Dear friends,
I have attached the final version of the petition which was handed
over to Bill Clinton today. Thank you very much to all of you who
joined the petition.
Best wishes
Peter Orban
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THE PETITION:
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To: 1st of July,1997
The Honorable Bill Clinton
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20001
Members of the Hungarian Lobby are deeply interested in the future of
East-Central Europe, and recognize the need for simultaneous
integration of the countries of the region into NATO. This would
stabilize the whole region and assure the orderly transition toward
democracy and market economy, without the turmoil seen in the former
Yugoslavia.
Romania, a country of 23 milion people, with affinity toward Western
culture, at the same time represents the best potential base of
stability in the Balkans.
Romania's ongoing political democratization and reorganization of all
central and local governmental institutions, the inclusion of the
large Hungarian minority in the government, and the expected
subsequent satisfaction of legitimate minority claims are -- and may
become -- positive examples for the countries of the region.
A look at the map of Europe shows Romania to be the gateway to the
East. Only through this gateway will it be possible to access the
heart of Europe, and the key that will allow this gateway to stay open
-- and to defend it effectively at the same time -- is NATO membership
for Romania.
With an important economic potential due to a large and fertile
agricultural area, her metallurgical and defense industries ready to
produce for her allies, possessing the biggest maritime port in
Eastern Europe, with a multiethnic population and large urban
communities, Romania is just as much an important future partner and
ally of the European Community and of NATO as are Poland, the Czech
Republic, and Hungary.
For all of the above considerations, members of the Hungarian Lobby,
who during the last six months learned, along the the members of
Diaspora Romana, to cooperate in promoting the cause of democratic
transformation in Eastern-Central Europe, support the inclusion of
Romania, along with Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland, among the
first group of countries to be integrated into NATO.
Members of the Hungarian Lobby :
Fulop Almos
Str.Culmei Nr 10 Ap 4
Csikszereda 4100
Hargita
Romania
Dr. Antal Adam geophysicist
H-9400 Sopron, Matyas kiraly 14
Hungary
T:36-99-314 972
email:
Laszlo Aranyos
Broadcast Eng.
5706 N. Richmond St
Chicago, Il. 60659
dr. Gyorgy Bathori
Physiologist
1024 Budapest Margit Korut 29 I/2
HUNGARY
Gustav Bayerle
2210 Rock Creek Drive
Bloomington, IN 47401 USA
Leslie Bihary, President
The Szechenyi Istvan Society
Hungarian House
213-215 East 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028, USA
Tel:212-249-9360
E Mail:
Maria Orban Bihary
US Representative of "Erdelyi Magyarsag"
402 East 65th Street Apt. 2B
New York, NY 10021-7116, USA
Tel:212-744-7946
Fax:212-744-0614
E Mail: 
Laszlo Binder
managing director
1112 Budapest, Cseresznye u 11.
e-mail: 
Zsigmond Biro
#200-6005-103 Street,
Edmonton, Alberta
T6H 2H3
CANADA
Denes BOGSANYI ATRACI
133 Osburn Drive
MACGREGOR
Australia
Tel. 61 6 254 3636
Andrea Bollyky
Account Manager
Clay Finlay Inc.
200 Park Ave, 56th Floor, New York, NY 10166
Dr. Laszlo J. Bollyky
President
Bollyky Associates, Inc.
31 Strawberry Hill Ave, Stamford, CT 06902-2608
USA
Paul Bollyky
PhD. Candidate at Oxford University, Recipient of Marshall Fellowship
St. Johns College Oxford, OX1 3PS England
Thomas Bollyky
Graduate Student
Stamford Law School, Palo Alto, CA
USA
Botond Boer
Elchinger Weg 13
89075 Ulm
GERMANY
Zoltan Bretter
Member of the Hungarian Parliament
Kepviseloi Irodahaz
1358 Budapest
Széchenyi rkp. 19.
Dr Jan Cederquist
Krokslätts Parkg 47
431 68 MÖLNDAL
Sweden
dr. Miklos Csapody
Member of the Hungarian Parliament
Orszaggyules Irodahaza, MDF frakcio
1357 Budapest
HUNGARY
Istvan CSUTAK, former MP,
director of County Cultural Center in M-Ciuc
str. Pict. Nagy Imre Nr. 45
4100 Miercurea - Ciuc
ROMANIA
Istvan Devenyi
Engineer
125 Hilands Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15237-3303, USA
Constanta-Victoria Dobre
Bio-Medical Scientist
524 SouthField Drive
Maumee, OH 43537, USA
 ,mco.edu>
Laszlo Dosa
Science and Medical Writer
Jupiter, Florida, USA
Dr Fabian Eszter
Pediatrician
Dr Belfrages gata 10
413 22 Goteborg
Sweden
Marta Farkas
1031 Budapest, Kaszasdulo u. 9.
Hungary
Eva Kinga Farnsworth
owner
CDI Travel, Inc.
