740.00119 Control (Hungary)/8–1645: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Representative in Hungary (Schoenfeld)
403. See Dept’s 43, May 22. You are authorized again to indicate to the Hungarian authorities our willingness to receive an informal representative at this time.68
When conveying this information you may state (your 428 Aug. 16) that as this policy was agreed upon at Potsdam the Dept does not feel that further permission of the ACC is required by the Hungarian Govt. However, Gen Key should be informed so that ACC may be advised of our action.
[Page 868]The Dept is in agreement with position taken (your 385 Aug 669) during conversation with Teleki.
Brit Govt has been informed through Embassy Washington.
[In the course of the First Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, held in London, September 11–October 2, 1945, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States delegations circulated to the Council memoranda dealing with the proposed peace treaty with Hungary. For texts of these memoranda, designated, respectively, C.F.M. (45) 4, September 12, 1945, C.F.M. (45) 24, September 18, 1945, and C.F.M. (45) 35, September 19, 1945, see volume II, pages 147, 227, and 263. These memoranda were never discussed by the Council.]
- Telegram 582, September 14, 1945, 8 p.m., from Budapest, reported that Schoenfeld had spoken to the Hungarian Foreign Minister on September 14 in the sense of the Department’s instructions. The Foreign Minister promised to discuss the matter once more with the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. (740.00119 Control (Hungary)/9–1445)↩
- Not printed.↩