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BOX-FOLDER-REPORT: 28-5-25
TITLE:             Background Data on the Leading Personalities of the Revolutionary Freedom Movement
BY:                
DATE:              1956-11-1
COUNTRY:           Hungary
ORIGINAL SUBJECT:  From the Evaluation and Research Section
THEMATIC SUBJECTS: Hungary--1956 Revolution, Hungary--1956 Revolution--Revolutionary Organs, Personalities

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(H)--LEADERS BG D-183

FROM THE EVALUATION AND RESEARCH SECTION 1 NOVEMBER 1956

BACKGROUND DATA ON THE LEADING PERSONALITIES OF THE

REVOLUTIONARY FREEDOM MOVEMENT

No. 3

NATIONAL PEASANT PARTY

Secretary generals:	Ferenc FARKAS	in 1947 member of Parliament,
		president of the National Mortgage
		Bank,
		old member of the Peasant party.

Members of the executive Committee:
	Dr. Istvan BIBO	-former University professor
	Istvan S. SZABO	- former Undersecretary of the
				Ministry of Agriculture
				director of the Agricultural Museum,,
	Dr. Lajos JOCSIK	-former member of Parliament for the
				Peasant party,
				Undersecretary of Commerce,
				dismissed in 1949.
Gyula ZSIGMOND		-acting secretary of the National
				Planning Office.
Janos KURUCZ
Sandor HODI
Dr. Zoltan ZSEBOK		-doctor, University professor
				KOSSUTH prize-winner in 1955,
				candidate for Medical Science.
Attila SZIGETI		-(see No.l p.l.)
Jozsef KANYAR		- teacher
Imre KONDOR			- Director of the University Library.
Sandor KELEMEN		- writer
Directing Body: (no chairman)	Geza FEJA		- peasant writer,
				after 1945 his books were banned.
	Gyula ILLES		-writer, twice KOSSUTH prize-winner,
				member of the Presidium of the
				National-Peace-Council
				member of the Judiciary Committee
				of the Peoples' Patriotic Front,
				member of the Presidium of the
				Hungarian Writers' Union.
Janos KODOLANYI		-writer, reappeared in 1956 in
				literary life.
Dezso KERESZTURY		- Department Chief of the Szechenyi
				Library,
				member of the Central Organ of
				Museums and Monuments.

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(H)-(1) LEADERS' BG D-184

Laszlo NEMETH  "Jozsef Attila" prize-winner,
	member of the Presidium of the
	Hungarian Writers' Union,
	member of the editorial staff of
	Irodalmi Ujsag.

Zsigmond REMENYIK

Istvan SINKA -peasant writer,

Lorinc SZABO -poet, "Jozsef Attila" prize-winner,
	member of the Presidium of the
	Hungarian Writers' Union.

Pal SZABO - Member of Parliament
	member of the "National Peace Council
	since 1952.
	in 1954 chairman of the Peoples'
	Patriotic Front
	member of the Agricultural Committee
	of the Hungarian Parliament,
	member of the Presidium of the
	Hungarian Writers' Union.

Aron TAMASI - writer
	in 1954 member of the Presidium of
	the Peoples' Patriotic Front.

Peter VERES -writer, twice KOSSUTH prize-winner,
	chairman of the National Peasant
	Party
	member of arliament,
	in 1947 "inister of Building Industry,
	in 1948 Minister of Defence,
	director general of the Institute
	for Afforestation of the Hungarian
	Plane,
	member of the Hungarian Trade Union
	Council since 1951,
	President of the Hungarian Writers'
	Union,
	in 1956 chairman of the Cultural
	Committee of the Hungarian Parliament,
	has been awarded the "Red Banner"
	decoration in 1955.

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEASANT PARTY OF COUNTY
SZABOLCSSZATMAR.

