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Paris Peace Conf. 184.01102/146½

Mr. C. M. Storey to Professor A. C. Coolidge 88

Vienna , February 25, 1919.

Subject: Hungarian attitude after division of territory.

1.
In conversation with Count Karolyi yesterday I was informed that it was his intention, should the Peace Conference deprive Hungary of her mon-Magyar territory, to use all his influence to throw Hungary into the arms of German-Austria or Germany, with a view to obtaining strength thereby to control Czecho-Slovakia and Hungary’s other enemies.
2.
I think that by now it has begun to percolate into the minds of the Hungarian Government that many of the claims of Hungary’s integrity will be disallowed by the Peace Conference.

Respectfully,

Charles M. Storey
  1. Transmitted to the Commission by Professor Coolidge under covering letter No. 110, February 26; received March 3.↩