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Date:         Mon, 9 Nov 1992 08:04:26 MET
From:         KUBASKA@UAKOM.CS
Subject:      Re: Slovakia's Hydro-energy Potentials

> Date:          Fri, 6 Nov 1992 15:34:15 PST
> From:          Joe Pannon <pannon@bcsfse.boeing.com>

> Can somebody fill me in on why it was so important for Slovakia to build
> a costly electric power plant on the slow Danube, when the country -- I
> imagine -- has plenty of fast rivers in the numerous mountains.  The,
> river Vah, for instance, comes to mind right away, but there are
> several others one can see on the map of Slovakia.  They seem to be far
> more efficient and politicaly less controversial choices than the border
> river Danube.

 1. Remember that Gabcikovo-Nagymaros was CS-H common interest. And as
    far as I know the Danube is the only significant river at the CS-H
    borders for such project.
 2. There are other more important issues about G that were
     already discussed on this list.



> I can appreciate the concern most Slovaks seem to have about the
> economic consequences of abandoning a virtually completed expensive project,
> but remember:  Hungarians faced the same choice when they decided to abandon
> their part of the mutual project.  After all, they, too, sank billions
> into it before cancellation, and more will be spent on restoration of
> preexisting conditions.

  You are not right. The Hungarians faced completely different
consequences. In some of your Re Re you tried to clean this problem
from political views and you also speak about anti magyar feelings
within slovak comunity. I would like to add some points to it.
  1 In the treaty about Gabcikovo dam system the Hungary recognized
    the borders set up by trianon treaty. It was the first and only
    time they do it.
  2. PM Antal cals himself to be "the prime minister of all magyars
     regardless the country they live in".
  3. The defence minister said that he will defend all magyars in
     surrounding countries.
  4. Another hungarian offitials speak about "calm changes of the
     borders"
  5. Mr. Duray (boss of Egyutelles- magyar party in S) speaks about
     ethnic supression everywhere he goes.
  This all are points that make the Gabcikovo to be the political
  problem. But it is not the Slovak side that do it.

> My last curiosity: the Slovak national emblem is virtually identical to
> the right half of the Hungarian national emblem.  Is that a coincidence,
> or if not, how did that come about?
>
  To my best knowledge. The apostolic double cross was always the
symbol of "upper Hungary"(Slovakia) and the strips were the sybol of
the south of Hungary. You can see the cross in lot of town's emblems
in Slovakia. The mountains are said to symbolize the relief of
Slovakia and the strips are hungarian rivers. The double cross is
linked to Konstantin's and Metod's arrival to the town of Nitra and
to the christianization of Slovak's. The colors were changed by the
members of L. Stur's movement in previous century to fit the Slavians
colors.
Marian Kubaska
Banska Bystrica
Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
E-mail: KUBASKA@UAKOM.CS
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