Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 1, 1919–1920 (Budapest, 1939)

Documents

154 1920 No. 131. 39/B.I. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich, to the Secretary General of the Hungarian Peace Delegation, Mr. Praznovszky. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 82. BUDAPEST, February 17, 1920. Baron Horváth wishes Count Bethlen to be informed that the report on Rumanian atrocities up to date was sent with the last messenger. Another copy of the report is sent by today's diplomatic mail in case the first dispatch was lost. The atrocities here enumerated are not contained in the annex to the note on Transylvania; these are all cases which occurred subsequently under the Vaida government. Since these atrocities continue daily, it seems indispensable to send an Allied Mission for their investigation. All the material at our disposal is being translated into French and English to have it ready by the time the Mission arrives in Budapest. According to your code telegram No. 63

1 Lloyd George is only willing to investigate atrocities committed under the Vaida government. In my opinion, the Vaida government is also responsible for atrocities which continued from the period of the former government; it is further responsible for those unlawful acts of the former governments for which no reparation has been made. Among these I should like to refer specifically to expulsions, confiscations of property and illegal imprisonments. The chief objective to be accomplished by the dispatch of an Allied Mission is to put an end to these atrocities. No. 132. 882/pol. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich, to the Secretary General of the Hungarian Peace Delegation, Mr. Praznovszky. [TRANSLATION Code telegram No. 87. BUDAPEST, February 17, 1920. According to a report from Miskolcz, the Czechs have seized all the property of the provostry of Jászó, and carried 1 Not printed.