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

Documents

213 1920 No. 170. 1373/pol. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich, to the Representative of the Hungarian Government in Rome, Count Nemes. With reference to your code telegram No. i.

1 I should like to remark that the information that Italy favoured the incorporation of Western Hungary into Austria came to me from the Austrian minister in Budapest.

2 Should this matter come up again at the Consulta, you are hereby authorized to declare that I have never given full credence to the information above referred to and that I was later convinced of its falsity. I beg you to mention at the same time that the Hungarian Government gratefully acknowledges the objective and impartial attitude of Colonel Vigna, chief of the Allied mission in Western Hungary. No. 171. 1947/M. E. The Prime Minister, Mr. Huszár, to the Interallied Military Mission in Budapest. In possession of your valued note of the 28th of February No. 1

696® concerning the Drégelypalánk and Cered incidents, I have the honour of communicating hereunder the particulars brought to light so far by the investigation : The Military garrison of Salgótarján has been informed that Czech patrols in the neighbourhood of Cered are crossing the frontier

4 and ill-treating the population. In order to throw light upon these facts, a patrol had been sent by the garrison on the 3rd of February, consisting of 1 lieutenant and 8 men, who among others inspected the borough of Cered during the night. They soon found themselves in the presence of a Czech patrol which they disarmed and released [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 4. BUDAPEST, March 7, 1920. BUDAPEST, March 7, 1920. 1 Supra, Doc. No. 154 2 Cnobloch. 3 Supra, Doc. No. 152. 4 Recte : Demarcation line.