PERSONALITIES IN PUBLIC LIFE

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or .< wing but has been obaervea that. r;OTELES serves then
tv?r,;it'iing end therefore the confidence in hi,: r-rew and grew. This want to
in extent that soon i TELE3 becwoi :io bar of the E'I:?ZQl = corps. 'or a while,
he has been the highest au:,hcrity of the sport :natters, and later the
troilning (chiefly infantry) belonged under hits upervi ion.
For y rs it ';as his biggest worry that he is the only member of the g,enerall- 25X1
corpe who has not been yet to hhioscow. Noon this desire of his also beer: realized.
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he has been cornrimendeered to the : cvietUnion
to attend general staff(war) 3choo
He already begun to learn
un at a time when that was not obligatory yet in ITungary. ITowever,his whcle
appearance and behevior betray that he has been en officer of the old army. He
tries to counteract and camouflage this by surrounding hitaself with the new
wrcrker's cadres and tries to befriend them.
He has been a good friend of TOTH Lejos, general, who is today the chief of staff
of the army.
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KOVACS, Gyorgy.
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i(OVACS, Istyan? (L}
K1CS Istvan is the general secretary of the Hungarian Jurists(Lawyers)
Federation, and also member of the International Ccmmunist Jurist Federation's
presidency.
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he was called up for labor service during the second world war, and 25X1
shipped to Ukrainia where the Hungarian Nazi soldiers mistreated him under
inhuman conditions. At the first offered occasion he escaped to the Russians,
unfortunately this Russian detachment was captured by the Hungarierisand KOVACS
carne into Nazi hands again. However before his execution through a lucky incident
he escaped` tho tortured.
He carne among partizans and fighting with them arrived in Hungary. Ir'edietely
he Joined the communist party in 1945 and he was the man of the party from the
first moment among the lawyers 3nfon the party line. Goon he became president
of the lawyers association, when the lawyers profession was also sovietized.
KOVACS was the inventor and creator of this lawyers-communities.
KOVACS has no greater role in the communist party but he is on the fore in the
jurist line. He is being sent to international conventions and jurists *eetings
as representative of Hungary.
In 1955 there was a sort of international lawyers gathering (naturally communist)
at Budapest and KOVACS performed at this excellently, he received an extra praise.
until now he did not want to take greater political
role.
He is a family man, has a wife and as I know they have one child already. He
enjoys the complete confidence of the Russians
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KRISTOF, Iatvan.
A few years ago he emerged from the unknown when he was made secretary
general of the SZOT(Szekszervezetek Orszagos Tanacsa-Country Council of the
Trade Unions)He remained in this position close to two years and at the last
party congress, has been elected to the party machinery and now he is the
president of the Revisi,,r. Committee of the Hungarian Party of Workers.
This is a very great position(power)
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LOSO NCZI, Geza
LOSONCZI graduated
at the DEbrecen university, his father was a Calvinist minister and he also
ministry `communist
prepared for the mir~sip. He got acquainted with the ideology very early
and became the propagator of this doctrine. Around 1940 ke worked at the
editorial staff of the "Nepszava" social democratic paper and had the foreign
policy column with GERGELY Gyozo who in 1944 was executed byhhthe Arrow party
k'Hungarian Nazis) members. At this time LOSONCZI already was a member of the
communist party and the socialists leaders knew about his affiliations. In
1943 he had to go underground where he lived until 1945.
In 1945 he found a place for himself as one of the leaders of the "Szabad Nep"
party paper. Later became deputy head of the editorial committee. From here he
became secretary of state at the prime ministry taking care of the press matters.
From here he was transferred to the ministry of peoples education as first deputy
of the minister REVAI Joseph. Here J4 he fell. At a party meeting REVAI Joseph
himself
criticized him very strongly and accused LOSONCZI of crimes that he them iister
(REVAI')committed. SOOn LOSONCZI was arrested together with several companions
y6#$i/#jl who with him were the leaders of the illegal (underground) communist
party during the war and later the leaders of the Peace party.
He was released from the prison during the NAGY Imre era. I){/ While in prison he
contracted tuberculosis, and after he was set free he retraited to a sanatorium
in the Matra mountains(Kekes plateau). Krom here--he carne to the city very seldom.
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He was seemingly broken in spirit and did
not dare to speak and always returned in conversation to this illness.
After his release from prison the party placed him in the editorial committe of 25X1
the "Magyar Nemzet'
, his wife is the daughter of HARASZTI Sandor.
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LOSCNCZI, Geza
Naturally after his arrest he was expulsed from the university and could finish
his studies only flow. For a while LOSONCZI lived with his father in law at the
corner of Damjanich and Bajza streets in an apartment house but when he became
dep&ty minister at the peoples education ministry he receited a villa at the
Tovis street (the street name is uncertain) . However when he was arrested his
wife and his few months old child were evacuated within three hours. The wife
moved back to her parents.
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MAGYARI, Andres, deputy of the minister of agriculture.
handles the ases of the independent peasants at the ministry. He is a graduate
of the Agricultural Academy. He has been several times in the Soviet Union.
He is a sharprminded individual. There was a time when at the ministry he took
care( handled) the matters of public alimentation of Hungary. (Grains, bread,
fodder).
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MAJLATH, Jolan, Mrs. ERDEI Ferenc.
ERDEI Ferenc got acquainted with his wife MAJLATH Jolan at the university;
It could be taken for granted that in the ERDEI family it is to be thanked
to MAJLATH 1~4axis-N
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the wife that ERDEI Ferenc submitted to the commi.anists
and became a traitor of the Hungarian peasantry.
for a long time she was the secretary general of the Institute of
Cultural Relations. This institute handled cultural problems with foreign
connections.
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4. MATOLCSY, Janos,
He returned to Hungary after three 25X1
or four years study in the Soviet Union. Right away he received various important
assignements in the party machinery. 0 Here the most important was the heading
of the agricultural section. For months he was the director of the principles
of kolkhozisation(colkectivization) of farms of Hungary, in the central of the
party. From this position he was called into the Central Leadershi and he also
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became one secretary of the Central Leadership. Here too he handled mainly
agricultural and village problems. A few months ago (around October 19550 he
was made to resign and made minister of agriculture. This is a smaller position
than the one he had before. Probably he was tranferred to here because his
:soviet experiences have to be tried out in practice now and not in theory. In
general he is not known in Hungary. Until now he appeared very little before the
public. He was an unknown person even before the people of the party(machinery)
and he only worked even there in the back ground. The opinion about him is that
he %% belongs to the new Moscow set.
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MEKIS, Joseph, deputy of the president of the council of ministers, member of
the Political Committee of the Party of Hungarian Workers.
Before 1945 mEKIS was an iron worker. He participated in workers movements and
in the first place on the labor union line. After 1945 he entered the communist
party and since then he did not do any physical worked. For a while the party
entrusted him with the management of the Csepel Rakosi Works, then he has been
the general secretary of the Iron Workers Union, and from there he became at the
head of the SZOT (Szakszervezetek Orszagos Kozpontja) National Central of the
Labor Unions. Of this position first he was named minister and then deputy
president of the council of ministers. After 1955 RAKOSI put him in the Political
Committee. He fills the role of a yeoman there.
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MESZLENYI
He is the political collaborator of the Great-Budapest party committee.
Before he received his present position he has $$ served at the police or at
the AVH.He is ambitious, carrier man. For instance he wanted very much to be
editor in chief at the "Nepsport"(Pepples Sport) paper, at the time when tXJlj1~'IXig/4$ this job was not filled at the paper. However this has not been
approved by the party central.
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MIHALYFI, Erno, minister, president of the Patriotic Front, etc.
His name }MIHALYFI is a magyarized(changed) name
His father was Lmtheran minister. Mihalyfi has a brother,whe is manager oe some
factory.
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After the first world war when 4IHALYFI finished his schooling he started out as
a newspaperman. At the beginning of the 1930-ies he was a collaborator of the
largest paper the "Az Est" and the "-Megyarorszag". He lae4 the Court column"
The chief ed&tor of the paper sent him to America at the end of the 1930-ies,
where he spent one or one and a half years. In 191+0 he is already the reader-
editor of the "Az Est". From this time on he is more end more connected with
politics and already in 1943 he is collaborating with BAJCSY-4b ILINSZKY Endre,
the great martyr of the Hungarian struggle for liberty.At this time MIHALYFI is
the chief editor of the "Fuggetlen Magyarorszag"(Incfpendent Hungary) the news-
paper of BAJCSY*ZSILINSZKY Endre (the paper appeared once a week on Mondays).
At this time he joined the bourgeois section of the small landholders party.
On the 19 of March 1944, when Hitler invaded Hungary, i-"IHALYFI had to go into
illegality (underground)and he lived this way until Jamtary 1945.
In 1945 he began to be active in the small landholders party but at the first
election he was not even norainated as a candidate. At this time he is the
editor, responsible for the paper, of the "Vilag" liberal daily and editor in
chief of the "Fuggetlen Magyarorszag" :Monday weekly paper. However he yearns
for a political carrier(position). He connects himself to TILDY Zoltan, and
becomes his faithful satellite, quasi his chief of publicity. When TILDY becomes
prime minister, R IHALYFI through some irregularities becomes a member of the
parliament. Here from the first moment he belongs to the communist sympathizers
one of
and in the small landholders party he is he leadersof the "left wing liberal group".
