BRITAIN’S “ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE”: HUNGARY OBJECTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 August 1949, Page 5

BRITAIN’S “ATTEMPT TO INTERFERE”: HUNGARY OBJECTS

LONDON, August 30 (Rec. 10.10 a.m.). —Hungary has rejected Britain’s proposal for a mixed AngloHungarian Commission,- appointed under the Peace Treaty, to investigate British allegations that Hungary had broken the terms of the treaty, a British Foreign Office spokesman announced tonight. The Hungarian Note to Britain said that Hungary had always fulfilled all terms of the Hungarian Peace Treaty. There was consequently no dispute between Hungary and Britain over the fulfilment of the treaty, and Britain’s proposal was clearly an attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of Hungary. Among the breaches of the treaty of which Hungary was accused, as an infringement of political liberties, was the trial of Cardinal Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary. Commenting on the Note tonight, a British Foreign Office spokesman said that it faithfully followed the line of an earlier Soviet Note, rejecting proposed co-operation between British, American, and Soviet envoys in Budapest. . . It is understood that Britain will refer the matter to Mr Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations.