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Membership meeting of the Writers' Association on December 28, 1956. Tibor Dery has the floor. In the foreground Gyula Hay (chin in hand). Several weeks after this meeting, both men, Dery and Hay, were sentenced to prison terms. In January 1957 the Writers' Association was dissolved and was permitted to be reestablished in 1959 only. . (KEYSTONE/ERICH LESSING)