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1v1IHALYFI, Erno -2-
Soon he is minister, first he receives the portfolio of information, then substi-
tutes for the ill foreign minister. There were times when MIHALHFI was at the
same time information and foreign minister and simultaneously took care of the
management of the office of president ,2',x TILDY also.
However the communistgfound it proper that MIHALYFI should be the head of the
president's office with ministerial rank. At this time he also participated in the
highest direction o2 the small landholders party. MIHALYFI as head of the presidential
office enjoyed the confidence of TILDY, state president, who initiated him into
his innermost thoughts. MIHALYFI communicated these thoughts with the communist
leaders and in the first place with RAKOSI and REVAI.
TILDY's son in law CSORNOKY Victor was cokciller of legation at Washington and
later minister and envoy in Cairo. CSO8NOKY saw the situation clearly what the
Russians have done to Hungary and would likecLto have his father in law TILDY
tout to Vienna and there ask protection and help from the Americans.This matter
became urgent because KOVACS Bela general secretary of the partyCsmall landholders)
mass of tc.
has been arrested by the Russians. Here it has to be mentioned that the so-called
compromitting evidence against KOVACS was furnished by MIHALYFI Erno. When MIHALYFI
it
learned the plan that CSORNOKY prepared,he communicated with RAKOSI. RAKOSI ran
to the Russians and the matter was taken over by the Russian NKDW. Two NKDW men,
disIguised as American officers, connected CSORNOKI at Cairo and agreed that they
will take TILDY to Vienna where he will be placed under American protection. The
password in Vienna would have been "tows" (toe of the foot). When the two speudo-
Americans talked over everything with Csornoki, CSORNOKI was called back to Budapest
for report-making(consultation). CSORNOKI got suspicious and called the presidential
office long distance and asked what he should to. MIHALYFI answered the call and
told CS(BNOKI to come home urgently because there are matters to be talked over.
CSORNOKI arrived at Budapest but did not have a chance to talk to TILDY, he had
to go to the foreign ministryfwhere MOLNAR Erik foreign minister already waited for
him, they talked for two-three minutes and CSORNOKI left. In the ante-room
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MIHALYFI, Erno -3..
VARADlb, Gyorgy , major and four AVH men waited for him and took him in custody.
PETER, Gabor, the head of the AYH informed TILDY in a letter that his son-in-
law CSORNOKI has been taken in custody for treason. TILDY ran to RAK0SI, who
presented him with the evidences. TILDY was told that he can save his skin, they
will let him run but he has to resigno. TILDY asked for a few hours to make up
his mind then addressed his letter of resignation to NAGY Imre, president of the
assembly at that time. For the resignation the communists guaranted the personal
safety of TILDY, and he also received a villa where he is still living in house
custody(arrest) with his family.
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His smaller sin,that he participated in the clean-up of the party demanded by the
communists and in the removal of the so-called reactionary elements. When DOBT
Istvan became president of the party and prime minister, MIHALYFI had already a
decik voice in the party. The communists did not forilet his services and he
filled the following positions: for a time he was president of the Institute of
Cultural Relations, editor in chief of the "Magyar Nemzet"(Hungarian Nation)daily.
Later, from the paper he was transferred to the Peoples Education Ministry as a
deputy minister. He still fills this position. Besides of these, he is the general
secretary
sery of the Patriotic Peoples Front, professor of the university, president
of the Newspapermen's Federation, etc. He had a share in the regulation (disciplinary
measures) of the Lutheran church. It could be calmly stated that MIHALYFI is the
most harmful man of the Hungarian political life since 1945.
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MIHALYFI, Erno.
His first wife was the daughter of TAPAY-SZABO university professor, He divorced
his first wife and in the years of the 1930-es married the daughter of FISCHER,
chief rabbi of Buda. His wife is a cartoonist under the name of FILO, and is
picture editor of one or two illustrated magazines at Budapest. The monthly income
of the MIHALYFI family reaches 20-25.000 forints.
MIHALYFI is of Slovak origin, he promises everything to everybtdy, but in the
whole city of Budapest we only know of one man whom he helped. He recommended and
helped STELIA, Adorjan newspaperman to get a job at the"Ludes Matyi" satiric! paper.
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TILDY, he had a secretary MATOLCSY Karoly, a newspaperman.
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MIHALYFI, Erno
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For reasons of objectivity it has to be stated that MIHALYFI had a great share
in the direction of the anti-German struggle. However, even at this time he did
not risk his own hide and always sent others to the more dangerous places.
vice-
He is the resident of the Peace Council. The communist government sends Mihalyfi
abroad gladly, especially to places where non?-communist is more welcome. For
instance, MIHALYFI represented Hungary at the UNESCO conference in 1954 at Mexico
city. MIHALYFI has one great dream or desire, he would like to be representative
of Hungary at the United Nations Organisation.
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MORVAY, Tihamer
Newspaperman, works at the euitorial offine of the "Nepsport"(Peoples Sport)
At the editorial offices of the "Nepsport" he has plenty of 2
trouble because of his political expressions which are often strongly criticizing
t::e system, until now these difficulties were smoothened out.
As politically "undeveloped" person he was not permitted to go to abroad. Presently
since two three years he travels to the West and to the East. He has a wonderful
pen, knows the sports and he can thank this (that he is permitted to travel out
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MORVAY besides of the "Nepsport"1 works at the "Kepes Sport"(Sport in pictures")and
also at the sport setCtion of the radio broadcasting station. His plain monthly
income is about 3000 Forints. They have no apartment of their own and at pzLsent
they live in a sublet place, they shop for furniture now, the next step to get
an apartment. They have no children. MMorvay's father is a former public notary
in Bihar counter Lopposition party
and before the war has been Small landholder representative of the parliament
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Morvay has three sisters and one brother, the sisters are married, the brother:
MORVAY Laszlo,(Ladislas) has been fired ftvm the UJpest council as a bad cadre,
he is a welder toady.
MORVAY, Laszlo is a very intelligent young man, has two children.
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,viUNICH, Ferenc Dr.
at present embassador of Hungary at Moscow, former police major? general.
f irstt
In 1919 he already participated in the revolutionary struggles. He terminated
his university studies at this time. He has lawyers diploma. After the defeat
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He emerged in Spain where he has been the political comisar of 25X1
Lukacs,general (also known as ZALKA Mete), and later as political comisar of
the RAKOSI brigade. F
After the termination of the fights in Spain MUNICH stayed for a while in France
and then went to lfoscow. When in 1941 or in 1942 the Kos3uth radio has been
started in Moscow, MUNICH became one of the directors. Really, MUNICH befriended
RAKOSI here and at this time.
In 1945 MUNICH also returned from the Soviet Union to Hungary. First he wcs chief
comisar of Barcnya county. Here nothing bad could be said about him. He did not
carry the propagation of communist ideas to the extreeme. In 1946 he is already
at Budapest and he is the chief police captain of Budapest with the rank of
police major general. At this time, BENJAMIN Oliver,Dr. former lawyer, has been
the deputy police captain of Budapest, delegated to this post by the social-
soon enou h
democratic party. BENJAMIN has been relieved of his post and the AVH wanted to
arrest hii. According to well informed soarce (KORMOS Ilona, BENJAMIN's girl
friend is the informant) MUNICH took BENJ."MMIN's side and protected him,; When
MUNICH has been transferred from Hungary, very soon BENJAMIN was arrested.
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MUNICH, Ferenc Dr.
MUNICH explained in newspapermen circles "I fought so much and suffered so
much privations that even if I would do nothing else during the rest of my
life but would amuse myself day and night I could not catch up with what I
fiit,minister to Finnland at Helsinki, embassador at Sophia, and from there
transferred to Moscow in capacity of embassador.
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of ios,.ow and the Hungarian people does not know hirp. When he was the police
chief of 3udapest there were hardly any complaints against the police, the so-
called excesses were committed by the pxAdasa predecessor of the AVH, which had
nothing to do with MUNICH.
Public opinion would receive MUNICH gladly as priiae tlinister.
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NAGY, Daniel. deputy president of the Presidium Council.
Even before 1945 he was known in his village
as a man whose opinion counted. After 1945 he was elected as member of the
parliament on the small landholder party ticket, In the parliament he didinot
have much to say, for years his voice could not be heard.
The communist took him in their handeand since the25X1
he became more active. In the small landholders party he was one of the leaders
of the left aide peasant representatives. He demanded the exclusion of the
kulaks, etc. He did all this on curanunist pressure, because he was in their hands.
Yeats ago he has been elected member of the Presidium Council and later became
deputy president of the Presidium Council.
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NAGY, Imre
His name became known in 1945 as the minksten of land distribution. It
is interesting to note that the communists dealt the role to NAVY Imre
already at that time which was very useful later to reach their goals,
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enjoyed a certain popularity, and when the communist later needed a man -
at the beginning of the NEP era - who was not too well known and hated,
NAGY was presented to the people. The communists reached their goal
perfectly because during NAGY premiership the people breathed more freely
and the hidden small values and material goods came out of the caches and
ial~'AR.tweeted in private enterprises just to be taken away from them later by
the comrmunists, a few months later.
He connected the party in 1919. He was president 25X1
of the SOmogy county directoritum or a member of it. At this time the
mentioned directorium convicted a great number of innocent people and had
them executed. After the fall of communism, NAGY somehow reached Moscow,
stayed there until 1944, when he came back
to Hungary.
