Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 1, 1919–1920 (Budapest, 1939)
Documents
220 1920 No. 207. 1932/pol. The Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kánya, to the Representative of the Hungarian Government in Rome, Count Nemes. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 18. BUDAPEST, April 6, 1920. You are requested to follow with the greatest attention the activities of Chancellor Renner during his visit in Italy. It would be desirable, should an opportunity arise, for the Italian Government to convince Mr. Renner that the intransigent attitude of Austria toward Hungary is undesirable. In our opinion, improvement of Austro-Hungarian relations would serve the interests of Italy. At present, however, relations are turning from bad to worse because of the attitude of Austria in respect to the Burgenland question, the systematic communist agitation conducted from Vienna, and repeated attacks by members of the Austrian Government against the Hungarian Government. No. 208. 1938/pol. The Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kánya, to the Representative of the Hungarian Government in Warsaw, Count Csekonics. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 35. BUDAPEST, April 6, 1920. According to reliable information, the Czechs endeavour to use question of plebiscite in the county of Árva for artifically creating the impression that there is a conflict of Hungarian and Polish interests. With this end in view, rumours are circulated that Czechs and Hungarians in Árva cooperate against Poland. You are instructed to deny emphatically these wholly false reports to the Polish Government. If any news in this respect has been published in the Polish press, you are further instructed to issue an equally emphatic denial to the newspapers pointing out that these reports are broadcast by the Czechs in furtherance of their intrigues.
