom, democracy, social order and justice as we know them, and has only one goal: the establishment of world domination. In their mind any action, no matter how lowly, is justified if it brings this goal one step closer to realization.

While our hearts are heavy with grief as we mourn » the loss of a true friend, we know that Larry McDonald’s legacy demands much more from us, Americans, than grief. We must raise high his torch and pursue his fight against the cancer of International Communism!

The Transylvanian World Federation September 3, 1983 The Executive Board