ILL December 1944 when in Moscow the first provisory Hungarian government was
formed, NAGY was the first man who was presented to the Hungarian politicians
and civic leaders.(DALNOKI-MIKLOS Bela, general, TELEKI Geza, count,politician,
3ZENTIVANYI Dominic, former press chief of the presidency, former diplomat.)
NAGY's name became known in 1945 with the distribution 25X1
of land. In this period of popularisation he was known as the "Land distributor."
After a short time as agricultural minister he became the second minister of
interior, but stayed in this position a very short time. His name is connected
with the forming of the police and so naturally the forming of the since then
famous political police. After the first election the communists insisted
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keeping the mir~Btry of interior in their hands, which during the provisory
government was held by the peasant party's EiiDEI Feeenc. The communistss
knew that the only armed force in the country wastthe police and who that
controls the police controls the country. For this post they needed a strong
man and put NAGY Imre to the place as reliable. NAGY could not stand his
ground and was relieved by RAJK Ladislas.
From this time on he did not fill any important position in the Hungarian
political life. he received a professorship at the
agrar-scientific university. He was member of the Central Committee to the
of the
end also of parliament an o i icalcommittee which is the biggest factor
in the communist party. Of this committee he became a member only during his
premiership.
As prime minister he executed O { what the party wanted from him, what the
party ordered. It might haiee been some slighter deviations from the prescribed
road but he could not commit capital sins. When he became prime minister
he made a speech about the private initiatives, civil rights, etc, which
had a great reaction in the whole country. If not all but some of these
promises were realized. Internation camps were discontinued(dissolved) great
number of interned persons were freed, individual initiative encouraged etc.
Another great achievement during NagY Imre8s time,the creation of the new
popular Front. The importance of this movement that in this great social
orggnisation everybody could and should participate who was against the war.
party membership was not important in fact it was accentuated that in the first
place non party members were preferred.
The difference between RAKOSI and NAGY started during the latter's premiership.
NAYG's speech as mentioned above and in which he stated that theikulak is
also a human being had great reaction throughout the country. The reaction
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was so great that the party got scared and after ten days RAKOSI made a
corrective speech in which he rectified many parts of the NAGY speech.
The address was not written by NAGY Imre but he received it from the party
to be delivered atothe parliament. Therefore the main point of the accusation
that he took an independent road, was untrue. Every speech that is delivered
in the Hungarian parliament is written down previously and presented to the
party secretariat, the same system is used for newpaper artivles.
NAGY Imes became popular. If anybody else would have been in his place the
situation would hate been the same. Somehow the Hungarian people saw that
MGY Imre dropped a straw in the sea of bitterness and the people tried to
grab this straw to lengthen its life.
Some I5i%X~J people who were jailed for party offenses were freed at this time.
(KADAR Janos, RAKOSI's former deputy and minister of ine~erir, HARASZTHY
Sandor,LOSONOI Ge$za,KALLAI Gyula former minister, etc.).
~~/K%Owhi ch
NAGY Imre trusted the secre4rist of the co$ncil of ministers
the reatest helping organ of the prime minister- to his brother in law
JANOSI Ferenc who formerly was the first deputy minister of People's education.
When hi3 position was shaken his brother in law was aleo transferred -according
he is today the director of the
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JOZSEF Attila and PETOFI museuns.
His daughter, who worked at the "Vengrija" Russian language newspaper, before
the father became prime minister, was fired from the paper, later reemployed,
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reached its end, NAGY did everything that was expected of hims he lured the
hidden capital out of its hiding places, rehabilitated the great process
that started from many political errors. NAGY liars performed his role and
had to be relieved. As a lucky coincidence he became sick. This was confirmed
by many leading Hungarian politicians including DOBI Iatavn president, and
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is not a story made up, or an invented sickness.
RAKOSI having seen the great popularity of Nagy wanted to silence him for
good, and therefore he brought up the question of enfidence, he demanded
selteriticism from NAGY. NAGY flatly refused.
NAGY stated repeatedly that they should talk overvthe matter after he gets
well again. When NAGY Imre left the party hospital of Kutvolgyi street,
the matter of selfcriticism came up again. NAGY refused. RAKOSI would liked
to summon NAGY before the court. NAGY answered that yes he is willing but
'fall of us should sit together on the bench of thenaccIased because you and
GERO pushed the country into bankruptcy. This all is the informatioiri of
DOBI Istvan. Then RAKOSI summoned the Central Committee together the
firm belief that they will brand NAGY Imre. However it did not happen so.
They, (the Central Committee) did not want to exclude Nagy even from the
political committee. In the meantime RAKOSI was so certain in his measures
that he already ordered the placing NAGY Imre and his family in security.
The KV (Central committee) did not consent to this and RAKOSI and GERO tO
flew to Moscow where they received the instructions that"this is a Humgarisn
matter and should be taken care of &n your own authority". A new Central
Committee meeting followed, on which it had been resolved to deprive NAGY
Imre of all his offices. In the meantime NAGY was summoned to Moscow, but
The fact
with whom he negotiated, what he accomplished, are unknown to rae.
is that his car was given back that before was taken away from him, his
daughter was given back her job, and NAGY receives his university rector
pension.
The news were spread on the West that when .NNAGY appears on the street the
'What
people cheer for him and celebrate him - these rumors :+re not true.
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that he is more or less recupeeeted from his sickness and now lives b_f his
pension at Budapest. He was summoned to exercise selfcriticism but he was
not willing to do it.
t the Rozsa hill and takes walks with his grandchild. The party
gave him a well furnished villa.
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NANASI, Laszlo. representative(member of parliament)
He belongs to the leadership of the National Peasant Party. Since 1945 he serves
the communists completely. As a reward he is representative(member of the assembly),
member of the Presidium Council, and for years now president of the SZOVOSZ
(Szovetkezetek Orszagos SZovetsege- Country Federation of Co-operatives).
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NEM,MES, Gyorgy.
Secretary of the Peace Council.
He emerged in Hungarian life after 1945 when he has been collaborator of the
"Szabad Nep" party paper. After a few years he left the paper and had several
different party commissions. jr For more than two years now really he directs the
work of the Peace Council.
He is a man trueto the party line, who is a communist not only in words but
also in his expressions and in his own life conditions, He litres under modest
circumstances although he could afford much more for himslef.
He has a family, wife, and one or two children.
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Newspaperman.
He is Hungarian-German language professor, parents Lutheran priests, 25X1
they live at Szekszard. His father is in pension, his brother is priest there,
another brother was army officer under Horthy, now office worker.
Nemeth traveled in Germany twive during the war making studies. After graduation
at the university he became newspaperman and worked at the MTI(Hungarian News
Service-Magyar Tavirati Iroda). During the II world waA.NEMETH actively participated
in anti-war propaganda work. From 1945 he was political editor of the "Vilag"
small
(Worl) until the cessation of the paper in 1949. Since then NEMETH had emporary
jobs, At present he is working at the composition of an explanatory dictionary
for the Hungarian Academy of sciences,receites 600 Forints per month, and besides
contributes articles to various papers.
He is decidedly Friendly toward America. To this it has to be added that he had
a very good friend Mr. Luiss REWEY, who,lived at Budapest and beftiended him
at the Eotvos College(a fraternity). REWEY studied there for a few years and
after 1945 became press attache of the American Legation. NEMETH recommended to
REWEY " If you want to make effective propaganda then you should help out (to
get out of the country) a newspaperman or similar individual every three months
or half a year and then your radio shall have permanently fresh, new material,
and the public will believe you."
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NONN, Gyorgy
Country pro secutor(attorney general)
He is a communist since his youth. He got acquainted with communist ideas as a
university student. He spread them there and was detained, want to prison, and
spent shorter or longer periods there until December 1944. -for his political
convictions. After 1945, he became immediately the leader of the youth movement
of the communist party. In connection with this post he has been senthto the
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return he performed various party functions. He always has been a party official.
Later he$ became member of the parliament. When DONATH Ferenc and the members
thr* f the former Peace Party have been arrested, he became on DONATH's place
the head of the RAKOSI Matyas secretariat, The terror in Hungary was the greatest
perhaps at this time. The people in their last desperation turned for help to the
RAKOSI secretariat. RAKOSI was very vain (and proud) that he$elped with his
tom
"smile" but it is(N&N'a credit that since that time every application is investi-
gated. It has to be admitted that many a times help is extended too.
When he has been relieved here, he went to the peoples education ministry. First
he was deputy minister, and later first deputy of the minister. In this position
he in fact had more power than the minister who did not belong to the communist
party.
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general of the country. NONN is no university graduate unles he graduated it the
meantime. According to every probability he has been named to this position,
because a true RAKOSI man was necessary there and NONN certainly is one, he knows
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NONN Gyorgy.
comrade CZAKO the first peoples attorney of the country has been a miner, they
put him trhough a six-months legal course and soon he became the first jurist
of the country. It might be perhaps that they do the same thing with NONN too.
Years ago NC W used tm likeNSene agreable sides of life. He liked to frequent
restaurants, eating places. In the last months while he has been deputy minister
of the peoples education the supervision of fi fs and theaters also belonged
under his jurisdiction .
