Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 2, 1921 (Budapest, 1946)

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IOO 1921 in which our peaceful inclinations and the trend of our foreign policy were clearly stated. Mr. Dering further mentioned that from his conversations with Mr. Take Jonescu he had the impression "qu'ils ont peur de vous." Since Mr. Dering returned to his former idea, which he considers quite individual, I gave my own private opinion that Hungarian politicians consider Bolshevism as a danger menacing the whole of Europe,

1 a danger not only to Rumania but to the whole civilised world, against which the solidarity of orderly elements is of general interest. I added that though the thousands of refugees still influence Hungarian public opinion, with mutual goodwill, with regard to the economic inter-dependence, a certain amount of comprehension could be realized in some matters. Mr. Dering received my remarks on solidarity in opposition to Bolshevism with visible pleasure and qualified it as a basis likely to disperse misunderstandings. At the end he held out the prospect of his support at all times. There has been no approach of any kind by the Rumanians.

2 No. 67. ooo/pol. The Representative of the Hungarian Government in Bucharest, Mr. Hory, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Gratz. [TRANSLATION} Code telegram No. 6. BUCHAREST, January 29, 1921. The Nuncio

3 informed me confidentially that on the instructions of His Holiness,

4 he has intervened with the Government in the interest of the prisoners in Temesvár

5 who are condemned to death or life imprisonment. He will also intervene with the Queen.

6 1 Cf. Vol. I, Subject Index: BOLSHEVISM. 2 Cf. infra, Docs. Nos. 91,92 and 100. 3 Marmaggi. 4 Benedict XV. 5 Cf. Vol. I, Subject Index: RUMANIA, Arrests, Death Sentences. 6 Marie. Cf. infra, Doc. No. 153.