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letabfo find 8761 13006 PT. SEP. 1943 fiktenje Prague Dr. Walter Be rt sic h 10 September 1943. lot C 2 Atte ase A Mr Strictly confidential! deSNOX stb iure NO 3 B tsminister. 08 net eape HOA E 9n 9f - b qa DT Yesterday's invitation to the Romanian Consulate General was attended by a woman and a woman, but was not attended by the deputy: Ambassador of L u c k w a l d and Mrs In FrauToussaint S President Dr. V o s s and Mrs Graf T h u n - H o h e n s te i n and Mrs aeM mi of the Swedish Consul General and Mrs Metor BTe of the Secretary of the Romanian consul general. Dr.Frhr.Hans von Ringhoffer had cancelled because he had an official TA visit from Berlin. 1943 The main subject of discussion after the table was the castulation of Jtalien and the broadcasts issued during the day Merüber. In a conversation with me in private, Consul General Zaborovski explained that Hungary would follow the Italian example very soon; in Budapest, after all, a Crown Council had already taken place, which was expected to take important decisions. If Hungary also infringed the alliance loyally, Romania would return to Transylvania the day after. Romania would remain faithful to Germany under all circumstances. He had always been very surprised that the Jtaliean Consul General in Prague had been so conspicuously preferred to all other foreign representatives; Consul-General Caruso had been coddling from the German side in Prague. Jhm, Zaborovski, it had never been doubtful that Jtalien would not be in the long run. It would not happen otherwise in the case of an accident; development would be right for him. All the more, he and his wife felt themselves put back by withdrawing the cover for a small car and the extraordinary way in which this had been done. He referred to General Toussaint, who encouraged him to table a motion to this effect. Jch held me completely back from these remarks. I remarked that I had no idea about the car issue, that I would not have anything to do with it, as I had explained to Mrs Zaborovski earlier on request. In the presence of the Swedish Consul General, Zaborovski then asked whether the appointment of a German Minister of State was likely to lead to an end of 9012.