NONN is a conviced communist, because beginning from his youth he struggled for
the cause, and belongong those who can thank everything to the party, still
he tolerates counter-opinion(criticism). Even if he does not accept the opinion
of othet5 he can be told if one does not agree with him. He belongs to the better 25X1
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NCNN, Gyorgy, at present he is the highest officer of the judicial branch of
government of the country. He is attorney general of Hungary. He enjoys the
complete confidence of RAKOSI. He has been also the head of RAKOSI's secretariat,
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already during the II world war and has been in jail also. He also has been
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At the end of the 1930es he spread the ideas of ctmmunism among the university 25X1
students. For a short while he was in jail, At present he is the deputy of the
instruction minister and in the ministry he is in charge of the higher education
(university).
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OROSZY, .........
newspaperman, head of the "Nepszava"(The Peoples Voice) paper's editorial
He handles chiefly labor
union problems. In 1953 he worked already at the "Nepszava", he has been
picked out From some party machineryr. At the recommendation of the labor
union he has been sent to a one or two years course of labor union schooling
to :Moscow. After returning to Hungary he has been trusted with the directing
of the labor union paper the "Nepszava".
he constantly proclaims that nobody can be a good newspapermen with')ut the
:cnowledge of Marxism.
His financial position is very well balanced. He received from the labor union
a furnished apartment as a gift, from the paper he has a motorcar for his personal
use and his monthly salary exceeds 4000 forints.
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PALFAI, Janos.
newspaperman, professor.
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from Szeged, his father has been a simple ra 3road worker, now pensioned.
PALFAI graduated from the physical education high school, and worked in several
schools as gym instructor. From this job he went to the "Nemzeti Sport"(National
Sport) paper before the II world war. In 1945 he joined the social-democratic
party. He has worked at the "NEPsport"(Peoples Sporto paper and at the same time
has been J leading professor of the Soccer faculty of the Physical Education
Highschool (Academy standing:Transl.) In 1951 he had to leave the school because
he could not two jobs. His salary at the paper is 2300 forints and he earns
on the side with some different works another at least 1000 forints. Financially
he lives a well balanced life. He is the one who made trips to abroad the most
often from the editorial offices of the "Nepsport". This one can understand,
because he is an excellent expert, he is the columnist of the soccer sport, speaks
languages (English, German).
He has not been a member of the social-democratic party for long, because he had
been forced to join the communist party. He is a meber even today but it could not
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After the football(soccer) world ehampionship games,his position became very
shaky
Before the public he gives the impression of a mysterious man -- but
really in great lines he XX could be termed as a streight character.
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PARKA GI, Gyorgy, newspaperman, leader of the Hungarian Independence Party.
PARKA GI is from Sopron, parents were simple miners. His religion; Roman c8tholic.
He graduated faxm a catholic order latin high school. Started as newspaperman
at Sopron. A few years later he was brought to Budapest and at the "Magyar Nemzet"
paper became one of the prominent paper writers. His name became famous because
since 1943he wrote the shappest anti-nazi articles in Hungary. At this time as a
left side newspaperman he was very popular in Hungary.
he was decidedly friendly to America
and to England. On the 19th of March 1944 when the Germans occupied Hungary,
PARRAGI Gyorgy was one of the first whom the Germans arrested. The Germans treated
him humanly but the Hungarian nazis,the arrow party members tortured him badly.
The Germans deported him together with several Hungarian politicians to Mauthausen
and he was kept there until the spring of 1945. At this time he returned to Hungary
and recovered physically soon, and worked with the press and also started to play
a role in politics. He became editorial writer of the "Magyar Nemzet" and on the
small landholder party platform he was elected to parliament. At the assembly he
made several anti-communist speeches and also in the press he wrote the most anti-
Soviet and anti-communist articles. Upon the recommendation of NAGY Faeenc the
former prime minister-who lives now in American he was expulsed from the party. The
communists demanded this. Everybody waited that he will be arrested for the shapp
anti-Soviet articles. The predecessor of the AVH,the political police kept after
him for weeks. Then RAKOSI summoned him, showed him the warrant for his arrest,
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and explained to him that for his speeches and articles he might draw a death
sentence. ZZ1RZZZZMMX f All this could be avoided -supposedly RAKOSI said-
if PARRAGI would be willing to help to win over the bourgeoisy. PARRAGI accepted.
He gradually started to serve the communist cause. First he became deputy leader
and later - after Balogh Istvan has been discarded - leader of the Balogh party.
PARRAGI is still member of the parliament, member of the Presidium Council and
editor in chief of the "'Magyar Nemzet" daily. For years now the communists have
PARRAGI in their hands and he is completely laid low to them.
The man's fate is tragic: for years he was decidedly a friend of America, and
for this he was deported even to Mauthausen concentration camp but when he started
openly on the political scene nobody defended him against the communists. Even the
leaders of the small landholders party were afraid of him because he was popular
and this drove him completely in the communist's net.
However it has to be established that he performed a tremendous destructive work.
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His two daughters study at the university. The older one is chemical engineer or
in her last year of study and has just recently married.
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PATAKI ........
He also has a leading position at the DISZ (Democratic Youth Federation) central.
His name appears often in the papers. He also handles
propaganda matters.
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PERLAY, Dezso.
He is one of the best informed men of the council work.
PERLAY is from Budafok, has highschool education, graduated. Has been employed
at various enterpfises(business concerns) but now for years he has been a member
of the Hungarian Workers Party. __
He could be calmly termed as a fanatical communist. WhenYade trips in the country
snd someone criticized or said something against the system, he very simply
denounced them at the local party or to the AVH organs. This way he disposed of
several men. He is always the true servitor of the political situation of the
moment. He would like very much to make a political sorrier and in this interest
is searching for the good will and friendship of every influential people. Also,
he would like to travel. He has never been in the West. At one occasion he has
been in Czechoslovakia. Materially he has a balanced life. His income reaches
4000 foriuts.
When the councils had to be popularized in the Radio, upon party instruction
PERLAY prepared the programs. He condemned the NACY Imre era eveno(% at the
beginning and therefore had some smaller friction with people, however when
the era ended PERLAY*s prestige understandably grew high.
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PINTER, Laszlo (his first name is not certain)
He is one of the leaders of the "Szabad Ifjusag"(Free Youth) the central paper
of the DISZ(Democratic Youth Fdderation).
Around 1950 he contacted the DISZ and the youth movement. He studied for a year
at the Budapest university and then went to the Soviet Union, he spent three
years there and studied at some university(not in Moscow) in some city. When
he returned to Hungary immediately he was placed at the management of the DISZ
and came to the paper., first as editorial page editor and later as member of
the editorial board. Today: he is still in this position. His colleagues say
about him (,t that he wants to solve everything with Soviet methods and only
regards as good what he learned there.
PINTER is an extreeme communist who accepts the party resolutions as the holy
scripture. His collaborators say that he spends his time to write reports to the
party center and to the Soviet Embassy about the situation at the paper.
He is the individual who openly professes that a good newspaperman can be only
a party member who besides takes his fullsize part in the party work also. If
there is a campaign-like task to be solved then PINTER is in the first line.
He criticizes everything he believes that is not party-attitude but he himself does
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PIROS, Laszlo
Minister of interior, head of the AVH.
PIROS participated in the workers movements already before 1945, but has not
had much role there. His original trade is hog butcher and butcher.
After 1945 he immediately received an important post in the labor union. However,
he has been active only a few months when he was sent to schooling. He is a
communist party representative in the pa.rlia;ent fronp6 the first. For a while
he served in the party central and then before the turn,or right after (1948)
for to e
he has been sent first to a six months course, end then ( one yearhigher
party school. After graduation fro.:: these schools he has been sent from one
important post to the other. First he became deputy secretary general of the
3ZOT(3zakszervezetek Orszegos Tanacsa4 Country Council of the Labor Unions).
From here unexpectedly he has been commandeered to the AVH. by the party and
there with generals rank he became deputy of PETER Gabor. At this time he moved
from his apartment at the Thek Endre street, and at the Leonardo de Vinci street
to a villa at Buda.
When he has been transferred to the AVH, there were rumors circulating that the
party wantc:u to fill the AVH with workers caders(cedres). Years later it was
revealed that PIROS received the role to watch PETER Gabor and in proper time
take steps to make him harmless with Russian help.
When PETER Gabor has been arrested PIROS became the heed of the AVH, and he directed
the AV'I. work. Soon he has been named deputy minister for the interior, thfirst
deputy minister and now for more than a year he is minis+.er for the interior and
at the same time head of the AVH. When at the first time he has been the head of
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the AVH., the AVH belonged ~~ jurisdictionally under the council of ministers
and not under the minister of interior. When PIROS became minister of interior
the direction and supervision over the AVH was transferred again into the
minister of interiors hands.
PIRO3 ran a very great "/ carrier in the party in a few years. In 19417, he was
only a representative in the parliament, then became auxiliary membe_ of the
party :nanarement and at present he is already an auxiliary member of the political
cormuittee.
the AVH is not directed directly by him now. He 25X1
created a new leader group a good many members of which group came from Moscow
and the other members received i'osco;r training. These are PI:ROSls puppets. In
the ministry of interior the police matters are taken care o' by POCSE Tibor
and GYORE Joseph deputy ministers.
