Hungarian Review, 1976 (22. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1976-01-01 / 1. szám

TO OUR \ READERS With the first issue of 1976, the Editorial Board of the Hungarian Review is bidding farewell with warm and cordial good wishes to Editor-in-Chief Julia Poll, who is retiring. We are convinced that the readers of our magazine share our feelings. Utilizing her rich experience gathered at home and abroad, in public life and journalism, Julia Poll edited our magazine which is published in English, French, Russian and Spanish and which goes to every part of the world. These 15 years, during which she guided the publication, was an important period in Hungary’s development and in the evolu­tion of the international situation. Sharing our pleasures and problems with readers, we could present to them a picture about important achievements of the Hungarian people’s work in the construction of a socialist society. Simultaneously with favourable changes in our country, very signi­ficant changes took place throughout the world. A number of countries in Africa were freed from colonialism, the peoples of Vietnam and other South-East Asian countries fought triumphantly for their freedom and peace. The peoples’ endeavour for progress and national liberation intensified through advancements and setbacks. Despite the bloody terror of the Chilean fascist junta, the above­­mentioned applies also to Latin America. This is demonstrated significantly by the development of the relations between socialist Cuba and several other states of the continent. The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe which was held successfully in 1975 and whose summoning was initiated by the socialist countries in the preceding decade, is rightly con­sidered the most important event of inter-state rela­tions developing in the spirit of peacful coexistence. The Final Act signed in Helsinki by the foremost representatives of 33 European countries, the United States and Canada, is an example worth emulat­ing in other parts of the world for a code of beha­viour for states with different social-economic sys­tems and for the elaboration of their desire to co­operate. It creates a more favourable possibility than ever before for the peoples of the world to con­solidate peace and security through the develop­ment of manifold ties and for rendering them lasting through better acquaintance with one another and by the establishment of friendly relations. Under the leadership of Gábor Vajda, the new Editor-in-Chief, who is acquainted with several dozen countries of the world from East to West while working as a correspondent, roving reporter or on study tours, in addition to editorial work for three decades in the Hungarian press, we wish to serve the cause of mutual understanding among the peoples in the future as well. The Editorial Board of the Hungarian Review One of the newer bridges spanning the Tisza A ferry

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