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Kov_acs, Imre, 1913-1980.Papers, 1945-19S0. ^Ca. 25,000 items; 4-̂ boxes; 1 oversized Folder.

Organisation! Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.Hungarian writer and statesman; member of the Hungarian Parliament 19-</Jr-1947,

Secretary General of the Hungarian National Peasant Party, staff member of theNational Committee for a Free Europe in the 1950's and President of theInternational Center for Social Research from 1962-1963.Summary: Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed

materials of Imre Kov_acs. The voluminous correspondence includes letters toand from his family in the U.S. and Hungary. The professional correspondence isprimarily concerned with contemporary events in Hungary, Latin America and Asiaand covers the years 1947-1980. Correspondents include many prominentHungarians such as Bel_a Varga, Ferenc Nagy , Oscar Jassi and Albert Szent-Gy_orgy. There are political and literary manuscripts, book reviews andlectures by Kov_acs, as well as background materials for his books "The Ninetyand Nine" and "The Hearing." Subject files reflect Kov_ac's involvement withHungarian emigre organisations and his work for Radio Free Europe and theirHungarian service. There are also files on the Free Europe Press and the FreeEurope Committee. Kov_ac's 1957 trip to Asia and the Middle East is documentedthrough correspondence, clippings and photographs. Similar coverage is providedfor Kov_ac's 1963 trip to Latin America for the International Center for SocialResearch. There are related subject files on Latin American agrarian reform andcampesino leadership training. Printed materials include articles by KDV acsand others, as well as miscellaneous publications of the Hungarian emigration.

In Hungarian, English and German.Gift of the Trus.tees of the Imre Kov_acs Papers, 1985.Boxes 3$-43 closed until Jan. 1, 2000.jmdexes: Contents list, 8p_.Location: Columbia University Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript

Library, Butler Library, New York, NY 10027.

1. Hungary—Politics and government—1945- . 2. Hungary—History—20thcentury. 3. Hungarians—United States. 4. Latin America—Politics andgovernment—20th century. 5. Asia—Politics and government—20th century. 6.Near East—Politics and government—20th century.

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.IMREKOVACS (1913-1980)

Imre Kovacs' career as author and politician began while he was still

a student at the Economic University of Budapest. His earliest works included

articles for liberal Hungarian newspapers and magazines and books, among

them his first major work The Silent Revolution for which he was accused

of causing "agitation against the landlords" and sentenced to three months

in prison. Kovacs was a member of the Hungarian resistance during World War

II and was arrested, but later released, by the secret military police in

19^2. After the war he became a leader of the anti-communist faction of the

National Peasant Party and served as a member of the Hungarian Parliament

from 19^5 to 19^7. As a result of the communist take over of 19^7, Kovacs

was forced to leave Hungary, but continued his work for a free and democratic

Hungary while living abroad. During the 1950s he was a staff member of the

Committee for a Free Europe and a political analyst for their Research and

Information Center where he helped to prepare materials to be sent to Hungary

by way of Radio Free Europe and the ingenious "Balloon Campaign" which carried

leaflets over the border by balloons. From 1962-3 Kovacs was President of

the International Center for Social Research. In addition to his many other

activities, Kovacs was a free lance author who wrote many political and

literary works, among them the novel The Ninety and Nine which used lengthy

dialogues between a Jesuit priest and loyal Communist to illustrate the

moral dilemma facing Hungarians living under a Communist regime.

IMRE KOVACS CONTENTS LIST -

Box 1. Cataloged and Arranged Materials

Cataloged Correspondence

Berke, Joseph H.Berle, Adolf A.Brzenzinski, ZbigniewDeak, IstvanGati, CharlesHapsburg, OttoHook, SidneyJaszi, OscarKennan, GeorgeLengyel, EmilLodge, Henry Cabot, Jr.Szent-GyBrgyi, AlbertTabori, Paul

Cataloged Manuscripts

Deak, Istvan — "Marxist Historians Look at the Digger Movement""The United States and the Communist Takeover of

Hungar y"

Arranged Correspondence

AAldor, PeterAntl, EdmundoBBenedek, KarolyBorbandi, GyulaBorsody, IstvanBoros, Sandor

Boxes 2-9. Arranged Correspondence.

