DLA018-0085 Transcription

THE NEW YORK TIMES

TIMES SQUARE

June 8, 1932.

Dear friend de Laszlo:

I returned to New York on Sunday with many happy recollections. My first visit to Budapest was a memorable one and I shall never forget the charm of that beautiful city and the gracious hospitality which I encountered everywhere. I highly appreciate your friendly introductions.

I had the pleasure of meeting Prime Minister Karolyi,^[1] the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Walko,^[2] and Count Bethlen, Finance Minister.^[3] I had a long talk with the Prime Minister, which I greatly enjoyed. I saw in his palace your notable painting of Count Bethlen of 1927 [2487], and the others.^[4]

My warm greetings to you and Mrs. de Laszlo. I sincerely hope that you are both well and that you had a pleasant visit to America.

With regards, | Sincerely yours,

Louis Wiley

Philip A deLaszlo [sic], Esq.,

3 Fitzjohn’s Avenue,

London, England.

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Editorial Note:

Louis Wiley (1869-1935), newspaperman; business manager of The New York Times from 1906 to 1935; for biographical notes, see [111433].

SMDL

21/05/2018

[1] Gyula Count Károlyi de Nagykároly (1871-1947), Hungarian politician; served as Prime Minister from 1931 to 1932

[2] Lajos Walko (1880-1954), Hungarian politician; Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1925 and 1930 (acting Minister of Foreign Affairs from March 1925 to October 1926), and from August 1931 to October 1932

[3] Count István Bethlen de Bethlen (1874-1946) [2487], Hungarian politician; served as Prime Minister from 1921 to 1931

[4] De László’s portrait of Count István Bethlen [2487] was displayed in the Sándor Palace in Buda Castle, the official residence of Hungarian Prime Ministers, together with the portraits of two other Prime Ministers painted by de László, Count Gyula Szapáry in 1899 [111159] and Count Károly Khuen-Héderváry in 1911 [111984], and a portrait of General Görgei [110815] painted in 1901. The Sándor Palace was almost completely destroyed in the Second World War, and all four portraits remain untraced and may have been destroyed.