Papers and Documents relating to the Foreign Relations of Hungary, Volume 2, 1921 (Budapest, 1946)

Documents

1921 599 calling on the Chief of the Foreign Office

1 who will try to get into contact with Mr. Motta and will proceed in conjunction with him in his further measures. My request was unexpected but he received my explanations with understanding and promised to support my request. He pointed, however, to a new factor, so far not taken into consideration by the Federal Council, namely that, if the steps taken in other countries in the matter of a permit of residence were still unsuccessful, the Federal Council would have to reckon with the difficulties resulting from the extension of the permit for an indefinite period.

2 No. 586. 3776/pol. The Hungarian Chargé d'affaires at the Vatican, Mr. Kvassay, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Bánffy. [TRANSLATION] Code telegram No. 44. ROME, July 14, 1921. With reference to code telegram No. 26.

3 As regards the appointment of an independent apostolic administrator to the Czecho-Slovak part of the Esztergom diocese, the Secretary of State

4 and two under-secretaries

5 declared that the negotiations had been broken off by the Holy See and that nobody would be appointed in the near future. They promised to inform me immediately if the question of the appointment was again likely to be taken up on pressure from the Czecho-Slovak Government; they promised furthermore not to decide anything without the knowledge and consent of the Prince Primate.

6 1 Dinichert. 3 Supra, Doc. No. 573. 5 Borgongini and Cerretti. 2 Cf. infra, Doc. No. 591. 4 Gasparri. 6 Csernoch. Cf. infra, Doc. No. 691. I