Government office chief János Lázár said in March that the classification status of the tapes would be reviewed once they are in the archives.

Parliament also expanded the scope of the law to broaden the number of files under the authority of the historical archives. Accordingly, copies of files containing state security and defence data compiled by or stored in former state institutions or other archives will be transferred to the historical archives.

The historical archives will have absolute authority over the files specified in the law unless a specific authority is granted access to a certain file. They will also have control over the files of Hungary’s Military National Security Service that have national security aspects.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.