Levéltári Közlemények, 48–49. (1978)

Levéltári Közlemények, 48–49. (1978) - FORRÁSKÖZLÉS - Vida István: Iratok a Nagy Ferenc vezette magyar kormányküldöttség 1946. évi amerikai látogatásának történetéhez / 245–281. o.

270 Vida István Paris on Transylvania was a further setback for govt Smallholders and Communists alike. The present attempt to regain popular favor according to Bede is, therefore, a joint Smallholders and Communist undertaking. Warner's comment to us on Bede's remarks was that reports from Budapest to FONOFF had not given impression that in recent popular reaction in Hungary Smallholders had suffered along with Communists. Sent Dept 5881; repeated Budapest 43. HARRIMAN NA. Dept. of State, Decimal File, 71164/6-1246. 19. Washington, 1946. június 12. Memorandum Nagy Ferenc miniszterelnök, Szegedy-Maszák Aladár washingtoni magyar követ és James F. Byrnes amerikai külügyminiszter tárgyalásáról SECRET Participants: Hungarian Prime Minister, Mr. Ferenc Nagy, Hungarian Minister, Mr. Aladár SzegedyMaszák; Secretary Byrnes, The Prime Minister of Hungary, accompanied by the Hungarian Minister, called at his request. The Prime Minister expressed his appreciation to the Secretary for making it possible for him and other members of the Hungarian Government to visit this country. The Secretary expressed the hope that conditions in Hungary were improving. The Prime Minister said that the process of consolidation was progressing. He added that the greatest trouble the Hungarian Government faced was that of inflation. At the present time, the Hungarian Government was able to afford the people only 22% of the standard of living which they were accustomed to before the war. The Secretary said that last fall he had looked into the question and had concluded from information he had obtained from Hungary that the country was having a bad time because of inflation. He said he could appreciate the problems with which they were confronted. The Secretary asked if Hungary had been able to increase production. The Prime Minister said that production was inerasing daily, and that 99% of the land was under cultivation in spite of the fact that the peasants and farmers lacked implements for cultivation. The Prime Minister stated that the output from factories was increasing daily, but that quite a number of the factories had been destroyed during the war. There was a total lack of raw materials for production. These raw materials had formerly been supplied by Czehoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Russia and Greece. The Prime Minister said that according to the decision regarding Hungary 3,000.000 Hungarians would be left outside the borders of Hungary proper. The Secretary said that last fall in London he had proposed that we should follow the ethnic line so far as possible because he had in mind that it would be bound to affect some people and his proposal met with objection. The Secretary stated that he did not believe it was any secret that the Soviets had proposed that all of Transylvania should be transferred to Rumania.

1 The Secretary said he had made a suggestion that Transylvania should go to Rumania, but that a provision should be made to permit direct negotiations between the Governments of Rumania and Hungary with the idea of arriving at an adjustment of the frontier so as to leave the smallest number of people under alien rule. The Secretary said that we were reluctantly forced to the view that the population in Transylvania was so intermingled that without an exchange of populations no adjustment of the frontier would provide a solution to the ethnic problem. The Prime Minister said that until now, he was not aware of this situation and that he wished to express his thanks for the Secretary's kindness.