HORTHY MIKLÓS, BETHLEN ISTVÁN, GÖMBÖS GYULA, TELEKI PÁL AND THE BURNING POINTS OF THE HUNGARIAN–SOVIET RELATIONS BETWEEN 1924–1941

Abstract

The essay concentrates on burning points of bilateral diplomatic relations between Hungary and Soviet Union and standpoints of the Hungarian regent Horthy Miklós and prime ministers Bethlen István, Gömbös Gyula and Teleki Pál from 1924 until 1941. After World War I Hungary and Soviet Union tried to embrace their diplomatic relations in 1924, Hungarian and Soviet representatives signed up some agreements aiming to establish the legations in Budapest and Moscow, but these agreements were not codified by the Hungarian Parliament because of the resistance of most of Hungarian politicians and the reserved standpoint of Horthy. Hungary and Soviet Union embraced their diplomatic relations in 1934 finally. In 1939 Hungary and Soviet Union became neighbors, teherefore according to some sources prime minister Teleki Pál propounded to conclude a non-agression treaty with the Soviet Union. The period from 1939 to 1941 regarded as a most fruitful period of the Hungarian–Soviet relations, they concluded four economical conventions.