CCsorba-Mikita, IstvanDDeak, ZoltanEFFBldes, ZoltanG

3. HHamza, AndrewIIgnotus, Pal

IMRE KOVACS CONTENTS LIST - 2

JJust, BelaKKallay, KristofKarasz, ArturKertesz, Istvan

4. Kovacs, ImreKovacs Family

5. LLazar, IstvanLukas, JohnMMeray, TiborMolnar, JozsefMusto, IstvanNNagy, Ferenc

6. Pap, IstvanPeyer, KarolyRRosta, Lazslo

7. SSulyok, DezsoSzab6, ElizabethSzab6, PalSzab6, ZoltanSzankay, Zoltan

8. TTruitt, George A,UVVajda, BenBValko, LazsloVamos, ImreVarga, BelaVarga, Maria

9. W,Y,ZZeke, ZoltanUnidentified

Boxes 10-18. Arranged Manuscripts

IMRE KOVACS CONTENTS LIST - 3

10. • Auer, Paul — To Neutralize Central Europe?Barankovics, Istvan — "Az emigrans trojka es egyeb emigrans

jelensegek""Felsz61alasa"

Balla, Erzsebet — PoemsBrady, Zoltan — "Requiem of a Homestead11

Davidson, Carl — "The Multiversity"Derecskey, Charles -- "The New Overloard"Fast, Howard — "Az emberiseg remenye"

"Man's Hope"Gombos, Gyula & Kovacs, Imre — "Magyar-Amerikai kapcsolatok,

1945-1948"Kovacs, Imre "Always with the Oppressed"

"American Revolution""Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Endre""Bicentennial Series"Book Reviews

Imre Nagy's "A Magyar nep vedelmeben""Challenge at your Gates""The Chinese Family""Columbian Story""Development of Hungarian Industry""Dilemna [sic] of the Soviet Writer""Duke ezredes jelentkezik""Egy kiserlet bukasa""Egy NEP elvesziti a szabadsagat""Elindultam szep hazambol""Ellenforradalom az emigraci6ban"

11. "Feljegyzes""For Spiritual Sovereignty""Forces of Natural Progress""Forms and Methods of Collectivization in Hungary""A frontonkivllli nep""A genfi talalkoz6 ele""Graduates of the Bolshevik Revolution""Halvaszttlett demokracia?"Ham Tibor bemutatasa""A hatatarnal""The Hearing" (with transcript of Koreh Affair on

which work is based)"Helyszini kBzvetites a t6th-csaladt61""Hosszu, forr6 nyar AmerikAban""How America Can Lose World War II""Hungarian Cultural Program""The Hungarian People's Republic""Hungarian Populism - Road to Revolution""Hungarian Program: Political Magazine""Hungary""Hungary and the Bolshevik Revolution""Hungary, the Country of the Goulash""Hungary Today"

IMRE KOVACS CONTENTS LIST - 4

12. • "I am an Imperialist Spy""Imperialista kern vagyok""Jaszi a magyar kBzvelemenybea""Javithatatlanok es menthetetlenek""Jelentes""Kossuth in America""Klllpolitikai sajt6szemle"Lectures and Speeches"The Literary Wardens of Their Country""Magyororszag es a magyarok""Melodrama in India""Methods of Communist Economic Penetration""MezBgazdasagunk""Das Motor des Bolschewismus""A Magyar kerdes Bnmagaban""A Megszallas anatomiaja""Mi valtozott, mi nem?""Miert csendesedett el az ifjusagi mozgalom

amerikaban?""Miert Portugalia"Miscellaneous Manuscripts (folders 1-3)

13. Miscellaneous Manuscripts (folders 4-10)"Naked Terror""A nemzet szivenek nyugtalan?""New dimensions in East-West Relations""Nincsen remeny..."

