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

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476 1920 to, is either premature or has not been communicated officially, but merely as a preliminary semi-official warning. On the other hand, it seems reasonable to assume that the Allied Powers will not pass over the Austro-Russian convention. At the end of our conversation I expressed regret that the Allied representatives in Vienna failed to protest against the liberation of Kun. Mr. Lindley replied that he was instructed by his Government to inform the Austrian Government that Great Britain is not concerned with the Kun affair. No. 476. 4629/pol. The Representative of the Hungarian Government in Berlin, Baron Forster, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Teleki. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 39. BERLIN, July 21, 1920. Béla Kun and transport of Russian prisoners of war with which he travelled detained today at Swinemünde. Since according to German point of view, transport of prisoners of war enjoys extraterritoriality, it was decided to send back whole transport to Austria. I shall protest tomorrow against extending extraterritorial rights to a person indicted for common law felonies who is not even a prisoner of war. No. 477. 216/res. pol. The Hungarian Charge d'affaires in Vienna, Mr. Masirevich, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Teleki. [TRANSLATION] No. 889/pol. VIENNA, July 21, 1920. The information I reported yesterday under No. 881/pol.

1 was further confirmed last night from other reliable sources. I also obtained the following additional data: 1 Supra, Doc. No. 475.