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by the reports of the circle around Bibó and Galyasi, made by other agents. The members
were connected by their common intent to represent their own ways in their art. For this
purpose they wanted to find the instruction of authentic masters, and the friendship of
similar artists. For the power they became suspicious, because they didn’t follow the
socialist-realistic style, imported from Moscow. The artists of Vásárhely insisted on their
freedom in their art, however, they could see the limits, so they didn’t do anything against
the system, being aware of the danger of such actions.
Methods of agent reporting
It was an important part of the activity of Gáspár Szabó that he appeared on different
events and he wrote reports about them. He got a certain task from his agent-responsible
when he travelled abroad ( e.g.: Austria…etc).
The source of the most interesting information and date were the different meetings
with friends, where he was not only a participant, but he also organized and hosted such
events and gatherings. 9
The maniac writer and intellectual
Moldvay was the editor of several journals; he published a monograph and three books
of poems. His reports are readable and interesting. He characterized his target persons (
friends acquaintances) in a sophisticated way. He wrote about the artists’ and writers’
opinion and statements as a real expert.
He wrote more than 2000 pages between 1956 and 1968 (Two of his six files has
survived and they are 335 and 422 pages long 10 ).
In 1968 his agent-responsible recommended his exclusion, because of an incident in
Novi-Sad. After his exclusion his file in Csongrád County was closed. However, from the
4 th of January, 1974 he was employed by the Political Department of the Heves County
Police, because in the meanwhile he moved there.
He got his new code-name, “István Boldog” at this time, and we do not have any data
concerning his working file from this period.
After a while he became a secret commissioner instead of being an agent, but we do not
have a certain date of his leaving the network.
9 ÁBTL 3.1.2 M-29097 „Gáspár Szabó”.
10 ÁBTL M-23868 „Gáspár Szabó”.