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is a RAKOSI man. Anything RAKOSI orders PIROS executes
without a word, without the sounding of an (counter) opinion. The arrest of
L^"'"E 1 Gabor end his staff (DECSY Gyula, TI;,:AR Istvan,C'-APO, major, etc) have
been performed by him (PIROS) ^nd his Llucediate staff.
PIROS likes to visit by preference
the nib; t investigatiobs for inspection tours. 'iben he (JAVOR) has been inter-
rotated PI205 appeared several times but never interrupted the ir:vesti atio.~.
(He /JtiVOR/ has been arrested also in the R.AJK case. He has been colcnel.)
By his original
He is the type who obeys and executes the higher order without a word.
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Luring PIROS's ministership the working hours have been also changed at the AVH.
gamely under PETER Gabor the men of the AVH had no definite working hours and
worked considerably more than eight hours a dey. PIROS prohibited for anybody to
work more than eight hours and if that was still necessarcj then the overtime had to be
taken out in free days.
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secretary of the party he did not follow always the proper tactics of coumunism.
RA1;OSI completely took sides with PIROS in his defense.
shortly it could be stated that PIRO3 is ' completely a RAKOGI man. He attacked
GERO only because he offended him and PIROS knew that at that time GERO attacked
RAK0S I.
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POCZE, Tibor.
deputy minister of interior, police major general.
CSAKI Sandor
Personally I do not know him at all. For a while as een adjutant to him.
From CSAKI I know a few things about him.
He is a member of the party. There was a time when he has been the head of
the country police. He only has the police under his authority, not the AVH.
He is a great sport fan. This,I can prove with examples. DEAK Ferenc, former
soccer palyer, member of the national select team, who has been also a police
selling smuggled -~*o J
first lieutenant, was caught in the act o ny on things) and a
process was started against him. Friends turned to POCZE, who smoothened the affair.
The soccer players turn to him for smaller and larger favors. Generally he
helps sporting people. He also has been a worker.
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PRIESZOL, Joseph, first deputy of the Post and transportation minister.
PRIESZOL is from Veszprem county, where he worked before 1945 in semeral mines
as a miner. At this time he attracted attention yf$/j with his ability as agitator.
At the election of 1945 he was not nominated by the social-democrats as a candidate,
left the party and became a communist. At this time the communists reveived 25X1
every newcomer gladly, especially men with clear past and workers background.
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On the communist list PRIESZOL was elected.After this he filled various post
in different parts of the country, and in 1948 or 1949 he was sent to a higher
school of the party for a year. After finishing his studies he was placed in the
ministry of Posts and Transport as de ut minister.
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? RLKOS I, Matya s .
Original family name ROTH. Comes from middle class merchant family. Studied
high school at Szabadka and Soprmn. Five or six brothers or sisters. As a
young man participated in the first world war and there got acquainted with
communist ideology.
After graduating from high school received government scholarship to Germany
and England. He speaks these two languages well. During the first revolution
- in 1919 - he hardly had a role at all. First he worked at the official news-
paper of the party the "Red News". In the last weeks of the revolution his
irresponsible lust for power cased the death of thousands (the battle of
Salgotarjan). According to contemporaries, at this time, no particular talents
of his could be discovered. For a few weeks he was deputy peoples commisar.
After the defeat of the revolution Rakosi had to escape, he went to the Soviet
Union. There he attended various schools. Stalin and his company silenced
the first line guard of the 1919 Hungarian revolution one by one (Bela KUN
and his companions) and there was practically ho one left of the old guard,
who could be accepted by Moscow. Only Jeno LANDLER was accepted. This way the
prestige of the young RAKOSI grew and grew. He started to play a role in the
international communist movement. Right away he became an adherent-of ,Kid
Stalin and his line.
When the so-called white terror in Hungary(Horthy terror) faded away,Moscow
issued the order that the Hungarian communist Darty should be called to life,
be organised underground and if possible bring out In the open.
Rakosi was charged with this work. He received the task to go to Hungary and
there organise the party in some form.
Why was RAKOSI adaptable for this role?
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Because he had a large circle of acquaintances. Before of during the first
world war Rakosi was one of the leaders of the Galilei Club a progressive
organisation of university students with whom at that time RAKOSI had contacts.
When he went back to Hungary these former members were mostly in serious
respaible positions. RAKO;3I expected the help of his former club mates but
was disillusioned by them. From the former friends nobody paid attention to
him. (Rakosi(s dislike of the Galilei Club originated at this time. When in
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speech with the effect that in a few weeks the club discontinued its activity.
Rakosi mentioned the above events there.) Another reason of his return to Hungary
was that he knew if he will stcceed in reviving the party in Hungary that will/$ vi
have such ah effect in Moscow that from one day to the other he will be the
(-Hungarian communists. He did not make a mistake in this calculation.
Zoltan
dakosi started the work in Hungary with his young friendyp].#U1 VASS(Weinberger)
After short stay at Buda:)est RAKOSI was arrested by the political police. Xmt
Un
official opinion is that the arrest was helped by Moscow knowing that martyrdom
raises their numbers. They calculated thus= if RAKOSI becomes a martyr the
ornott
party will have more sympathizers. Whether RAKOSI is destroyein the struggle
mxxxmt the party will have full value of his person. When RAKOSI was released
from prison and returned to Moscow, the former leaders of the Hungarian group
MADZ:,AR Joseph, RUDAS Ladislas, were pushed in the background and RAKOSI b ecame
together
the leade $i4 Zoltan VASS, who also emerged from the dusk of the unknowns.
This was the way RAKOSI founded his future. When he became a martyr he could
not be discarded anymore and demanded greater and greater place and position
for himself in the communist oligarchy.
Another of the personality
??xizxicharacteristic trait ftaxxtrf RAKOSI Witco: pKrzam; when in jail, where
he was convicted by the Horthy court, RAKOSI organized a huger stike with
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some fellow prisoners. Even here there was providence that he shall not become a
martyr - GOGOS Ignatius and LOWY Sandor perished through this
hunger strike - but RAKOSI came out unharmed. With regard to his state of
health he only observed a "50 percent strike" he ate once a day, but the
fellow strikers did not eat or drink for 8-10 days.
TELEKI Paul was Hungary's prime minister when RAKOSI Matyas was freed from
the Szeged jail. The Soviet Union made an agreement with the Hungarian
government that after RAKOSI's release regular commercial relations will be
restored
resumed and the XO 1848 revolution flags will be roatieed to Hungary.
These flags were in a Soviet war museum. It is interesting that at this time
the public sentiment was very anti-communist in Hungary. Rakosi and his
helpers could not revive the communist party in the years of the 1930-s.
Instead they organised a socialist character party but this had no ground
and no strenght.The experiment was discontinued.
The Soviet union saved i3AKO-SI and VASS from the jail for tactical reasons,
it was necessary to show the world that %$~ Moscow saves its adherents and
is even willing to make sacrifices for them. Resuming trade relations with
Hungary was important for the Soviet in the first place to provide the
material need of the slowly reviving party.
According to well informed Hungarian politicians Rakosi's release was suggested
by German politicians and allegedly ERMAN?DDORF former German envoy at Budapest
played the intermediator role.
When Rakosi has been released, he went right away to the Soviet legation at
Budapest, spent a short time there and later was taken by Huingarian police
officers and Soviet diplomats to Lavocne where the Hungarian police gave him
over to the ,-oviets. He and Zoltan VASS were taken to Moscow and a great
festival was started. The slogan of that day;that Moscow does not abandon its
true sons.
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Around this time RAKOSI got married. He married a Khazak origin Soviet
prosecutor. She is his present wife,
today she is around 56-60 years old.
During the war RAKOSI became % one of the directors of the Kossuth Radio
at Moscow. He made speeches to the Hungarian people several times weekly. Again
an uncontrolled information says that at this time he had a great fight with
his rival SZABADOS Michael(christien name uncertain). During the war, news
circulated in Hungary named SZABADOS as the leader of the Hungarian communists.
RAKOSI in order to get rid of his rival SZABADOS, had him framed through GERO
Erno and became the leader of the Hungarian emigration at that time in Russia.
camps of/
A few times RAKOSI visited risoners/war ~~1? in Russia but did not make
a pleasant impression on the Hungarian prisoners. ( His appearance and figure).
As it is known, RAKOSI played an important role also in the KOMINTERN
In October 1944 he was already
in ungary. REVAI Joseph and X VASS Zoltan began to organize the communist
party through his instructions. He went all over the country as the lord and
master of life and death.
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In the first months Rakosi had no public role and moved around all over as
a leader of the party. However even at this time he was the unrestricted
master completely.
In 1945 only GERO Erno remained close to RAKOSI, all the other true followers
were compromised; REVAI Joseph, FARKAS Michael, VASS Zoltan, etc. RAKOSI
reached the stage that he had arrested the head of the secretariat DONATH
Francis, who 4j% was released from jail just recently.
In April 1945 RAKOSI moved from Debrecen to Budapest and had an apartment
in the %X$$ Szabo Jozsef street, XIV district, close to the ;Millenary
soccer stadium. At present he lives on the Szabadsaa hill, Budapest, He
moves around in a car, runs up to the Istenhegy road to the Orban square,
turns right, but from there can not be observed because there is a police
sentry turning away pedestrians. On the other side of the Szabadsag hill
the road is blocked the same way.
