congressional_record: CREC-1996-10-21-pt1-PgE1943-2
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| CREC-1996-10-21-pt1-PgE1943-2 | 1996-10-21 | 104 | 2 | THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1956 HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION--REFLECTIONS OF CHARLES GATI | HOUSE | EXTENSIONS | ALLOTHER | E1943 | E1943 | [{"name": "Tom Lantos", "role": "speaking"}] | 142 Cong. Rec. E1943 | Congressional Record, Volume 142 Issue 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996) [Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page E1943] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1956 HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION--REFLECTIONS OF CHARLES GATI ______ HON. TOM LANTOS of california in the house of representatives Monday, October 21, 1996 Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, as we approach the end of October, we will mark the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. This is a particularly significant event because that uprising of the Hungarian people against communism and against the Soviet domination of the Hungarian nation was one of the most dramatic and critical events of the cold war era. As we reach the last days of October when the dramatic events unfolded 40 years ago, it is appropriate that we here in the United States--and particularly that we as Members of Congress--remember the events of 1956. It is most appropriate that we pay tribute to the brave people of Hungary who rose up against Soviet tanks and the heavily armed Red Army in an effort to win their freedom and regain their national independence. Mr. Speaker, one of the individuals who was a young man in Budapest at the time of those tumultuous events four decades ago was Dr. Charles Gati, who was one of the hundreds of thousands of Hungarians who fled their country in the aftermath of that tragic revolution. We are fortunate, indeed, to have him here as an American today, one of our finest scholars and analysts of Central and Eastern Europe. ____________________ |