In Hungary, Peter Magyar Wants to Open the Archives of the Communist Era

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The future Hungarian Prime Minister intends to realize one of his flagship campaign promises on 22 October, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the anti-Soviet revolt of 1956. An announcement that divides around a very thorny subject since the fall of the communist regime in 1990. Source link: https://www.internationalmail.com/article/politique-en-hongrie-peter-magyar-veut-ouvert-les-archives-de-l-époque-communist_243501 Author: Publisher date…

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Peter Magyar, the future Hungarian Prime Minister, wants to open up the archives from the communist period “fully.” He announced this on Tuesday. His government would also launch an investigation into the privatizations that followed the fall of the pro-Soviet regime.

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“I have discussed the complete declassification and publication of the agent files and the infamous magnetic tapes with Gergő Bendegúz Cseh, Director General of the Historical Archives of the State Security Services,” the designated prime minister announced on Tuesday evening. Péter Magyar promised that the existing documents would be made public and searchable on October 22, one day before the 70th anniversary of the 1956 revolution. According …

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Whichever path the Tisza government chooses to open the agent files, it will not be easy: digitizing the materials held by the secret services, but also placing them in archives and making them freely searchable is a huge task. In addition to the archival documents, it is estimated that there are several hundred linear meters of materials held by one military and three civilian secret services.

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The future Tisza government will also investigate the privatization between 1998 and 2000, announced Péter Magyar. The future prime minister also announced when the agent files will be made public.

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Péter Magyar posted two important posts on his Facebook page on Tuesday evening. Both are related to the work of the TISZA government. The post The end of decades of secrecy: Péter Magyar announced the exact date of the opening of the agent files first appeared on Most Hír.