Office of the Historian

661.6431/10–1945: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Representative in Hungary (Schoenfeld)

Washington, October 19, 1945—6 p.m.

567. In view of proposed Brit action ACC (London’s 10778 Oct, 15 to Dept repeated to Budapest as 1135 and your 781, Oct 18). Key as indicated in Dept’s 535 Oct, 13, should support Brit representative along lines of Dept’s 2156 [2159?] to Moscow repeated to Budapest as 536 if and when he raises question ACC and should request Voroshilov, on ground that exchanges of views among three ACC Govts have been proposed on Govt, level to refrain from pressure in name of ACC on Hungarian Govt to ratify agreement.

Brit representative Budapest has been instructed to inform Hungarian Govt orally of Brit point of view and action taken. Since silence this Govt might be taken by Hungarian to mean that we disagree Brit position, your instructions, Dept’s 534, Oct. 13 are hereby [Page 895] modified to extent that after Brit have acted you should orally inform Hungarian Govt of US point of view as indicated Dept’s 2159 to Moscow repeated to Budapest as 536, and action taken.

Repeated to London and Moscow.36

Byrnes
  1. See footnote 25, p. 891.↩
  2. Repeated to London as telegram 9268 and to Moscow as 2190.↩