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Hungary: communist-era files released, up to 60,000 former agents revealed

Hungary released communist-era secret police files Wednesday, identifying up to 60,000 informants, a path for Hungary in reckoning with its repressive past.

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00:01Hungary released communist-era secret police files, identifying up to 60,000 agent names.
00:0836 years after the fall of communism, the Tiza government has fulfilled one of its key election promises by making
00:16the files public.
00:43The list, however, will likely stay incomplete.
00:47Historians estimate that around 150,000 people may have been part of the network, but only 60,000 names are
00:54currently available online.
00:56Many files were destroyed during the 1956 revolution and again during the transition from communism to democracy.
01:04Today, as I said, the six-kartons are coming from the names.
01:08The six-kartons are two sides.
01:11This is not a settlement.
01:12This is not a settlement.
01:22This is not a settlement.
01:24The settlement is completely complete.
01:27In the end of the book, this is a settlement.
01:31I would like to ask that this settled policy, the settled policy, the settled policy, the settled policy, the settled
01:40policy, the settled policy.
01:56The first list of public figures whose files have been uploaded to the system are already available online.
02:03They include a well-known singer, the mayor of a county and the father of a government minister.
02:07However, having a Form 6 card does not in itself prove that the person in question actually reported on people
02:13they knew.
02:13It's a settlement.
02:14It's a settlement.
02:14It's a settlement.
02:15It's a settlement.
02:15It's a settlement.
02:15It's a settlement.
02:16It's a settlement.
02:16It's a settlement.

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