740.00119 E.W./1–2045: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 20—7:40 a.m.]
185. There follows translation of communiqué concerning signing of Hungarian armistice which will be released to press in Moscow this evening by Soviet Foreign Office:
“Signature of armistice agreement with Hungary.
From January 18 to January 20 negotiations took place in Moscow between representatives of the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States of America acting in the name of the United Nations who are at war with Hungary on the one hand and a delegation of the Provisional [Page 981] National Government of Hungary on the other hand concerning the conclusion of an agreement for an armistice with Hungary.
The following participated in the negotiations: For the Soviet Union, V. M. Molotov, V. G. Dekanozov, G. M. Pushkin, Colonel General I. Z. Susaikov, Rear Admiral Trainin; for the United States of America, the Ambassador Mr. Harriman, Mr. G. [F.] Kennan and Major General [John] R. Deane;11 for Great Britain, the Chargé d’Affaires, Mr. J. Balfour, and Mr. P. [M.] Crosthwaite.12 As representatives of Hungary, the following plenipotentiaries of the Provisional National Government participated in the negotiations: The Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Janos Gyongyosi, the Minister for Defense Colonel General Janos Voros, and the Secretary of the Council of Ministers and [Mr.] Istvan Balogh.
The negotiations ended with the signing of an armistice agreement with Hungary on January 20. Marshal of the Soviet Union K. E. Voroshilov signed the armistice agreement on behalf of the Governments of the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States of America.
For the Hungarian side the agreement was signed by Messrs. Janos Gyongyosi, Colonel General Janos Voros, and Istvan Balogh.”
The text of the armistice agreement will be published separately.13
[The armistice agreement with Hungary was signed at Moscow, January 20, 1945, and the accompanying protocol was signed the same day. Texts were released that evening and printed in Department of State Bulletin, January 21, 1945, page 83; printed also as Department of State Executive Agreement Series No. 456, and 59 Stat. (pt. 2) 1321.]