661.6431/10–1545: Telegram
The Representative in Hungary (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 15—4:25 p.m.]
767. Mytel 763, October 15.22 Gascoigne informs me that since proposed British note to Voroshilov was predicated on concerted action with US it will be suspended pending further instructions from London.
I have not yet acknowledged Miklos’ note of October 11 (mytel 746, October 11) and request instructions whether I am to do more than send simple acknowledgement. Department is, of course, aware of fact that Hungarian Cabinet now approved economic collaboration agreement with USSR (mytel 757, October 1323). It only remains for Political Committee of Assembly and for National Council, respectively, to approve before final ratification and such ratification may be expected on part of Hungarian Govt if it remains uninformed as to your action at Moscow (Deptel 536, October 1324).
[Page 891]I have advised Key in sense of Deptels 534, 535 and 536, October 13.
Sent Department; repeated to London as 41 and Moscow as 92.
- Not printed; it reported that the British political representative in Budapest, on instructions from his Government, had prepared a note for delivery to Marshal Voroshilov stating that the British Government did not consider the conclusion of the Hungarian-Soviet economic collaboration agreement as in accordance with the obligations of the Allies not to negotiate a separate peace arrangement with a common enemy and that since a state of war still existed between the Allies and Hungary, the British Government was of the opinion that no single Allied Power should unilaterally make arrangements with Hungary prejudicing the position of the other Allies in any eventual peace settlement (661.6431/10–1545).↩
- See footnote 6, p. 884.↩
- Same as telegram 2159, October 13 to Moscow, p. 888.↩