When RAKOSI is traveling, three cars move along, no one knows which car
averting
he is occupying. 6-8 AVH ##%14 officers are constantly traveling with him.
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Packard.
RAKOSI has a great family, and is a good family man, he does not abandon the
members of his family. However the members of his family do not use the
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RAKOSI name but are called BIRO. One of his sisters is in the party center
and the director of the party instruction matters for
the whole country. Mother sister(or brother) is deputy to the minister of
furnaces and machine industry. A few months ago he visited India and Burma
conducted commercial negotiations there. The wife of one brother is the
directrice of the aeroplane factory of Horthyliget.
is
only one sister that carries the name(RAKOSI) her name Hajnalka.
She is sick and does not work at all.
RAKOSI behaves toward people as he would be the wise man of the nation.
RAKOSI is deliberate in his speech, constantly smiling, and uses Hungarian
proverbs by:)great preference.At the same time he is the most cruel man, who
who is
crushes mercilessly anybody crossing his ways and aims. He is unbelieveably
revengeful.
DOBI Istvan, president of the republic said about him that tpward Moscow,
RAKOSI is the firm point. (This happened in 1954.)
Working habitat He likes to appear that he knows everything and is the best
informed. A few months ago there were rumors circulating that the writers
were revolting. One by one RAKOSI called the writers to himself. Previously
he demanded information about them. When NEMETH Ladislas called on him,
RAKOSI told Nemeth, what Nemeth made earned) last year, what he is working
on now, what are his problems, etc. For instance during his converataion with
Nemeth, RAKOSI pulled out a file from his desk and started to read what Nemeth
earned for this and that of his works. Another example; he summoned MAJOR Otto
who is a younger writer, and received him with the words" Comrade Major you
have nothing to fear for your anti-Tito theater piece.Man makes mistakes but
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should dare to exercise selfcriticism. You should apply this on the stgge."
MAJOR who wrote an anti-Tito play, is now working on exactly the opposite
trend piece. RAKOSI probably received his information regarding NEMET's
problems from the AVH.
Once RAKOSI liked sports for the popularity values. However at one occasion
the security men found a hand grenade close to RAKOSI's loge at the Dozsa
soccer field in UJpest and since then he(RAKOSI) can be seen very seldom at
sport events. When he has to appear at the Peoples Stadium there are at least
one hundred security Joi agents to guard him - the vicinity of his loge is
evacuated,only confident, reliable people are tolerated there in the L sector,
and even the ushers, ticket-takers are AVH men.
If he goes to the theater, the scene and setup is about the same. More
interesting plays are presented at protocols performances, meaning that only
guests invited by the AVH J1 can be present. Great precaution is taken here also.
separate
At first he took his vacations at Balatonkartya but newly he has se a cottage
at Balatonoszod. His mountain retreat is in the Matra hills about 550 yards
from the Gallyateto great Hotel.
Objectively skeaking, it has to be acknowledged that RAKOSI Matyas is very
educated and well read man. Among the emerged personalities in the Hungarian
political life since 1945 RAKOSI takes a prominent place by his intelligence.
He planned the political strategy of the communist party. However he is a bad
judge of character. Until now he had to be disappointed in every man of his
selection.
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RAKOSI is in closer firendahip-among the Hungarian politicians- with HAZI
Arpad. R.is the godfather, and his wife the godmother of the HAZI children.
From political considerations way back in 1946 he did not proclaim his
struggle against the Church and his wife held the NAZI children for baptismal.
At that time the "Kepes Figyelo" magazine published pictures of the occasion.
His human weacness, that after his rise to power through the Soviet armies
he had arrested every prison guard who mistreated him during his jail time
at the Vac jail and at the Szeged Csillag prison. Several of them were
liquidated and other sent to jail. Objectively it has to be stated that among
the communist politicians he is the most educated. With some exaferation it
could be said that he with his intellectual capacity ma emerges from the
Hungarian politicians of the last ten years. Hoover here it has to be added
always
that his politics was u~lt up on the bayonets of the Soviet army. He could
always ascertain who are the politicians whom he had to W fear and he
tried to win them over by bribery aor threat) and if not he liquidated them.
For instance, he feared the pen and popularity of PARRAGI George, the writer.
was su ~oned to RAKOSI who after the
conversation destroyed the arrest order and today PAItRAGI is one of the press
agents of RAKOSI.
RAKOSI discarded KOVACS Bela, general secretary of the Small Landholders Party,
SULYOK Dezso, PFEIFFER Zoltan. KOVACS cold not be arrested by the Hungarian
police and there ore he was arrested by the Soviet troops.
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It is natural that he speaks the Russian language almost perfectly. It could
be said in his favor that he forced his wife to learn Hungarian and in public
places talks to her in Hungarian. This same cannot be said about other leading
personalities who communicate with their Russian wifes in Russian.
At present, RAKOSI's biggest problem is tae clearing up of the Tito matter.
Hungarians led the anti-Tito campaign,
among the satellite nation. In this RAKOSI took the palm. He lased first the
expression of "chained dog". Now he would like to out all the blame on
PETER Gabor and his gang. At the same time his speeches and writings do not
prove this. :it the reopening of the RAJK case, he stood on the forum before the
people and claimed that he hesitated for days until.his decision was made up.
And today hypocritically he received the RAJK orphans in his villa.
RAKOSI: Who is your father?
The RAJK childs I have no father.
RAKOSI: Yes you have. Your father is the great Party!
The clearing up of the RAJK case is going on for months now, but no solution
can be found that RAKOSI would not be involved and therefore the case is
dragged out and the decision is delayed.
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good terms with Suslov, who takes care of the satellite matters in Moscow.
Allegedly RAKOSI recommended Suslov for Stalin's attention when Suslov was
a young man.
There is a rumor that RAKOSI leans in the first place for support on MOLOTOV
among the communist'-)Politbureau members.
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REVAI, Joseph.
He also appeared on the Hungarian political
horizon in the fall of 1945, from Moscow he came to Hungary.
His original name was KAHAN Mor(This is not certain). He participated as
a young man in the Hungarian communist movement of 1919. Later in 1927 he
was involved in one o the cells that was discovered by the police. He
spent a short term in prison and after that went to Moscow through Czecho-
slovakia.
According to unconfirmed information he took part in the organisation of
the Czec4oalovak young communist party around the 1930-es.
In Moscow he attended several party schools and party universities and he
was from the beginning one of the main ideologists of the party even in
Hungary.
Started his role at Szeged. He recruited into the Hungarian political life
BALOGH Istvam Roman catholic priest of the Also Tanya central district of
Szeged.REVAI was the leader of the propaganda work, the communist press
and the first daily the "Debrecen Neplap" started under his guidance.
After fERO, he REVAI too became a member of the National General gouncil.
chief
When the government moved to Budapest he became the editor of the central
paper of the party the "Szabad Nep".
He is one of the planner and executor of the communist political tactics;
the nationalisation of the banks, the nationalisation of the mines, and
the fight against the Church, etc.
Rb`VAI took as his share the intellectual field, education. As minister of
public instruction his authority covered the book publishing,press, radi9,
theater, etc. He nationalized all the theaters in Hungary. He directed the
book-burning when King Lear, David Copperfield and other works were declared
to be reactionary.
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From the beginning he was interested in the Free Masonry movement and
considered this movement p(' from the view point of progressive communism
as the greatest enemy of the party, even greater than the Church.
He had a decisive role in the party machinery. For a long time he was a member
of the political commission of the party. He is an unbelievable repulsive,
hard, mean intentioned man.
Hungarian intellectual life is his sin. This he carried throgh with a
rigidness of steel and with inex,oeability. In Hungary professor of
university could be only a person whom he accepted as such. He had a special
file for university professors.
REVAI is known as a puritan man who never took part,in business ventureq,
or in helping of peo# e.
REVAI put his brother
Rezso first at the head of the nationalised file industry and when this failed
to the Radio but the brother could not hold his ground at either places and
is now director of the Hungarian television company.
REVAI is a great enemy of the newspapermen. Thanks to him the collective
contract of the newspaper writers is very bad. His brother in law SZANTHO
Zoltan is the president of the Hungarian-Soviet Society working in the
bounds of the party.
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REVAI had a part in the annihilation of the bourgeois parties also.
the Catholic Party under BARANKOVICS Istven and
and the other Hungarian liberal party under PFEIFFER Zoltan were destroyed
by REVAI tactics.
A few years ago it might be 2.3 years ago) REVAI tetired from active
tis.o8.6rv
politics partly his condition of health and partly because of the
unbelievable
great hate he enjoys all over the country. At present he is member of the
parliament as represen4tive and is one of the deputy presidents of the
presidium.
The complete communist upbringing of Hungarian youth is REVAI's sin. The
creation of the DISZ (Federation of Working Youth) and the Pioneer movement
are also connected with his name.
The introduction of:vieteducational system in the Hungarian schools J'
?" Even tod. /
has been ordered at his recommendation. a is the principal director of
the KOSSUTH Prize adjudging committeeF
These five men of the Hungarian politics ;RAKOSI Matyas, GERO Erno, FARKAS
Michael, REVAI Joseph and VASS Zoltan are consid/ered as the No.l. team
of Moscow, after the times of 1945. For years all power was concentrated
in their hands in every field.
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RONAI, Sandor, president of the parliament(assembly).
RCNAI is an old man of the workers movement. Original trade bricklayer(mason).
