On the 31st December I tried to make an appointment with Mr. Janos Erös, the Hungarian Minister in London, in order to hand to him a copy of the telegram sent by the Minister to the Foreign Minister of Hungary. Mr. Erös was said to be out of London and I, therefore, sent by hand to the Legation, a copy of our telegram.¹

After some inquiries I received the enclosed acknowledgment, the terms of which I telephoned to the Minister immediately on receipt.

Subsequently the Hungarian Minister promised me that he would try to ascertain from his Government when we might expect a reply to our Government's cable. Numerous reminders of this promise have brought nothing more than replies by the Secretary of the Legation that they had not heard from the Hungarian Government.

On the 19th January, the Minister told me that he hoped to receive some communication from his Government on the subject of our cable. He made a strong complaint about the many messages which he was receiving from Catholic Associations in Ireland and in Great Britain, especially from Scotland. These telegrams and letters, he said, were couched in terms of a 'most insulting character'. Yesterday, on receipt of a copy of our telegram of the 18th January to the Foreign Minister for Hungary, I telephoned again to Mr. Erös. He told me that he was at that moment starting out to meet at the Northolt Aerodrome, a colleague from his Government and from whom he hoped to obtain the information for which I had sought.

This morning I managed to secure an interview with Mr. Erös when he told me that all that he could learn from his colleague, was that his Government had published a book giving full particulars of their case against his Eminence Cardinal Mindszenty and that at the trial, which would take place some time next month, there would be full and unrestricted admission for anyone who wished to be present.

As strongly and as urbanely as I could, I represented to Mr. Erös the necessity for his Government to make some response to the messages sent by my Government. To this Mr. Erös rather reluctantly assented but I did secure from him a promise to send a further telegram to his Government, urging them to send a reply to my Government.