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

Appendix I. Diary of the peace delegation

931 June 4, 1920. This afternoon at four-fifteen the Hungarian delegates, Dr. Ákos Benárd, the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, and Mr. Alfred Drasche-Lázár, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, went to the Château de Trianon to sign the peace treaty. They were accompanied by Mr. Praznovszky, Mr. John Wettstein, councillor of Legation, Mr. Arnó Bobrik, secretary of Legation, Count Stephen Csáky, attaché of Legation, Colonel Henry (French), Major Burroughs (British), and Lieutenant Jacomoni (Italian) liaison officers. After a short wait in one of the reception rooms, Colonel Henry led the Hungarian Delegation to the room where the signature was to take place. The Hungarian Delegation was received at the entrance of the room by M. de Fouquières

1, the Chief of Protocol of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Delegates of the Allied Powers had already assembled in the room when the Sergeant at Arms announced the entrance of the Hungarian Delegation. All the delegates, who were sitting around the table, rose. The Hungarian Delegates entrusted with the signature of the treaty were seated at the end of the table opposite the Portuguese Delegates. M. Millerand, President of the Conference, invited the Hungarian Delegates to sign the treaty. The signature took place on a seperate table standing in the middle of the room. The seals of the signatories were affixed to the treaty yesterday. The treaty was signed first by Dr. Benárd and then by DräscheLázár. There followed next the plenipotentiaries of the five principal Allied Powers, and then the rest of the Allied Powers in the order of the French name of their respective countries. As soon as the signatures were affixed, President Millerand adjourned the meeting. The Hungarian Delegates were the first to leave the room, accompanied to the door once more by M. de Fouquières. Upon leaving the Château, a guard of honour in the courtyard presented arms. The Hungarian Delegates, accompanied by the liaison officers, returned to the Hôtel des Réservoirs. The signature of the treaty was witnessed by a large invited audience. Among them was King Alexander of Greece. The sorrowful ceremony took place without any incident. 1 Recte : Becq de Fouquières 69*