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troops if the situation did not escalate. Two days later Hungarian troops started to
return from the Romanian border as discussions opened between Hungary, Romania,
and Germany over autonomy for German and Hungarian minorities in Romania. On
March 30, Romania abandoned its claims to Carpatho-Ukraine.
Coding changes: End Date changed from March 23, 1939. Outcome changed from
Compromise.
MID#3823
Dispute Number: 3823
Date(s): August 23, 1940 to August 30, 1940
Participants: 310 Hungary/360 Romania
Outcome (and Settlement): Yield by side B (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: In 1920 Hungary lost territory to Romania through the Treaty of Trianon
but continued to express claims and sought recovery of the area for the next 20 years.
On August 16, 1940, Hungarian and Romanian delegations met at Turnu Severin
to settle the dispute. Hungary demanded two-thirds of Transylvanian territory, and
Romania offered to cede Satu Mare, Salaj Bihor, and Arad while insisting on an
exchange of populations.
Negotiations continued until August 24 when Hungary broke off, citing a lack of
common ground. On August 27, Hungary claimed that a Romanian plane attacked a
Hungarian plane in Hungarian territory, and the next day Romania accused a Hungar-
ian plane of bombing Satu Mare and dropping leaflets over Brasov. Germany and Italy
summoned Hungary’s and Romania’s premiers and foreign ministers to Vienna for
arbitration and both accepted the Vienna Award on August 30, which granted more
than half of Transylvania to Hungary.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from August 1940.
MID#3826
Started in August 1944. See the narrative in the 255 Germany/360 Romania dyad
dispute list.
MID#1718
Started in August 1971. See the narrative in the 360 Romania/365 Russia dyad dispute
list.
310 Hungary/365 Russia
MID#258
Started in March 1939. See the narrative in the 255 Germany/290 Poland dyad dispute
list.