He was secretary of the social democratic party at Miskolc even before 1945.
At this time the workers of the vicinity and the left side elements acknowledged
Ronai as an authority (in labor matters) because he bravely struggled against
the Horthy system's authorities. He remained in this position even after 1945.
His situation changed only in that respect that he became member of the parliament
on the social democratic ticket.Since then he is ininterruutedly a member of the
legislation. At the end of 1945 or at the beginning of 1946 when the social-
democratic party received the ministry (the portfolio) of public alimentation
RONAI Sandor received this position. RONAI did not do anything at all here (in
this job) his every moue showed that he does not understand~/it. Unfortunately
he selected his collaborators badly. They implanted in him the seed of vanity
and since then he is looking for appearance in public and is chasing popularity.
the former bricklayer
From the top of the ministry of public aliments on $~ as put in charge of the
ministry of commerce, Around this time he was already the member of the highest
management of the social-democratic party. While he was minister the socialization
of commerce started. He proclaimed the crusade against commerce. As minister of
commerce he pledged himself to the communists. He has been the penetrated man
of the communist party in the social-democratic party and he has a great share
that the social-democratic party could be dissolved into the ccmmunist party.
He informed GERO and REVAI exactly of the of the intentions of the social-democratic
leaders. When the fusion of the two so-called labor parties has been effected,
(the social-democratic and the communist parties) RONAI as a former social-democrat
also became a member of the political committee of theniNew Party of the Hungarian
Workers. Howve ,this" King for a day" farce lasted only a few months.
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new
When the former social-democrats had to be silenced in the Party of the Hungarian
Workers RONAI received the role to represent the new line before the public. The
result and RONAI'S reward was, that when the former social-democrat state president
SZAXASITS Arpad was arrested -in spite of being the president of the country-
RONAI became the president of the Hungarian country(Hungary). Later, when on
Soviet pattern the Presidium Council was created RONAI became the president of the
Presidium Council. He had no independent voice or action. At this time his old
collabanators were taken away from him and he was surrounded with "reliable"
communists. When again from political tactical reasons a peasant origin president
became necessary they simply had RONAI resigned and put n charge as president
of the parliament. He fills this post up today.
also was a newspaperman an
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party paper. He participated actively in thsresistence movement. He was captured
at Buds in February 1945, terribly tortured, and with several companions executed
in the fort 24 hours before Buda was liberated.
The other son of RONAI, after 1945 was a building contractor, and then became a 25X1
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and attended various schools.
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RU .ZNYAK, Istvan Dr.i~D.
university professor, member of the Academy of Sciences.
RUSZiNYAK is of Jewish origin, and as such, suffered many setbacks, slithings
during the Horthy era. He used to work at Szeged, where hecause of his great
knowledge and several discoveries he was not completely neglected but slighted
on account of his origin. This certainly had an effect on Ruszx k, wht i` a
vain man and has a sensitive soul. At Szeged he used to collaborate with 3ZR,'TA
GYORGYI Albert, the Nobel prize Hungarian scientist
After 1945 RU;:ZIYYAK immediately joined 4 he communist
party, was brought to Budapest and named professor to the university.
He is president of the Academy of' Sciences and also of various communist and pink
mass organisations. For years now he is member of the parliament on the communist
party list. Professor RU:;ZNYAK does everything today except to take care of his
patients.
The eo::munists use him as a shiel~verywhere. If there i:3 any kind of ne(moverlent
R',`3ZY. AK is elected in it.
The great public, the people is beginning to reline that .77; -?YAK the well known
doctor ea_znot he re-'arced as a physician any more, he is a mere political puppet.
The communists spread the rtu.ior in 1945, 1946 i1y it was professor ?U. ZI~YA:C
;i.o di5covcred the C vitamin and not S.:ENT*GYORGYI who reccited a Nobel prize
for t but RUSZNYAK had to remin in the background because of his origin.
has bee: cn::a?ed in
In the suam r of 1955 there were r&uors at Budapest that '3U^_7.;YAi{ .zsL~u
e icr. ?e for the ?J,Z.-tern powers, and before his arrest --onur,itted suicide. `;leeks
later t'iis rtunor proved to be fall when RU:aZi Ytir: areared at some public event.
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SANDOR, Laszlo, section head of the central management of the DISZ.(Democratic
Fe derationj
Youth help) .
SANDOR is from Salgotar jan, his father was a miner. In 1946 or 1948 from aalgo--
he served
tar jan he came to the AVH. There he has been an officer, irat with the rank of
Fist lieutenant, and later as captain. At the AVH. he has been the expert in
youth problems. He filled this position for years. When the DISZ(Democratic Youth
Federation) has been reinforced 4XX$/X$$ by, the party, many tried young communists
were sent there, 3ANDOR was one of them. He really fills the role in the DISZ,
what KELETI Ferenc fills in the party. The selection of the DISZ cadres belongs
to his jobs; who should be sent, where. The better youth he sends to the AVH.
He also handles the direction of sport metters,that is a very important DISZ
function today. SANDOR talks with a "Paloc"(Upper-Hungary) accent. His brother
graduated from a university in the Soviet Union and returned to Hungary just
recently, in the summer of 1955? aka SANDOR while at the AVH, "discovered"
several un-versity student organisations and very proud of this achievements.
He also has been in the Soviet Union, however did not receive higher shcooling
there. He received his higher (communist) schooling at Zakopane(Poland). As he
related, he spent five weeks there. There were three (young men) from Hungary
and the others from Rumania, Bulgaria, Poland,China, Mongolia and naturally some
youth from the Soviet, who discussed there.
SANDOR has been the "responsible" of the leader-training-school of the DISZ that
sxsxataxin=
was held at the Galyateto. Atxtkixxzzkomix5Ctaaxnxtaxtaxxxnxextxaixmd
At this school 50 DISZ secretaries were trained who will direct the DISZ life of
larger plants, factories, universities,etc.
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SIX, Endre
first deputy of the foreign minister.
5IK has two brothers living now in Hungary. SIK Sandor is the Piarist Order
3uperior,former professor at the University for the Hungarian language. Unbelievably
great knowledge, htnest, clean, saintly man.
The other SIK could not find his place in life. Three or four fiingers are missing
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university, lives in America now.
$IK Endre got acquainted with communism in his youth. The time between the two
world wars SIX spent outside of Hungary. For years he also lived in Moscow. When
RAKOSI started to use the communists who returned from abroad, SIX received ever
more important tasks. His first greater commission has been the post to head the
Washington legation. When SIK returned from Washington he has been trustedwith an
important post at the ministry of foreign affairs. Despite the fact that he is
d';.puty tm the minister, in relaity he is the minister. BOLD 0:ZKY Janos, the
minister is only a yesman there.
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:>PANY IK- SAM I
He has been professional soccer player before 1944 at Ujpest. In 1945 as a
young man joined the conununist party and started to educate himself. He
~~Mvwc{_ .
always received larger and larger roles in the party machinery since a few
months he is the second secretary of the party cozmaittee of the
Hungarian Workers Party, Budapest IV.Dictrict.
is s been ,
His former soccer player teammates told a',out him that bPA vYIKASATDIrspletely
changed, became a bloodthirsty man who barely recognizes his old friends.
In his district - where there are numerous factories - he is almost the master
of life jnd death. He is still a young man, is about 32-31+ years old.
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SZABO, Gergely,
head of the secretariat of the council of ministers.
the simple chemical engineer very shortly
became first main stction head of the ministry, then deputy minister, and later
minister of the chemical industry. When the ministries were concentrated (seve-
ral ministries were merged) he ceased to be minister. 3ZABO enjoy% the complete
confidence of the present leaders of the party. When the position of NAGY Dare
became shaky, SZABO has been plaeed at the position that was occupied formerly
by NAGY(S son-in-law.
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SZ,BO, Istvan
deputy of the minister of defense, lieutenant general.
Mn the spring of 1945
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been the leader of the local communist party. Allegedly he originates from that
district. lie also, returned from the Soviet Union in 1945, he lived for years
there. He became first secretary of the communist party of Ha idu county and from
this position around 1948 went to Budapest and named general and at tine ^arae time
deputy of the minister of defense. A few years ago he has been promoted to
lieutenant general.
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SZAKALI, Joseph, the first man in the DISZ(Demolcratikus Ifjusagi Szovetseg -
Federation of Democratic Youth).
has been collaborator of the DISZ, and later leader of the DISZ at the Diosgyor
iron works. From there he came to his present pest, He is of worker origin.
For a while he himself performed physical work. he is the man of 25X1
KOVACS Istvan. He began to fill a more important role at Diosgyor when the
Borsod county party committee (Miskolc also belongs to this cou,.nty) had KOVACS
Istvan as first secretary. KOVACS recommended him to the party center also.
Before he became DISZ leader, he spent several weeks at Moscow.
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SZAL, Joseph, head of the information (propaganda) section of the foreign ministry.
SZAL was in diplomatic service in several Western countries. About two years ago 25X1
he was recalled to Hungary. For his knowledge of languages and his ability of
negotiations he was trusted with the information section of the f&reign ministry.
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His work is two-fold, one, information toward the peoples democracies, and two,
the same toward the West. He is rather more specialized toward the West.
He is a sharpLainded man whose only ambition is to make a carrier in the foreign 25X1
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SZANTO, Zoltan.
former minister of Hungary to France.
