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

Documents

212 1920 No. 198. 45/res. pol. The Hungarian Delegate to the Interallied Mission for Western Hungary, Baron Villani, to the Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kánya. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. n. SOPRON, March 24, 1920 Confidential information seems to indicate that the Austrian Government is planning to occupy Western Hungary in the near future. This is based on the following information : First : Colonel Vigna received a confidential order from General Mombelli in which he was urgently requested to report about the method of dissolving Hungarian troops. Second : Colonel Vigna received a list of Austrian officials appointed to Western Hungary. Third: The British representative

1 received an order urgently requesting him to report upon the position of Hungarian troops. Fourth : It is alleged that Counsellor Neugebauer declared in Wiener Neustadt that the occupation will take place in the next days. Fifth : According to Mr. Hohler and General Gorton the incorporation of Western Hungary into Austria is an accomplished fact, no plesbiscite being in contemplation. No. 199. 1773/pol. The Representative of the Hungarian Government in Rome, Count Nemes, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Simonyi-Semadam. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 32. ROME, March 25, 1920. Italian efforts for improvement of Hungarian peace conditions caused considerable concern in Bucharest. I learned from Rumanian minister

2 that he was instructed by his Government to make representations in this respect to Sforza. Replying to these representations, Sforza characterized Nitti's action as an act of courtesy motivated by his belief that it would be incorrect to ignore the Hungarian counter-proposals. 1 Gundry-White. 2 Lahovary,