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- 1994 Jun 4 (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of translated interview 24 May 1994, with Gyula Kovacs, Hungarian border control commander during 1989, describing the changes in the administration of Hungary's border with Austria. Mentions the function of the electronic border fence; decision to dismantle the fence, 2 May 1989; the visit of Gyula Horn, Hungarian Foreign Minister, and Alois Mock, Austrian Foreign Minister, to Sopron, Hungary, 28 Jun 1989 to view the dismantling. Also describes special border arrangements for the Pan-European Picnic at Sopron, 19 Aug 1989, an event organised by Hungarian Democratic Forum to celebrate the opening of the border and included a ceremonial crossing which was upstaged by numbers of East Germans refugees crossing the west. 72pp
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