Hungary: Persecution by Hungarian Government of Locally-Employed Staff at British Embassy, Budapest

A file containing documents relating to the case of René and Marty Bonnerjea, members of staff at the British embassy in Budapest. Aspects of the subject discussed in the file include the questioning of René Bonnerjea regarding an incident involving a deserter; a legal problem involving Marty Bonnerjea's car; the cancellation of their exit visas; their being forced to apply for Hungarian identity cards; and the fact that they had both worked for the British embassy since 1950. Other subjects covered in the file include the question of whether Marty Bonnerjea had acquired Hungarian citizenship in 1941; the whereabouts of and possible implications for their two children; disruption to communications due to a postal strike in the United Kingdom; arrangements for the Bonnerjeas to leave Hungary and move to London; and the death of René Bonnerjea's mother in Budapest.