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Tamás MÉSZÁROS: A Typical Agent Story from the Kadar Period 95
His early arrestment can seem interesting, because Dr. Dezsı Kertész – the leader of the
local Revolutionary Army Committee was arrested “only” on the 7 th of January, 1957,
while Imre Gyáni – the president of the National Committee – was seized even later, on
the 31 st of January, 1957.
The question may rise: how was it possible, that Moldvay was seized earlier, than the
other two people, who had had a more important role in the revolution; and how could he
get off the trouble without any retaliation due to his activity as an editor. Dr. Kertész was
sentenced to 7 years, and Imre Gyáni to 6 years imprisonment. Even more – Moldvay was
not only let out from the internment camp, but he could even finish his studies at the
college in 1957! To find the answer to the above question, the related documents of the
state security should be examined. The file no. 6 4 - so his personal file could be found
during the researches at the Historical Archives of the State Security. From this document
it was discovered that Moldvay was recruited by the political police of Kádár with the
code name “Gáspár Szabó” on the 30 th of December, 1956.
The surviving data concerning ‘Gáspár Szabó’s’ file
No. Number Shire Opening Closing Period Pages
1 M-2899 Csongrád x 1958 x 0
2 M-9922
Borsod-
Abaúj-
Zemplén x 1960
1956-
1965 0
3 M-20041 Csongrád x 1963 x 0
4 M-23868
Borsod-
Abaúj-
Zemplén 1959.03.30 1965.10.14
1956-
1965 335
5 M-24631 x x 1966 x 0
6 M-29097 Csongrád 1966.04.18 1968.08.29
1966-
1968 422
Source: Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security
From the above data it can be seen, that the first three files after his recruitment have
disappeared. The first file was opened in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County – situated in the
north-east of Hungary, and however, that file disappeared, supposedly, the reports of that
file also contained the name of the revolutionists in Hódmezıvásárhely.
4 ÁBTL 2.2.2 – Network registers – „István Boldog/Gáspár Szabó”.