NEM A SZAVAK, CSAK A TETTEK SZÁMITANAK!
NE ÁTKOZZAD A SÖTÉTSÉGET, HANEM GYUJTS GYERTYÁT!
NE CSAK OLVASSAD AZ HL FELHIVÁSAIT, DE VÉGY RÉSZT AKCIÓINKBAN!

FELIRATKOZÁS VAGY LEIRATKOZÁS:

Tisztelettel kérek mindenkit, hogy NE NÁLAM JELENTKEZZENEK, ha fel kivánnak iratkozni az HL cimlistájára. Nagyon kérem, hogy ezt mindenki maga intézze úgy, hogy rákattint a -re.
Amikor kinyilt a honlapunk, a lap bal oldalán lévő ablakba beirja a saját villanypostai cimét és az ablak alatt rákattint a SUBSCRIBE gombra akkor, ha feliratkozni, vagy az UNSUBSRIBE gombra, akkor ha leiratkozni kiván, majd rákattint a SUBMIT (GO) szavakra.

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(Tisztelt HL tarsaim. Október hónap folyamán a heti Magyar Lobbi levelekben a 48 év elötti 1956 októberi napokra fogunk emlékezni, de most mégis megszakitom ezt a megemlékezést, mert sokszáz levelünkre választ kaptunk ugy a Bush, mint a Kerry kampánytól. Egyenlőre csak az utóbbiról irhatok a nyilvánosság elött, ezért alább ismertetem, hogy hol állunk és elmondom Önök mit tehetnek:

1) Az Önök leveleinek hatására a Budapest Sun lehozta álláspontunkat. (Melléklet 1)

2) Felfigyelt arra az Amerikai Követség, elvégre 1.5 millió magyar szavazat mégiscsak számit és a tény, hogy az amerikai lengyelek, ukránok és albánok támogatják autonómia követeléseinket (mert nekünk a VIZUM KEDVEZMÉNY NEM ELÉG!) szintén segit.

3) A Kerry kampány részéről Mark Brzezinski levelét mellékelem (2). Nagyon fontos, hogy most csütörtökön (a második legnagyobb magyar városban!) Clevelandban komoly erőt mutassunk.Bőjtös Lászlót kértem föl, hogy a Magyar Lobbi nevében elismételje a Budapest Sun-ban megjelent követeléseinket. Nagyon kérem a clevelandi magyar egyházak és egyletek vezetőit, hogy egyrészt azonnal kérjenek meghivót a kerekasztal megbeszélésre,(mert KEVÉS A HELY), másrészt, azok akik bejutottak, tapsoljanak Bőjtösnek és TÉNYLEG HITESSÉK EL Kerry embereivel, hogy a magyar szavazó arra az amerikai elnök-jelöltre fog szavazni, aki TÁMOGATJA AZ AUTONÓMIA KÖVETELÉSEINKET. Kérem azt is, hogy akinek kapcsolata van az amerikai magyar sajtóhoz, segitsen tudatositani az olvasókban, hogy idén az, aki szivén viseli Erdély jövőjét, az NEM PÁRTRA, hanem az HL által támogatott (egyenlőre még függőben lévő) elnök jelöltre fog szavazni!

Kérem az HL minden tagját, hogy akinek van clevelandi ismerőse, az küldje el neki ezt a levelet, s azt is kérem, hogy tényleg csak azok menjenek el a tárgyalásra, akiknek fontosabb magyarságuk, mint párt-lojalitásuk és tényleg arra fognak szavazni, aki népünk számára kedvezőbb USA külpolitikát igér.)

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MELLÉKLET 1)

Bush and Kerry questioned

BÉLA G Lipták, founder of the Hungarian Lobby based in Stamford, US, has written to both US President George W Bush and his Democrat challenger Senator John Kerry, asking them to outlines their positions on Hungarian minority rights.

In his letter to the two leaders Lipták says, "As of yet, our lobby has not endorsed any presidential candidate and this letter is written to help us reach our decision on whom to support.

"As you probably know, there are some 1.5 million Hungarian-Americans in the United States.

They tend to be conservative and reside mostly in the northeast, Ohio and Florida.

"What you probably do not know is that Hungarians are the largest minority of Europe and that Hungarian-Americans are willing to cross party lines to support this minority.

"The Hungarian minorities of Europe became a minority, not because they emigrated to another country, but because the borders have been redrawn around them. They became foreigners without leaving their thousand years old towns and villages.

"The thousand years old kingdom of Hungary was dismembered in 1920 (mostly by the French and against the objections of President Wilson), because a large and powerful Central European nation prevented the evolution of Western European hegemony over Europe.

"Hungary did nothing to deserve this; she was the one who mortally wounded Communism in 1956, she never had any colonies, never had any slaves, did not practice segregation, was the first to declare the freedom of religion and defended Europe for a thousand years.

"We, American-Hungarians are very interested to learn, if your foreign policy would include the protection of the collective human rights of national minorities, their right to local self-government and dual citizenship?

