740.00119 EW/11–644: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:35 p.m.]
4254. ReDeptel 2516, October 25, 3 p.m.,70 regarding armistice approach by Hungarians. I have received a note from Vyshinski dated November 5 stating that similar messages from the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lakatos Government have been received by the Soviet representatives in Stockholm and Ankara to the effect that Hungary has decided to cease hostilities against the United Nations. Vyshinski’s note continues that the Soviet Government has made no reply to these messages not only because a Hungarian Mission, empowered by Horthy to carry on armistice negotiations, is in Moscow but also because events in Hungary have taken an entirely different course. From October 15, the time of the Fascist coup d’état, there has been no connection between the Hungarian Mission and Horthy or members of the Lakatos Government and the Hungarian army is carrying on hostilities as previously on the side of the Germans.