The joint resolution (S.J. Res. 119) authorizing the Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation to erect a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs. introduced by Mr. SIMPSON. was received. read twice by its title. referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. and ordered to be printed in the RECORD. as follows: Whereas the Congress and the people of these United States are sympathetic toward the efforts of the people of Hungary to become free of the chains of Communist totalitarianism. and Whereas we in America are reminded of our commitment to the purpose of the Hungarian revolution by the presence of nearly fifty thousand refugees from that revolution within our borders. and Whereas we are mindful of the memories of the more than twentyfour thousand Hungarian freedom fighters who died In their valiant attempt to win freedom in the fall of 1956. and of countless thousands of other human beings who were jailed or deported by Soviet forces which overran Hungary and foiled her revolt against communism. and Whereas we have stark evidence that. despite claims of Hungarian Communists to the contrary. not one of the goals of human freedom which the Hungarian nation fought for in 1956 have been realizedevidence that is well illustrated by the curtain of barbed wire which today surrounds Hungary. in plain view of the free peoples of the world. and Whereas the year 1966 will mark the tenth anniversary of the defeat of the valiant freedom fighters of Hungary by the brutal power of the Soviet Army: Now. therefore. be It Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That the Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation is authorized to erect a memorial on public grounds in the District of Columbia. or its environs. In honor and commemoration of the men and women of Hungary who fought so bravely ten years ago to win the rights and privileges of selfgovernment.
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