"I would be very grateful if you could advise me about your position on these issues."

As The Budapest Sun was going to press to press, Lipták told us "We have, as yet, not heard from the Republican campaign, but I am sure we will.

"From the Kerry campaign however, Mark Brzezinski wrote, indicating that he has passed on our letter to the campaign's ethnic coordinator."

Lipták noted that support has come from various other groups, and has been greatly welcomed.

"We also received a letter from the 10 million-sized and well organized Polish-American Lobby, indicating that they received some 20 letters (asking them to support us) and they will do so," he said.

"I also heard from the Albanians and Ukranians, saying basically the same thing. It was interesting to hear that the American-Ukranians also support autonomy for the Hungarians in Kárpátalja.

I am, personally, completely apolitical. Here I speak more about the democrats than the republicans, because they responded faster. My goal is to wake up the American-Hungarians to realize that they have political power and it is their moral duty to use it," he added.

The Hungarian Lobby plans to publish its decision as to which candidate it will support on October 23 in The New York Times.

Lipták says the lobby will base its decision on nothing else but the foreign policy position of the candidates, and their support for the collective human rights on national minorities.

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MELLÉKLET 2)

MARK BRZEZINSKI LEVELE A MEGBESZÉLÉSRŐL HOLBROOKKAL

On October 7th, Ambassador Richard Holbrook will be hosting a mutli-ethnic roundtable in Cleveland, Ohio. Please invite your 3-4 top key leaders to attend this meeting. This is a good opportunity for ethnic leaders in Cleveland to hear about issues of interest to their community.

This is a private invite only event, so you must RSVP with the names and contact information of those who will participate.

Roundtable Details
Date: Thursday, October 7th
Location: Sheraton City Center Hotel
Time: Arrive at 3:15
Duration: 1 hour

RSVP to Seamus sfarrow@perseusllc.com by Tuesday morning.

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Dear Mark,

I have asked László Böjtös to participate in your round table discussion and to represent the Hungarian Lobby's position, that is attached below. This attached article appeared in an Engish language paper in Budapest (Budapest Sun), which is written for the repatriated American-Hungarians and I received it through the New York Times.

Best regards, Béla Lipták

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—– Forwarded by Adam Liptak/CORPHQ/NYTIMES on 10/01/2004 12:02 PM —–
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Subject: re your dad |
this was in the Bud. Sun a month or so ago?

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Bush and Kerry questioned

BÉLA G Lipták, founder of the Hungarian Lobby based in Stamford, US, has written to both US President George W Bush and his Democrat challenger Senator John Kerry, asking them to outlines their positions on Hungarian minority rights.

In his letter to the two leaders Lipták says, "As of yet, our lobby has not endorsed any presidential candidate and this letter is written to help us reach our decision on whom to support.

"As you probably know, there are some 1.5 million Hungarian-Americans in the United States.

They tend to be conservative and reside mostly in the northeast, Ohio and Florida.

"What you probably do not know is that Hungarians are the largest minority of Europe and that Hungarian-Americans are willing to cross party lines to support this minority.

"The Hungarian minorities of Europe became a minority, not because they emigrated to another country, but because the borders have been redrawn around them. They became foreigners without leaving their thousand years old towns and villages.

"The thousand years old kingdom of Hungary was dismembered in 1920 (mostly by the French and against the objections of President Wilson), because a large and powerful Central European nation prevented the evolution of Western European hegemony over Europe.

"Hungary did nothing to deserve this; she was the one who mortally wounded Communism in 1956, she never had any colonies, never had any slaves, did not practice segregation, was the first to declare the freedom of religion and defended Europe for a thousand years.

"We, American-Hungarians are very interested to learn, if your foreign policy would include the protection of the collective human rights of national minorities, their right to local self-government and dual citizenship?

"I would be very grateful if you could advise me about your position on these issues."

As The Budapest Sun was going to press to press, Lipták told us "We have, as yet, not heard from the Republican campaign, but I am sure we will.

"From the Kerry campaign however, Mark Brzezinski wrote, indicating that he has passed on our letter to the campaign's ethnic coordinator."

Lipták noted that support has come from various other groups, and has been greatly welcomed.

"We also received a letter from the 10 million-sized and well organized Polish-American Lobby, indicating that they received some 20 letters (asking them to support us) and they will do so," he said.

"I also heard from the Albanians and Ukranians, saying basically the same thing. It was interesting to hear that the American-Ukranians also support autonomy for the Hungarians in Kárpátalja.

I am, personally, completely apolitical. Here I speak more about the democrats than the republicans, because they responded faster. My goal is to wake up the American-Hungarians to realize that they have political power and it is their moral duty to use it," he added.

The Hungarian Lobby plans to publish its decision as to which candidate it will support on October 23 in The New York Times.

Lipták says the lobby will base its decision on nothing else but the foreign policy position of the candidates, and their support for the collective human rights on national minorities.

Discussion/Fórum