Shamals, 105 Marshville Road
Fort Plain, NY 13339
USA
Tel: 518 993-4955
Fax: 518 993-3141
e-mail: 
Dr. Andras Fodor
Associate Professor
Eotvos University
Department of Genetics
Budapest, Muzeum krt. 4/A
H-1088 HUNGARY
Phone: +36.1.266.1296
FAX: +36.1.266.2694
Geza Fulop, Ph.D.
Rua das Carpas 76
04648-020 Sao Paulo
Brasil
Everett D. Glover Ph.D. Retired Professor
23 Sherman Terrace #3
Madison, WI 53704
USA
Greta Glover
1004 E. Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53703
USA
Madeleine Glover, M.A., M.S.
President/CEO
Hunport, Inc.
1008 Yale Road
Madison, WI 53705
USA
Michael L Glover, M.A.
Director, MIT Insurance Dept.
8 Myrtle St. #3
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
USA
Miklos Haraszti
Former Member of Hungary's Parliament
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson
N. Y. 12504, USA
Tel: (914) 758 7364
Fax: (914) 758 4294
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ADDRESS AFTER JUNE 30:
Fejer Gyorgy 8
Budapest 5, 1053,
Hungary
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Tel: (361) 117-7605
Attila Haverland
26310-F Rampart Blvd.
Port Charlotte, FL 33983
USA
Dipl.-Ing. Miklós K. Hoffmann
Am Hang 11
D-24794 Borgstedt
Germany
e-mail: 
T : +49-4331-38014
F : +49-4331-38014
Ursula Hoffmann
Am Hang 11
D-24794 Borgstedt
Germany
T : +49-4331-38441
F : +49-4331-38014
Imre Holenyi
Pharmacist
Dr Belfrages gata 10
413 22 Goteborg
Sweden
Zoltan Huba
2119 Pecel
Maglodi ut 79
Hungary
Margit Istok
Executive Director
International Ozone Association/PAG
31 Strawberry Hill Ave, Stamford, CT 06902-2608
USA
Dr. George Jalsovszky
Senior Research Associate,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Egri J. u. 40
H-1111 Budapest
Hungary
Dr. Ildiko Jalsovszky
Attorney at Law, Patent Agent
Egri J. u. 40
H-1111 Budapest
Hungary
Géza Jeszenszky, MP, Foreign Affairs spokesman,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1990-1994
1357 Budapest, Orszaghaz, HUNGARY
Krister Johansson
Blahammarsg 7
416 72 GOTEBORG
Sweden
Karoly KIRALY, former senator, former vice president of Romania in
1990, between 1972 - 1989 disident against Ceausescu's comunist regime
str. Banki Donath 40 3000 Sf. - Gheorghe ROMANIA
Edward J. Kirchner
Representative of Pax Romana to the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations
31 Chesterfield Rd.
Stamford, CT 06902, USA.
Louisa D. Kirchner
Representative of Pax Romana to the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations
31 Chesterfield Rd.
Stamford, CT 06902, USA.
