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

Documents

JU+J No. 1. 53/pol. The Minister of Hungary in Vienna, Dr. Gratz, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Teleki. [TRANSLATION] 7/'pol. VIENNA, January 2, 1921. Upon the receipt of Your Excellency's code telegram No. 423,

1 on December 29, 1920, I immediately called on Chancellor Mayr. I informed him that the decision of the Conference of Ambassadors concerning the evacuation of Western Hungary

2 would have fatal consequences for Austro-Hungarian relations. Everybody in Hungary would attribute this decision to moves of the Austrian Government. I added that, in my opinion, this decision could not have been made except upon the initiative and at the request of the Austrian Government. Hungary would never forget that Austria endeavoured to derive advantages, at Hungary's expense, from the misfortune in which both countries found themselves in consequence of the War which they fought and lost together. The country would never acquiesce in the loss of this territory and this would of course preclude the establishment of good relation^ between Austria and Hungary. Chancellor Mayr replied that he was greatly surprised by the decision of the Conference of Ambassadors, of which he had heard only through me. He assured me that he had never sought Allied assistance for the evacuation of Western Hungary. On the contrary, he had expected Italy to renew her offer of mediation and just before Christmas he had told Marquis della Torretta that the Austrian Government was willing to enter, with Italian 1 Vol. I. Doc. No. 884. 2 Note of the Conference of Ambassadors, December 33, 1920. Vol. I, Doc. No. 879. 1