REVAI
He has close family relations to 1I Joseph the former chief ideologist of
the party. Through this family relationship he obtained that years
ago he was nominated to the post at the head of the Paris legation. At that
time it was said that the Paris legation is the best from Hungarian point of
view because it informed the best, about everything, and in the proper time,
the government organs at home and that the legation 'anew about everything which
was important/ from Hungarian point of view. This service was organized by
SZANTO. When he came back to Hungary from Paris in 1953 a press and propaganda
bureau has been organized next to the council of mini$t#'s and SZANTO became its
head with the rank of minister. At this time the Hungarian press breathed some-
what more freely end dared to criticize more than ever before. SZAMO prompted
the newspapermen that they should criticize.
When the new-era policy came to an end, NAGY Imre has been let go, and the mentioned
bureau discontinued. However, SZANTO has not been dropped but nominated at the
head of the largest mass-organisation the Hungarian Soviet Society, as president.
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At this new place he received the primary task that the broad mass of youth should
be not only organized as members but be connected in the active work. The confidential
resolution of the central mall'gement stated that SZANTO should teach the youth to
love the Soviet life forms, Soviet art and Soviet culture throggh the activity of
his society from which they yet shy away - as the party resolution stated.
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,ZOBEK, Andras
at present minister of gathering(the harvest).
Before 1945 BZOBEK lived at Bekescsaba, first, he worked as carpenters helper
and later became independent waster carpenter. This district has been the hot-
bed of the leftist lovement in Hungary. Soon 3ZOBEK eiso h's been oo.1nected
broth the movement and first he was on the sociH1-(:el:'.ocrgtic '1`_ne, then nt the
bt?;innin` of the 194Oics he already c; "..:unist. ?,van before 1945 '7e
belonged to t.ti~ c nuiist .party. Whaq%,the Russia= a.rr.ly invaded Hungary, the
opressed --ZOBEK transformed into a little king of the neighborhood. First he
was chief comisar of Bakes county and then after performing various party
requireraents(tas'.cs) he became minister. if my memory does not fail me,he was
first minister of public alimentation and later the party put him to various
important posts. The last time he has been errbaFsadov at Moscow. From here he
liras called back and named minister for gath.ering(tr:e harvest). His predecessor
TI3ZA Joseph completely failed and the party needed a :'tronghanded man, the
choice fell on
i.v .'t? is ajgressive man. He is a faithful Moscow adherent.
He i:; member of parliament since 1945.
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SZUCS, Lajos.
secretary of the Great-Budapest party committee.
He is of workers family origin, who became connected with ctmmunist party activity
after 1945- Since two or three years he is second secretary of the Budapest party
committee. This is a very great position. SZUCS has an iron will and is diligent.
He has his office at the Koztarsasag (Liberty) square.
He is a faithful executor of the party resolutions. He is a typical administrative
man (bureaucrat).
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TABORI, fnu.
he is the political editor of the "Szsbad Ifjusag" 25X1
(Free Youth) the central paper of the DISZ (Democratic Youth Federation).
In the past he had nothing to do with journalism. Upon the recommendation of the 'cv11
party, the DISZ central placed in his present position.
he attended various party schools, he specialized himself in the youth movements.
He has been several times in the Soviet Union and there in the first place studied
Komszomol work. His last trip, in 1955, led him to China, where he held a series
of lectures about the Iungarian youth movement and its development. He is a member
of the central management of the DISZ.
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TARI KA, Istvan Dro
physician.
Before 1944 he has been ,t$O one of the leaders
of the Debrecen intellectal communists. In 1945 tht party made of him secretary
of state, he stayed in this position only a year of two. He was sent to the
Soviet Union, attended various schools there, and not long ago returned to
Hungary. For the time being one cannot telll whkt kind of position he shall be
placed but considering his old communist membership and the fact that he spent
5-.6 years in the Soviet Union, it is certain that he will be in high position.
ATTENTIONS TARI3iA, Istvan Dr. should not be mistaken for another TARISiA who
used to be active in the Peace-party in 1944, and for this has been jailed or
pushed in the background between 1951 and 1953.
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TISZA, Joseph.
former minister of gathering(harvest).
He has worked at various party organisations all over the country for years.
During the last parlimentary elections he has been elected as representative.
As a man who knows the countryside he has been elevated to ministerial rank
and named gathering minister. He shamefully failed in this position. He did not
understand anything and no power to carry out the party resolutions either.
After only a year of ministership he has been relieved. To be fair to him,
it has to be mentioned that at the beginning of the beginning he already
repeated that he does not understand/ the problems and does not want to accept
the job. He was told that a good party member does what the party tell$him to do.
He accepted tI:e party decision.
After his ministership, he received some nominal post, became leader of some
enterprise but this is not important. He became a party worker, a rural instructor,
whose task is the visiting of rural (county) party organisations and there to
help to comply with the party instructions.
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TOTH, Benedek.
Newspaperman, reader-editor(proof reader) of the "Szabad Nep".
TOTH as a young man started 25X1
his politics,(to get interested in politics) as a member of the National Peasant
Party. In 1947 he has been sent'to the Soviet Union and spent a year there. He
and structure
attended some propaganda school and partly studied the construction the Soviet
press at various boviet dailies and magazines(weeklies).
'ihen he care back to Hungary he left the National Peasant Party and joined the
coiinunist party. For a while he worked in the corlinunist party center. Iieedueated
himself for agricultural propaganda work and went over to the ";:zabad Fold" peasant
weekly as chief political collaborator(co-editor. He spent several years here and
in IIerch 1955 was ordered over to the "Sz +bad i ep" as deputy of UJL,nnI and as
reader -editor. At the same time he is the agricultural expert of the paper.
He is a so-called eyeshade man, he sees everything through the Moscow eyeshades.
Between 1955 and 1955 he has traveled in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria,
where he has studied the collectivization methods of agriculture.
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TURGONYI, Julia.
secretary of the DISZ (Hungarian Youth Federation) mangement.
In the spring
of 1955 upon the recommendation of the party she was elected secretary of the
DIbZ, (Democratic Youth Federation) central management. Until then she used to
work at the Great-Budapest party co.-matte of the Party of the Hungarian
Workers, in confidential fields.
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UJLAKI, Laszlo. Newspaperman, he also is one of the men of the future.
He is about 168-170 cm.tall, blond straight hair combed back, has blue eyes,
weighs about 65 kgs, age is about 32.33 years.
He is from Kismarja village, Bihar county, his parents still live there. His
~former~
uncle VAS Miklos deputy officer of t her (N.C.O.staff sargeant) served as
counter intelligence officer on the Rumano-Hungarian border, before 1945.
UJLAKI graduated from highschool at Debrecen.
After 1945, UJLAKI worked as newspaperman at the "Szabad Nep" the central party
papebr. First, he edited the Court column, but latezswitched over to the political
line. In 1947 already he studied a one year party counse, and then was sent to
Moscow where he also studied for a year. This has been an upper level agitation
propaganda schobi When he has returned home, he became the director of the home
politics column of the MTI(Mag,rar Tavirati Iroda-Hungarian News Agency) and then
from here was transferred to the press department of the prime ministry. In 1953
whps'NAGY imre has been the president of the council of ministers Uyj1AKI #-s '-* '
already the head of the press-information section of the prime ministry. This
post he filled until March 1955, when he was transferred to the editorial offices
of the "3zabad Nep" as reader-editor. Today he really is one of the directors of
the party paper.
He is a member of the Party of Hungarian workers since 1945. The uppermost layer
of the communist leaders, beginning from RAKOSI, all know UJLAKI and have trust
in him. In the last years he always received more and more difficult tasks to
solve.
We do know each other with UJLAKI since we were 5-6 years% old, and therefore we
dare to talk to each other frankly. Here I have to mention's yet, that in the
meantime for a while UJLAKI has been the head of the personnel section of the
peoples education ministry, that handled placements and supervision of newspaper-
men and writers.
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His parents are still living on the land.
He is married, his wife is an university graduate and works in the party.
According to my memory they have a small child.
UJLAKI judges political
has alwayo repeated that
only afford to belong to
discussions.
realistically the tension between the two worlds but
of position
Hungary becauseits given geographical sArtuertien can 25X1
the Soviet block. UJLAKI tries to avoid sharper political
UJLAKI is not in closer friendly relations with anybody. He is well aware that
he is trusted in the party and also ''knows that he will reach higher functions yet
but still this did not turn his head, he did not, become conceited or vain.
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VADAS, Sara, Dr. physician, former wife of VAS, Zoltan.
Her brothers the VADAS brothers participated in the first revolution and
were executed. VADAS, Sara reached Moscow, gradmated at the universitt25X1
there, and married VAS Zoltan there. She has a son Marton
In 1945 VADAS Sara was active in the ministry of social welfare
and then at the National Relief Union. Then she disappeared
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to Moscow to attend some very high school and
Hungarg around the middle of 1956.
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VARGA, Andras.
former deputy minister of interior.
He also belongs to the younger set.
VARGA graduated from the Red Academy at Budapest. After graduation he became
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very soon deputy minister of the interior. At the ministry he has not handled
ovice
mattersibut the direction and supervision of village and city administration.
He has been the leader of that delegation which studied the work of the councils
(soviets) in the Soviet Union and in Rumania. He and his i