J. Louis Kovach
Corporation executive
3424 Woodstone Dr
Lewis Center OH 43035
USA
Mary B. Kovach
Artist
3424 Woodstone Dr
Lewis Center OH 43035
USA
Arpad F. Kovacs
2101 Belvedere Blvd #1
Silver Spring, MD 20902, USA
Anna Kovalszki
U of M, LSA College
Ann Arbor,MI, USA
Katalin Kovalszki
U of M, LSA College
Ann Arbor,MI,USA
Peter Kovalszki,M.D
IMA-PC
Mt.Clemens,MI,USA
Elmer L. Kuber
President, Kuber & Associates
Health Management and Health Policy Consultants
138 Oliver Ave.
Selkirk, Manitoba, R1A 0C3
Canada
Judit Labundy
Technical illustrator
Nedre Fogelbergsgatan 4
411 28 Gothenburg
Sweden
Edmund Lazar
US Dept. of Commerce employee (retired)
L'Ancienne Gare
LORGUES, 83510
FRANCE
Emery Csaba Lazar
Environmental Scientist
10022 Black Court
Fairfax, Virginia 22032
Sandor Lengyel
Sr. PR. Engineer
531 E Taylor, Apt# 5
Sunnyvale, CA. 94086
U.S.A
Istvan Lippai
5917 West 74th Place
Westminster, Colorado 80003
USA
Maria Lippai
5917 West 74th Place
Westminster, Colorado 80003
USA
Bela G. Liptak
Adjunct Professor at Yale University
Stamford, CT. USA
Marta Liptak, Ceramics Artist
84 Old N. Stamford Rd., Stamford, CT 06905, USA
Adam Liptak, Esq., New York Times
69 W 8th St., Apt. 11G, New York City, NY 10011, USA
Agnes Liptak, President of Fresco
149 W 75th St., Apt. 4A, New York City, NY 10023, USA
Lorant Mathe
Computer Scientist
4150 Szekelyudvarhely
aleea Dumbravei 3/5
Jud. Harghita
Romania
Lixandru Mihai Robert
Student
Aiud-3325, Jud.Alba
Str.Transilvaniei Bl.A5 Ap.15
Romania
Tibor P.P.Lukacs B.A., B.Ed., tanar
18 Merrygale Crescent
Islington, Ontario
Canada, M9B 5P1
Laszlo MESZAROS
senior software designer
Vecsey u. 17
H-2013 Pomaz
Hungary
E-mail: 
Laszlo Nagy, PhD
Assoc. Professor
Physics Department
Babes-Bolyai University
3400 Cluj
Romania
Peter I. Orban, engineer
Maxstr. 7, 52070 Aachen
Germany
Szilvia Orban, student
Maxstr. 7, 52070 Aachen
Germany
Stephen Pálffy
Systems Consultant
47 Weavers Close, Isleworth,
Middx. TW7 6ET, England
Laszlo Papp
president World Federation of Hungarians
( Western Chapter)
1197 Valley Road
New Canaan, CT 06840, USA
E-mail: Papparc@ AOL.COM
Eszter Pásztó
Senior Office Manager BBC Hungarian Section
H-1078 Budapest
Hernád u. 25
Hungary
Sandra Gostel Perkins
Screenwriter
P. O. Box 564
Corona, CA 91720, USA
e-mail 
Dr. Sándor Pósvári
euroASTRA
H-1145 Budapest
Amerikai út 47
Sandor Posvari Dr.
E-mail: 
Maria Repolski,M.D.
HFHS
Sterling Heights, MI,USA
Balazs Revffy
Budapest, Hungary
1119 Alsokubin u. 7.
Dr. Gotthard Saghi-Szabo
Senior Research Scientist
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington, D.C.
USA
Mihaly Sajgo DSc
Professor of Biochemistry
Godollo University of Agriculture
H-2103 Godollo
Hungary
László Sall
Tycho Brahes gata 3, L499
S-415 17 Göteborg
Sweden
Tel. +46-(0)31-488327
Istvan Sandor
430 Stockton Place
Englewood, NJ 07631
USA
Gergely Simon
software developer
Am Buchrain 15a
D-63322 Rödermark
Germany
Joe Szalai
User Services
Dana Porter Library
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Tel: 519 885-1211, ex5758
Net: 
http://library.uwaterloo.ca:80/~jgszalai/joesmain.htm
Dr. Laszlo Szarka geophysicist
H-9400 Sopron, Feher Daniel u. 13.
T:36-99-332608
email:
Ilona Szarvadi
Dalbog 3
431 38 MÖLNDAL
Sweden
Peter Szepesvary
5 Bajcsy Zsilinszky str
Budapest 1065
Hungary
Csilla Szeplaki, student
1031 Budapest, Kaszasdulo u. 9.
Hungary
Gyongyi Szeplaki, student
1031 Budapest, Kaszasdulo u. 9.
Hungary
Istvan Szeplaki
CEO, 1082 Budapest, Erdelyi u. 14.
Hungary
Geza SZOCS poet, former senator
str. Cismigiu Nr.1
3400 Cluj
ROMANIA
Laszlo Surjan
member of the Hungarian Parliament
Budapest XII.
Zirzen Janka u. 9.
Hungary
Mihaly Tapolyai,MD
Chairman, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension
Cleveland Clinic Florida
2801 N.Course Drive G201
POMPANO BEACH, FL 33069, USA
Zoltan Teglas
Computer Scientist
4300 Tirgu Mures,
str. Muncii nr.28. ap.5.
Romania
Attila Tokes Fuzesi M.D.
7622. Pecs
48-as ter 4.
Hungary
Margit Tokes Fuzesi M.D.
assist.prof.
7622.Pecs
48-as ter 4.
Hungary
A.J. Vadasz
5743 Pignut Mtn. Dr.
Warrenton VA 20187
USA T:540 349 1408
Dr. Imre Vago, assistant professor
H-4015 Debrecen, PO. Box 36. Hungary
E-mail: 
Charles M. Vamossy
President
The Hungarian House
213 East 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028, USA
Tibor Varga
#116- 105A Ave. Surrey
BC V3T 2A4 Canada
e-mai: 
Dr.Laszlo Varju
LT. Colonel,USAF,MC
406 EABG,SGOMF
Operation Joint Guard (SFOR)
APO AE 09794
George B. Waginger
1900 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1428
United States of America
Michael J. Wolf, M.A.
