Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 2, 1921 (Budapest, 1946)
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5 98 1921 ties for this basis of negotiations. Therefore they propose that we should meet about that time. They believe that if we come forward with the above-outlined territorial proposal, Dr. Schober would obtain authorization from the Committee for Foreign Affairs to enter into negotiations and that on this basis we might reach a satisfactory agreement. On the other hand, if we present more extensive claims, the Committee for Foreign Affairs will be likely to refuse to enter into negotiations at all and will instruct the Chancellor to urge the integral execution of the Peace Treaty, which means that we should keep nothing at all. I therefore recommend that the basis of negotiations outlined above which, by retaining Sopron for Hungary, already represents both a material and a moral success, should be accepted unconditionally on our part. Concerning the police force and the postponement of the surrender of the territory, Dr. Schober stated that he could not satisfy our claims because this would further accentuate the distrust of the political parties and would render his own position more difficult. This in turn might endanger his action in the interest of negotiations. Moreover, he said, if we should succeed in reaching an agreement, these questions would be of small importance. For these reasons Dr. Schober and Mgr. Seipel advise that we should not suggest either to the Allies or elsewhere that there is a better prospect for peaceful solution with the Government of Dr. Schober than with the preceding Government, for such pronouncements would induce the Austrian political parties to press the Chancellor in the opposite direction. 1 The Hungarian Chargé d'affaires in Berne, Mr. Parcher, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Bánffy. [TRANSLATION] With reference to your code telegram No. 97. 2 Mr. Motta is still on leave and the President of the Republic 3 is inaccessible to-day. I carried out the instructions received by No. 585. 342/M. K. res. Code telegram No. 83. BERNE, July 14, 1921. 1 Cf. supra, Doc. No. 560; and infra, Docs. Nos. 588 and 593. 2 Supra, Doc. No. 579. 3 Schulthess.