Members:	Antal MOLNAR	-former district secretary of the
	Peasant Party.	Menyhert OROSZ


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(H)-(2) LEADERS' BG D-185

REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE OF THE ATHLETIC CLUB OF FERENCVAROS

Members:	Mihaly PATAKI
	Joszef HAJOS
	Janos NEMETH
	Dr, Lajos TOTH
	Dr. Istvan TAKACS	-glider pilot: awarded the
				sport decoration of the
				Hungarian People's Republic

	Jozsef SZEDA
	Mihaly KISPETER	-football player from
				BUDAPEST

HUNGARIAN RADIO (Radio Budapest)

Government Representative: Jeno SZEL	-1953 director of the
	Institute for People's
	Education
	1954 awarded the Order of
	Merit
	Former Hungarian Minister to
	Rumania
	Member of the Hungarian
	Workers Party

Deputy of the Government  Lajos TAMASI	-writer
Representative	awarded the 'Jozsef ATTILA'
	prize
	member of the party
	organization of the Hungarian
	Writers Union and its
	secretary
	Member of the Hungarian Workers
	Party
	In 1956, member of the Praesidium
	of the Writer's Union
	Member of the Editorial board
	of the Irodalmi UJSAG
	Took part at the Congress of
	the Soviet Writers

NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF HUNGARIAN JOURNALISTS
Secretary	Dr. Bela SAMMEN
Members of the Committee	Ferenc AVAR
	Mihaly GEDBNYI
	Sandor HARASZTI	-journalist
		Editor-in-chief of the paper
		Peace and Freedom'
		1950 arrested for TITOISM
		released in 1954
		Political advisor to Imre
		NAGY
		1955 expelled on account of
		rightist deviation from the
		Hungarian Worker's Party to
		which he was re-admitted in
		1956

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(H)-(3) LEADERS' BG D-186

Istvan KOROKNAI

Pal MAGYAR
Miksa NADDER NAD

Dr. Gyula NEMETH	director of the Linguistic
	Institute, member of the Academy,
	KOSSUTH prize-winner , in 1953
	member of the board of the
	Hungarian-Soviet Friendship
	Society,
	member of the Presidency of the
	IV. Peace Congress,
	awarded the medal of "The
	Hungarian Republic"
	member of the editorial staff
	of the "Hungarian Encyclopedia".

Istvan SZABO	correspondent of the Hungarian
	Telegraphic Agency,
	arrested in 1952

[1]stvan SZAVA	member of the Social Democrat
	party, journalist, member of
	Parliament, former editor-in-
	chief of Nepszava.

Ervin SZERELEMHEGYI

Dr. Endre SZIGETI

ARMY CORPS HEADQUARTERS OF SZEKESFEHERVAR.

Commander: Lajos KEMENDI colonel

CHRISTIAN YOUTH ASSOCIATION
Secretary: Gyorgy OSVATH

PETOFI PARTY

The National Peasant Party changed its name to the
PETOFI Party. Its directing body was reshuffled,
omitting Peter VERES and Pal SZABO. There is no
chairman. Other officers follow:

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(H)-(4) LEADERS' BG D-187

First secretary of the party:	Ferenc FARKAS	(see No 3. p.l)
Directing Body:	Geza FEJA	(see No 3. p.l)
	Gyula ILLYES	(see No 3.p.l)
	Dezso KERESZTURI	(see No 3.p.l)
	Janos KODOLANYI	(see No 3.p.1)
	Laszlo NEMETH	(see No 3.p.2)
	Zsigmond REMENYIK	(see No 3.p.2)
	Istvan SINKA	(see No 3.p.2)
	Lorinc SZABO	(see No 3.p.2)
	Aron TAMASI		(see No 3.p.2)

BUDAPEST X, DISTRICT ORGANIZATION OF THE SMALLHOLDERS' PARTY

President:	Andras BENKO	retired employee of
		the Hungarian State
		Railways,
		in 1947 independent .
		member of Parliament.

REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL OF THE HUNNIA FILM STUDIO

Provisorial management:	Dr. Jeno KAT0NA	manager of the
		Hunnia film studio

	Istvan SOTER	producer
	Frigyes BAN	producer
		KOSSUTH prize-winner,
		member of the Hungarian
		Workers' Party

Executive Committee:	Janos VADAS
	Karoly MAKK
	Barna HEGYI	- KOSSUTH Prize winner,
		Merited Artist ,of the '
		Hungarian Peoples'
		Republic.
	Istvan KOVACS
	Bela HORNYAK

WORKERS COUNCIL OF COUNTY HEVES
President:	Janos KOROMPAI

REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL OF EGER
Member:	Lajos BIRO

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