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

Documents

1920 465 prisoners of war headed for Stettin. It is not impossible that Kun escaped during the voyage and is hiding in Poland. You are requested to call the attention of the Polish Government to these facts and should Kun be found to be in Poland, to take the necessary steps for his immediate arrest. No. 466. 4430/P0I. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Teleki, to the Acting High Commissioner of Great Britain in Budapest, Mr. Athelstan-Johnson. BUDAPEST, July 17, 1920. Acknowledging the receipt of your letter dated the 13th inst.

1 referring to the incident which occurred to the Messenger of His Britannic Majesty's High Commission on Sunday the nth inst. on his arriving to Gönyíi, I have the honour to express my deepest regret upon the occurrence, which however, I am also happy to state, was not a serious one. I feel much obliged to you for declaring your readiness to furnish, in future, the Messengers of His Britannic Majesty's High Commission with papers that may be of assistance to the Hungarian Customs officials in performing their executive duties. — In view of the present situation, and especially in order to prevent similar incidents, I would, moreover, consider it highly desirable that the Messenger of His Britannic Majesty's High Commission in addition to his diplomatic passport regularly visaed should be furnished with a special paper giving the number and kind of the pieces he is carrying with him sealed with the seal of the sending authority, indicating also the addressee of each piece. On my part I am prepared to issue to every British courier a letter of recommendation certifying the bearer to be an official courier, and giving explicit instructions to our own subordinate authorities not to hinder the same on his way, to treat him politely 1 Supra, Doc. No. 449. 30