14. "The Ninety and Nine" (with related correspondence,documents, illustrations and reviews)

15. Notes"Nyugati utazas""On Human Rights in Hungary""Operation Boots and Tails""Az orosz kapitany utasai""Az orosz taktika""A parasztkllldBttseg""A parizsi dBntes es a magyar kBzvelemeny""Passengers of the Russian Captain""Peasant and Farmer""The Peasant and his Challenge""Post War Developments in Hungary""Potentialities of the Hungarian Situation""Preface to Liberation of Eastern Europe""Profile of a New Generation""Project for Holiday""Realis emigracia""Report on Hungary""Slang - Language of Resistance""Status of the East-European Nations"

IMRE KOVACS CONTENTS LIST - 5

"Synopsis of Conspiratorial Warfare""A Szovjetuni6 igazsagszolgaLtasi rendszere""Sztalin bllnei es bllntarsai"

16. "Talalkozas as oroszokkal?""TankBnyv kttlfBldi f i a t a l magyaroknak""Toborz6 Erdelyert!""TBrtenetirik a politikusokrol""A TBrveny es a munkas""A Totalitarizmus iskolaja""The Truth About Executions in Hungary""Der 'Typen' Staat"

17. "The Unfinished Man"

18, "BtkeresB nemzedek""Villaghatalmi egyensuly vagy harmadik

vivaghaboru?""Vilagosan Iat6 emigraci6""Visszaemlekezesek""Die Wahrheit urn Rajk""Wedding Without a Bridal Bed"

Miscellaneous Manuscripts by Kovacs and others from the years1945-47 (purportedly smuggled out of Hungary)

Miscellaneous Manuscripts by Various AuthorsNagy, Zoltan - "The Hungarian Land Reform Problem"Pisky, F.S. - "Summary Report on Forced Labor in Hungary"Smith, E. - "A VBrBs malom gyorsan DrBl..."Smith, Oliver - "New Youth: The Exile Capital of the World"

"The Pitfall of Resistance Behind the IronCurtain"

Sulyok, DezsB - "Emlekirat"Szab6, Zoltan - "The Python and the Lamb"Varga, Bela - Miscellaneous ManuscriptsVarga, Laszlo - Memorandum Concerning the Illegal Occupation of

Hungary"

Boxes 19-20 Arranged Documents,

19. Kovacs, Imre - Divorce Papers

Immigration Papers

20. Miscellaneous

Arranged Drawings and Cartoons.Arranged Lecture Programs.Arranged Maps.

IMRE KOVACS CONTENTS LIST - 6

Arranged Photographs. _

Boxes 21-32. Subject Files.

21. AsiaCorrespondence (2 folders)

22.PhotographsClippingsMiscellaneous

23. Free EuropeBalloon Campaign

"BaUoon Leaflets"Christmas Message"Guidance"HOPs 1-17, 19-20

24. Kolkhoz LeafletLabor Conditions in the U.S.A.Operation FocusPeasant LeafletPoznan Story

Free Europe CommitteeCorrespondenceMiscellaneousPrinted MaterialsVienna Youth Festival

25. Free Europe PressKhrushchev's AddressMiscellaneousSpecial Publications Department

26. Radio Free EuropeBudgetKovacs, Imre - ArticlesMiscellaneous (2 folders)Research (2 folders)Varga, Bela - Interview

27. Hungary

Hungarian Arts and CultureSt. Stephen's Crown

Hungarian Biographical Information

IMRE KOVACS CONTENTS LIST - 7

Bib6, Istvan -111yes, GyulaKovacs, ImreMiscellaneousMoricz, ZsigmondNagy, ImreSzall, JozsefTaba, JohnVarga, BelaZilahy, Lajos

Hungarian OrganizationsAssembly of Captive European NationsFeszek KlubFree Hungarian Information Service

28. Hungarian CommitteeKhrushchev's Visit to the U.S.

Hungarian Revolutionary CouncilHungarian Social Democratic Party in ExileHungarian Writers' Association AbroadInternational Peasant Union CongressKossuth FoundationMagyar Szolgodat A^ztriabanMiscellaneousNational Opposition MovementPetBfi Circle

29. Hungarian PopulismKovacs, Imre -

"Hungarian Populism - An Idealogical Challenge toCommunism"

"Hungarian Populism - Road to Revolution""Marriage of Man with Nature""Message of One Hundred Dead Peasants""Revolution and Populism"

MiscellaneousClippings

30. Hungarian Publications"Latohatar"

Hungarian SymposiumHungary and the U.N.

