Diplomáciai Iratok Magyarország Külpolitikájához 1936-1945, 5. kötet

Iratok - IV. A Balkán-háború kiterjesztése. A jugoszláv—magyar örökbarátsági szerződés létrejötte. Magyarország részvétele a Jugoszlávia elleni támadásban (1940. november 23.—1941. április 9.)

assured that the only German troops stationed here in Hungary are those in connection with Railway Transport Officers' establishments. It has now been brought to my notice by a source in whom I have every reason to place the completest confidence that (1) German artillery and motorised transport are using the roads of Hungary and (2) that elements of German formations are actually being billeted in Hungary close to the Yugoslav border and the Russo

—Hungarian frontier in Transylvania. The specific instances which have been given to me are of troops billeted in the neighbourhood of Szeged around the following villages: Kistelek, Kiskundorozsma and Sándorfalva. Those reported from Transylvania are in the neighbourhood of Beszterce and Gyergyószentmiklós. I understand that the explanation given by the Honvéd Ministerium for the presence of Germam troops in Hungary is that the railway congestion on the other side of the frontier is such that the troops were detrained in Hungary pending arrangements for their accommodation on the other side of the frontier. I need hardly point out Y. E. that this excuse can be given to cover concentrations of a far more important nature than are believed to exist at the moment. This is but a step which might lead to the gradual military occupation of the country. While I have no direct evidence that air bases as such have been placed at the disposal of the Germans, the Honvéd Ministerium admit that German planes may land for refuelling and repairing at will. From this it is only a further step to the creation of bases where supplies are stored and aircraft permanently based. Barclay, Walter Patrick Lt. Colonel Military Attaché Küm. pol. 1941—2/7—4144. Eredeti tisztázat 962