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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Varga, Béla, Msgr.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1960

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Msgr. Béla Varga asks Merton to sign his name to a declaration to free Hungarian political prisoners in Soviet custody.

Biography

Msgr. Béla Varga was Chairman of the Amnesty for Political Prisoners in Hungary Action Committee in New York. He was a Papal Prelate and former President of the Hungarian Parliament from 1946-1947.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1960/03/17 TL[c]from MertonThank you for your timely letter. Like all men concerned with freedom, the rights of man,   
 1960/03/no TLSto MertonIt is not necessary to explain to you what a heroic effort was made by the Hungarian people   
        

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