English Translation

69 A bs_chrift. 222/x.1944 The Kgl.Hungarian Consulate General has the honour to inform the representative of the Federal Foreign Office of the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia on behalf of his government that the post of Hungarian emperor, which has become vacant as a result of the abdication of His abdication of the admiral vitéz Nikolaus von H o r t h y de Nagybánya, will remain vacant until further notice. Until the election of the new Reichsverveser, he was entrusted with the performance of the business of the head of state of the kgl. unga- rische Prime Minister Franz Sz á 1 a s i, who is the "leader of the nation". In this of his property, he is entitled to all the rights of the Reichsversveser. Minister President Szálasi took the oath of office in front of both houses of the Hungarian Parliament on 4 November 1944. Prague, 9 November 1944 (Stamp) To the representative of the Federal Foreign Office at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia, _P_1___8_{- 7924/448