Bela Varga. the chairman of the Hungarian Committee. an organization of democratic Hungarian politicians exiled by the Communist regime in Hungary. issued a statement on the 25th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution. which is observed widely in the United States and other parts of the free world on Monsignor Varga. who currently resides in my district in New York City was the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament after the relatively free 1945 elections but had to flee following the Communist coup in Hungary at the end of May 1947. For his work in aiding and saving French prisoners of war during World War II in Hungary. he received the Legion of Honor from President Charles de Gaulle. Varga was also active in saving Polish refugees and officers in Hungary during the war and many Jews during the German occupation of Hungary after March 20. 1944. I take this opportunity to insert his cogent and appropriate remarks into the RECORD as a testimonial to the free Hungarian spirit:
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