A Government spokesman, answering a question on dissolution of the Hungarian pro-Nazi “National Will Party,” affirmed in Parliament today the right of the authorities to take preventive measures against any party “threatening the security of the State.”
Deputy Czoor had asked why the party, led by Major Franz Szalassy, had been dissolved by the police while a court decision in a case against Szalassy was still pending.
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