International PEN

31. Latin AmericaCorrespondenceKovacs, Imre -

Imre Kovacs Contents List - 8

"An Enquiry into the Agrarian Problems of LatinAmerica" (6 copies)Miscellaneous ManuscriptsAgrarian Reform (2 folders)

32. Campesino Leadership TrainingInternational Center for Social ResearchInternational Agrarian InstituteMiscellaneousClippings (2 folders)Printed Materials

Boxes 33-37. Printed Materials

33.34.35.»36.

37.

Box 38

Articles by Kovacz in HungarianNagy, Imre - "A Magyar nep vedelmeben" (2 copies)"Latohatar"Magyarorsagi Hirek""NyugatiHirnok""Uj Europa"Miscellaneous Hungarian NewspapersMiscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Various articles. Local Council Leaflet, cliooinesActivities of the Hungarian Committee duringMikoian's visit to the United StatesKovacs, Imre "A Szovjet Unio lagy also teste"United States Information Agency - applications and relatedcorrespondenceMaterials on Bela KunReport of a Hungarian Returning From America in English andHungarian (2 copies)Free Europe Press, Planning and Analysis Department'sMailing Plan (2 folders)Belso tajekoztato"The Peasant". A Symposium concerning the Peasant Way and View ofLife (7 issues)Una Encuesta sobre los Problemas Agrarios de America Latina, reportprepared for the International Center for Social ResearchFree Europe Press (2 folders)Agrarian Reform in Columbia"Preventive Liberation" of Eastern Europe

Imre Kovacs Contents List - 9

Hungarian Committee, office documents and poster

Box 39 Correspondence with Peter Aldor and Tihamer Karlovich (2 folders)Caricatures by Peter AldorReports on Paul Szabo repatriationAnniversary leaflet (1955) and postersFree Europe Press - Press Release, October 3, 1954Free World GroupFree Europe CommitteeMr. Ajai MitraClippings and Reports on 1956 Revolution (2 folders)Latohatar and Hungarian CommitteeStalinVarious articlesNew guidance, 1961

Box 40 Notes from the Foreign Language PressHungarian ChristmasNotes on SlangOperation FocusAbolition of MTS (Machine Tractor Station) in Vorkuta Since thePrisoners' StrikeHistory of RajkEgy Pohar Bor MelletKhrushchev's visit to HungaryEuropean TripOutlines and drafts of various articlesFree Europe Press, Guide Book and Background information onCzechoslovakia, Poland, and HungaryLibikReport on Trip in MiamiCorrespondence with KibediReport on South American TripClippings and Reports of Hungarian CommitteeImre Kovacs's Reports from different countriesBritish Guiana

Box 41 International Center for Social ResearchFree Europe Press. Interim Report on Asian-African ContactsProgramCongress of the Hungarian Writers' Federation in ParisVarious materials on HungaryAmnesty for Political Prisoners in Hungary Committee

Imre Kovacs Contents List - 10

Box 41 The World Strength of the Communist Party Organizations(report), clippings and caricaturesHungary, list of persons holding important positions in Party, StateAdministration, and Public Life.Stalin Yesterday and Today

Box 42 Hungarian CommitteeLetter from RangaCalling cardsSzabad MagyarorszagDrafts of various articlesAlways with the Oppressed, a film story by Imre Kovacs (inHungarian)Hungary and Russia, Dezso Szabo (brochures)Free Europe Committee, Inc., memoranda and formsFree Hungary, the periodical of the National OppositionMovementLeaflet and caricatureInternational Center for Social Research, office correspondenceReport on South American Trip, 1960Business Correspondence

Box 43 Asia, reports by Kovacz, 5 folders

Box 44 Free Europe - Balloon Campaign. Analysis of ResultsFree Europe - Balloon Campaign. Hop SchedulesFree Europe - Radio Free Europe. BudgetFree Europe - Radio Free Europe. BudgetFree Europe - Free Europe Press. Plans and Analysis DivisionFree Europe-Free Europe Press.Research and Analysis DepartmentFEP Target and Editorial Changes: HungaryReports on Latin America, 2 folders

Oversized. Charts of the Planned Economy and Government of Hungary.