Hungary opens communist-era informer files in belated reckoning with Cold War past
BUDAPEST, Nov 4 - Hungary released tens of thousands of Communist-era secret police files in an online public database on Wednesday, opening a window onto the vast informer network used to spy on citizens during decades of one-party rule.
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[Claude] Reports 2 and 3 both cover the opening of Hungary's communist-era secret police files database, an explainer-style angle and a wire story with the same date-consistent details, so neither conflicts wi
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