Office of the Historian

711.64/9–2245: Telegram

The Representative in Hungary (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State, at London

Budapest, September 22, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received September 22—3:50 p.m.]

633. Urtel 6, Sept. 21.81 I delivered to the Hungarian Foreign Minister this afternoon a formal note82 in the sense of your instruction regarding readiness of our govt to establish diplomatic relations and to conclude a treaty with Hungary upon conditions set forth in your instructions.

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Foreign Minister expressed great satisfaction and said he would consult Prime Minister and Cabinet without delay to enable him to make prompt reply to my formal note as requested therein.

Sent London, rptd to Dept.

Schoenfeld
  1. Telegram 6, September 21, from the Secretary of State in London to Schoenfeld in Budapest, was not repeated to the Department. It instructed Schoenfeld to make known to the Hungarian authorities that the United States Government was prepared to establish diplomatic relations with the Hungarian Provisional Government provided that full assurances were given that free elections would be held (Budapest Legation Files: 801 Hungarian Government Recognition). For a summary of the Secretary of State’s instructions to Schoenfeld, see second paragraph of telegram 10025, September 27, 7 p.m., p. 878.↩
  2. Infra. ↩