Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 1, 1919–1920 (Budapest, 1939)

Documents

1920 No. 134. 93o/pol. The Minister of Hungary in Vienna, Dr. Gratz, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich. [TRANSLATION) Code telegram No. 89. VIENNA, February 17, 1920. Minister Ippen brought up today our note concerning Western Hungary.

1 According to him, the Austrian Government is in a difficult position because it cannot accept the note and fears that its rejection will further aggravate relations with Hungary. I pointed out that our objective was to acquaint public opinion with the consequences which will result from annexation and thus enable it at the last minute to bring pressure on the Austrian Government in favour of a peaceful solution. Ippen told me that he had not yet talked with the Chancellor

2 but he is convinced that no concrete results may be expected from our action. He does not believe that the matter would even be negotiated. According to him there is only one possibility of peaceful solution, namely, if Hungary would acquiesce in the loss of Western Hungary. No. 135. 965

/pol. The Swiss Consul General in Budapest, Mr. Kienast, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich. [TRANSLATION] No. 9965. BUDAPEST, February 18, 1920. According to reports received from Kolozsvár, several Hungarian officers — among them Colonel Csécsy-Nagy — were entenced to death. Relatives of these officers requested me to intervene with the Rumanian Government in order to have che death sentences commuted. On February nth, I communicated with respect to this matter with my Government which expressed willingness to intervene should the Hungarian Government request it to do so. I would appreciate it, therefore, if you would entrust it to me, in my capacity as Swiss Consul General charged with the protection of Rumanian interests, to intervene with the Rumanian Government. 1 Supra, Doc. No. 127. 2 Renner.