Professional musician-retired educator
8126 Fulmer Rd.
Millington, MI 48746-9502
USA
Eszter Ziegler
Computer Science Engineer
1452 Riverbank Rd.
Stamford, CT. 06903
Geza C. Ziegler P.E.
1452 Riverbank Rd.
Stamford, CT. 06903
USA
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****************** CALL FOR ACTION ****************
Priority:
normal
Background:
In spite of several requests of the Csangos (the Hungarian minority
in Moldova, Romania) the Roman Catholic Curch is still not offering
them the Holy Masses in their native tongue (the responsible bishop is
Petru Gherghel).
Since neither the e-mail address nor the fax # of the Pope is
available we should send our protest to Radio Vatican, l'Osservatore
Romano (a Vatican weekly) and the Vatican Information Service. It is
important to act NOW, as the Pope will probably visit Romania around
June 15.
What to do:
Please write a letter to the editors of Radio Vatican,
l'Osservatore Romano and the Vatican Information service and protest
against the current situation. Feel free to use the attached form
letters. Please do even inform the local media about the problems of
the Csangos.
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO SEND A LETTER EVERY DAY!!
E-mail of Radio Vatican:
E-mail of l'Osservatore Romano:
Fax # of Vatican Information Service:
+39-6-69883053
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letter to Radio Vatican:
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The Vatican Radio
00120 Cittŕ del Vaticano
(e-mail:  )
RE: Please help the most neglected Catholics of the World: the Csangos
Dear Editor:
I would like to turn your attention to the cultural survival of the
Csangos, the only Catholics east of the Carpathians, living in the
Northeastern part of Romania.
The Csangos are of Hungarian descent. They settled their villages in
today's Moldova, in the 13th century, when they were invited there by
the local ruler, the Kuman king Barsz.
These simple farmers are the most devout Catholics. They have kept
their faith, their ancient language (based on an archaic form of
Hungarian), and maintained their folk customs, dresses and music.
For many years, the Csango congregations of Cleja, Pustina and Lazped
have been asking, that the Holy Mass be offered in their archaic
native language. Up to now their bishop, Petru Gherghel has refused
this request. This denial is contrary to the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church besides being a denial of their most basic human
rights. Furthermore it promotes the deculturization of a unique
people.
You could do a great service by calling on the Church and on the
Catholic community to assist the cultural survival of the Csangos by
permitting the use of their native thongue.
Respectfully yours,
<Your name, address, title.>
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letter to l'Osservatore Romano:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
l'Osservatore Romano
00120 Cittŕ del Vaticano
(e-mail  )
RE: Please help the most neglected Catholics of the World: the Csangos
Dear Editor:
I would like to turn your attention to the cultural survival of the
Csangos, the only Catholics east of the Carpathians, living in the
Northeastern part of Romania.
The Csangos are of Hungarian descent. They settled their villages in
today's Moldova, in the 13th century, when they were invited there by
the local ruler, the Kuman king Barsz.
These simple farmers are the most devout Catholics. They have kept
their faith, their ancient language (based on an archaic form of
Hungarian), and maintained their folk customs, dresses and music.
For many years, the Csango congregations of Cleja, Pustina and Lazped
have been asking, that the Holy Mass be offered in their archaic
native language. Up to now their bishop, Petru Gherghel has refused
this request. This denial is contrary to the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church besides being a denial of their most basic human
rights. Furthermore it promotes the deculturization of a unique
people.
You could do a great service by calling on the Church and on the
Catholic community to assist the cultural survival of the Csangos by
permitting the use of their native thongue.
Respectfully yours,
<Your name, address, title.>
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
letter to Vatican Information Service:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Vatican Information Service
00120 Vatican City
Fax : +39-6-69883053
RE: Please help the most neglected Catholics of the World: the Csangos
Dear Editor:
I would like to turn your attention to the cultural survival of the
Csangos, the only Catholics east of the Carpathians, living in the
Northeastern part of Romania.
The Csangos are of Hungarian descent. They settled their villages in
today's Moldova, in the 13th century, when they were invited there by
the local ruler, the Kuman king Barsz.
These simple farmers are the most devout Catholics. They have kept
their faith, their ancient language (based on an archaic form of
Hungarian), and maintained their folk customs, dresses and music.
For many years, the Csango congregations of Cleja, Pustina and Lazped
have been asking, that the Holy Mass be offered in their archaic
native language. Up to now their bishop, Petru Gherghel has refused
this request. This denial is contrary to the teachings of the Roman
Catholic Church besides being a denial of their most basic human
rights. Furthermore it promotes the deculturization of a unique
people.
You could do a great service by calling on the Church and on the
Catholic community to assist the cultural survival of the Csangos by
permitting the use of their native thongue.
Respectfully yours,
<Your name, address, title.>
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