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Hungary?s copy of the treaty establishing diplomatic relations will be put on display at the conference which is being organised by the U.S. embassy and Hungary?s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The state of war between the U.S. and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy ceased on December 7, 1917. Afterward, the interests of the Monarchy?s citizens were represented by Sweden?s diplomatic core in the U.S.
The Kingdom of Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon with the Allies, excepting the U.S., on June 4, 1920. Hungary did not sign a treaty establishing friendly relations with the U.S. until August 29, 1921, after talks between Hungarian foreign minister Miklós Bánffy and U.S. commissioner Ulysses Grant-Smith. The treaty entered into force on December 17 of the same year.
Miklós Horthy appointed Count László Széchenyi envoy extraordinary to the U.S. on December 14, 1921. Széchenyi had lived in the U.S. for years and knew the language and culture well. In 1908, he married the American heiress Gladys Moore Vanderbilt.
Széchenyi was received by President Warren G. Harding on January 11, 1922. He served as Hungary?s ambassador to the U.S. until 1933.
Theodore Brentano was appointed the first U.S. Minister to Hungary on February 10, 1922. He presented his credentials on May 16, 1922 and served until May 6, 1927.
Source: Múlt-kor
