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

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768 1921 readjustment of frontiers beyond the river Mur, having only made it dependent on the Cabinet Council's decision, please reopen, if possible and when you deem it opportune, the subject of this boundary question, which is most important to us. No. 757. 4646/pol. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Bánffy, to the Minister of Hungary in Vienna, Mr. Masirevich. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 292. BUDAPEST, August 23, 1921. I note the contents of your code telegram No. 326.

1 According to reports of the semi-official Austrian Press, the negotiations of the Austrian Committee for Foreign Affairs will probably last several days. Accordingly, there will be no decision of the Committee concerning our proposal until after the twentyseventh, that is to say, on the last date before the actual transfer, and therefore we shall not be notified in due time whether the proposal has been accepted or not. Baron Cnobloch, the Austrian Minister, on the other hand, called on Count Khuen and expressed his doubts as to whether it would be possible, in the event of a favourable decision by the Committee, to avoid the effective transfer of the territory to be left in our possession. Since, however, in the event of the rejection of our proposals, we shall need, before the transfer takes place, suitable guarantees concerning the State and common properties in Western Hungary, you are requested to announce this now to Chancellor Schober, making use of the preliminary information contained in my instruction No. 4542/pol.

2 and to find out his attitude as soon as possible. I expect a definite answer by the twenty-seventh in any case, either that the Austrian Government has accepted our last propo1 Supra, Doc. No. 748. 3 Supra, Doc. No. 731.