Paris Peace Conf. 181.9202/139: Telegram
General Bandholtz to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
[Received September 26—3:10 p.m.]
86. Chief of Budapest police reports that Roumanians have authorized Socialists to hold meetings today and that with an unarmed police force he will have difficulty in handling them. Mission directed that a letter be sent Roumanian authorities telling them that they will be responsible for anything that happens. The alleged purpose of the meetings is to overthrow the Friedrich Cabinet which their proclamations state has not been recognized by the Entente. Garami is understood to be behind these meetings. The whole thing looks like Roumanian scheme to oust Friedrich. An Under Secretary of the Hungarian War Office was yesterday arrested by the Roumanians for submitting to this Mission a memorandum to the Supreme Council without its having first been censored by the Roumanians. Roumanians started today to remove fire apparatus in Budapest but were stopped by Colonel Yates from this office. Roumanians on 19th promised 10,000 firearms and 40 machine guns to be placed at disposal of this Mission with few days for arming police. They now say the guns must be sent from Roumania which will take a week or two and they are attaching conditions to the distribution of such arms that severely nullify the entire proposition.