Külügyi Szemle - A Magyar Külügyi Intézet folyóirata - 2013 (12. évfolyam)
2013 / 2. szám - MAGYAR-OSZTRÁK DIPLOMÁCIATÖRTÉNET - Gecsényi Lajos: A szembenállástól a kiegyezésig. A magyar-osztrák viszony a megbékélés útján (1959-1970)
A szembenállástól a kiegyezésig Résumé From the Confrontation to the Compromise. The Hungarian-Austrian Relationships on the Way to the Reconciliation (1959-1970) After the suppression of the Hungarian revolution and war of independence in 1956, while the neutral Austria has received thousands of refugees, the Soviet Bloc countries began a campaign of slander against the Austrian government. This campaign, the case of the refugees and the reintroduction of landmines on the border, caused permanent tension between the two countries. The attempts to find a way out, were defeated, and the boycott announced against Hungary in the United Nations also made a contribution to it. After the exemption of the latter, after December 1962, the two sides succeeded to continue the negotiations on the merits. As a result of this development the agreements on unsettled property questions and border issues were prepared by the summer of 1964. The agreements were signed during Bruno Kreisky's visit to Budapest at the end of October 1964. Parallel with it, several steps were made to widen the economic relations and trade. Since this year the settlement of the relations progressed step by step - independently of the governmental crisis and the end of the coalition ruling in Austria, personal changes in the Soviet leadership and the events in Czechoslovakia (1968). The decision of the Hungarian government in the spring of 1965 to eradicate minefields and replace them with a signalling system (which was completed by the end of 1969) meant a decisive turn from the viewpoint of the confidence building. It was also a symbolic step that Chancellor Josef Klaus - member of the Austrian People's Party - visited Hungary in 1967, during the centenary of the establishing of the Austro- Hungarian Monarchy. This visit was returned by the Hungarian Prime Minister, Jenő Fock two years later. The negotiations reinforced the relationship between the two countries, belonging to different world systems, which became wider in the next decade. . nyár 2013 101
