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

Documents

464 1920 We cannot accept Proposal No. 2 since the coal supplied by the mines of Lajtaújfalu is a strong weapon in our hands against Austria which we cannot possibly relinquish. Moreover, for a relaxation of measures affecting transit traffic we cannot make a concession with respect to direct importation from Hungary into Austria. Proposal No. 3 is, in the light of your code telegram No. 309

1, no longer material. In conclusion I should like to say that in my opinion continuation of the conversations under the mediation of Renner will not lead to any result. No. 464. 4498/pol. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Teleki, to the Representative of the Hungarian Government in Berlin, Baron Forster. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 78. BUDAPEST, July 17, 1920. I am reliably informed that Béla Kun was sent day before yesterday with a transport of Russian prisoners of war through Czechoslovakia to Stettin. This occurred with the knowledge of the Austrian Government. You are instructed to request the German Government to take urgent steps for the arrest of Kun while he is in German territory. Should Kun succeed in reaching Estonia, you are instructed to ask for the intervention of the Estonian minister in Berlin

2 with his Government in order that Kun be arrested in Estonia. Report by wire. 1 No. 465. 4498/pol. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Teleki, to the Representative of the Hungarian Government in Warsaw, Count Csekonics. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 95. BUDAPEST, July 17, 1920. According to reliable information, Austrian Government permitted Béla Kun to leave Vienna vith a transport of Russian 1 Flieder. 2 Supra, Doc. No. 469.