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

Documents

1920 No. 161. 6139/13. The Representative of the Hungarian Government in Copenhagen, Mr. Barcza, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 5. COPENHAGEN, March 4, 1920. With reference to instructions No. 1433/13 of January 27.

1 Captain Cramer, chief of the Office of Prisoners of War in the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, upon my request, made unofficial representations to Litvinov, the Soviet plenipotentiary in Copenhagen, in the interest of the repatriation of Hungarian prisoners of war from Russia. Litvinov declared that his Government does not object to the repatriation of Hungarian prisoners of war under the following conditions: (1) Repatriation of Hungarians from Russia should take place simultaneously with the repatriation of Russian prisoners of war still in Hungary. (2) Permission for a Soviet commission to supervise in Budapest the repatriation of Russian prisoners of war from Hungary. A similar Hungarian commission could be set up in Moscow. The same procedure was followed with Germany and Austria. Litvinov expressed willingness to discuss the details of the plan with a plenipotentiary of the Hungarian Government. No. 162. 1341/pol. The Minister of Hungary in Vienna, Dr. Gratz, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Somssich. [TRANSLATION] No. 338/pol. VIENNA, March 4, 1920. Mr. Gustav Pechár, who according to Your Excellency's code telegram No. 65

2 was appointed to prepare the ground in Prague for economic negotiations between Hungary and Czechoslovakia, called at the Legation on March 2nd. I discussed with him the area which such negotiations may possibly cover. 1 Not printed. 2 Supra, Doc. No. 136.