661.6431/10–1145: Telegram
The Representative in Hungary (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 11—5:23 p.m.]
747. My telegram 714, October 5. We learn that British political representative has informed Zsedenyi under instructions from London that British Govt feels matter of Soviet-Hungarian economic collaboration agreement is properly one for submission by Hungarian Govt to ACC.
Note quoted in my telegram 746, October 11, is identical with one addressed by Miklos to British Representative and indicates action of Prime Minister in pursuance of this British advice.
There is some reason to believe that Miklos’ note to British and ourselves is supplementary to similar communications through Foreign Minister to Chairman ACC, but that Miklos addressed this and British Missions because he feared Gyöngyösy would not communicate Hungarian Govt’s request for tripartite consideration of economic agreement to British and American members of ACC.
Request Dept expedite instructions suggested in my telegram 714 and that Dept consider expediency of instructing Key to request matter be put on ACC agenda, though such instructions would not, of course, preclude possibility that Cabinet will seek to relieve itself of this [Page 886] problem at tomorrow’s meeting by approving agreement for submission to ACC or that Voroshilov will then approve agreement on behalf of ACC without consideration of American and British members of ACC.
Sent Dept, repeated London as 38.