Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 1, 1919–1920 (Budapest, 1939)
Documents
IO 1919 A note was sent to General de Lobit concerning the possible dispitch of a French mission as well as of Red Cross aid to assist Hungarian and Székely prisoners of war in Brassó. The Ministry of War informed the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that neighbouring states would regard unfavourably a military action directed against Budapest. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs made inquiries of the Serbs and the French. Representations have been made in Belgrade concerning the plundering of Temesvár by the Serbs. June 12. A note was sent to General Franchet d'Esperay suggesting the dispatch of a French mission and of representatives of the Red Cross to Brassó. A note was sent also to the headquarters of the Red Cross in Geneva requesting the appointment of a commission to be sent to Brassó. (No reply from the Red Cross was received until the beginning of August and it was then couched in very general terms. They had sent a delegate to Brassó but he was unable to get any information.) June 13. A note to General de Lobit asked his assistance in the establishment of direct contact with the supreme Yugoslav military command. General de Lobit himself suggested to Count Julius Károlyi that we negotiate directly with the Serbs in order that our troops may be transferred west of the Danube. June 14. Count Bethlen was informed that E. Demeter has been dispatched on a special mission to Baranya. June 17. A note to General de Lobit protested against the filling of all the posts for teachers at Arad by Rumanians. June 18. Several reserve officers asked protection against recruiting by the Serbian military authorities. Representations were made to Colonel Kalafatovic. June 20. The assistance of the Serbian chief of staff was requested to enable Hungarian refugees to come to Szeged.