661.6431/10–2545: Telegram
The Representative in Hungary (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 26—12:05 a, m.]
825. General Key has sent me copy of note addressed by him today to Marshal Voroshilov in sense of your 567 October 19. Note states he had hoped to have opportunity to discuss matter of Soviet-Hungarian economic collaboration agreement with Marshal personally but being unable to arrange conference, he had written. Last paragraph of Key’s note substance of which is in harmony with Department’s instructions (my telegram 767 October 15) concludes by requesting chairman “not to press the Hungarian Government on behalf of the ACC (Allied Control Commission) to ratify the proposed agreement”.48
[Page 899]I have only today received London’s 11 sent Department as No. 10778 October 15.49
Sent Department; repeated to London as No. 47 and Moscow as No. 97.
- Telegram 854, November 2, 6 p.m. from Budapest, reported that Voroshilov stated to General Key that agreement was not a proper subject for discussion by the Control Commission but that he readily agreed to Key’s request that Voroshilov refrain from pressing the Hungarian Government on behalf of the Control Commission to ratify the agreement (661.6431/11–245).↩
- See footnote 25, p. 891.↩