Paris Peace Conf. 181.9202/19: Telegram
General Bandholtz to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
[Received August 18—4:20 p.m.]
11. General Gorton, British representative, President at meeting of Interallied Military Mission this date. Yesterday Hungarian Government was requested to send Prime Minister and Food Minister to confer with Mission at 10:30 this morning, instead of which the entire Cabinet less any Food Minister reported. They stated that the place of Food Minister was vacant and it was explained to them that it was of the utmost importance that the vacancy be filled without delay by a person of highest qualifications. The Hungarians were also informed that they must collaborate with the Roumanians to the fullest extent and that this Mission expected both to make progress by acts instead of presenting mutual recriminations. Letters were prepared to be sent to the Roumanian Commander at the suggestion of the undersigned requesting him to submit daily reports of progress made in complying with the Supreme Council instructions as transmitted by this Mission, and informing him that this machine [Mission] could not concede that passes and papers of members of the interallied nationalities must be viséd by Roumanian headquarters, adding that each representative was empowered to issue letters of identity of persons of his own nationality.