Telegram nº 27 from the Portuguese Legation in Budapest communicating rental of a house for the Legation in Galgagyoerk, 50 km from Budapest informing that ”hundreds of people from countries represented here come to the Consulate every requesting our Consul’s protection. I will continue refuse it unless otherwise instructed by you… All this the political persecution and the Jewish question seriously worsens the situation. I know from people at Foreign Ministry to whom I said I was going to Lisbon for talks and leave have interpreted this as a sign of an interruption in diplomatic relations with the current government, if I am not replaced by a Secretary. As I am sure you do not wish this impression to continue I have stated that I await arrival of Secretary with the position of Charge d’affaires”.
Archives
Public declaration by Roosevelt warning the Hungarian government not to persecute Jews and others
5 Apr. 1944
Telegram nº 24 from the Portuguese Legation in Budapest informing about air raids on the capital and the publication of “decrees under which individuals of the Jewish race shall be harassed, persecuted and stripped of their property”.
(AHD – Cipher, Collection of Telegrams from Budapest)
28 Mar. 1944
Telegram nº 10 from the MNE to the Portuguese Legation in Budapest recalling the Portuguese Minister to Portugal without delay.
(AHD – Cipher, Collection of Telegrams to Budapest)
28 Mar. 1944
Telegram nº 20 from the Portuguese Legation in Budapest to the MNE explaining that constitutional deficiencies of new government may be overcome by manipulation of exceptional laws applicable in times of war, namely as regards the Jewish question.
(AHD – Cipher, Collection of Telegrams from Budapest)
24 Mar. 1944
Telegrams nº 8 and 9 sent from the MNE to the Portuguese Legation in Budapest asking: 1. whether the new government was constitutionally appointed by the Regent; 2. on the impressions and attitudes of neutral diplomatic representatives; and 3. ordering the Portuguese Minister to “act with the maximum prudence and reserve vis-a-vis the new government until we can judge if it’s a lawful or merely a de facto government”.
(AHD – Cipher, Collection of Telegrams to Budapest)
24 Mar. 1944
Telegram nº 19 from the Portuguese Legation in Budapest Informing on the constitution of the new Hungarian Government headed by Sztojay, former Hungarian Ambassador to Berlin, pro-German, with members of the far right and National Socialists, saying that the “Gestapo are involved in political persecutions arresting people of repute and even Members Parliament”.