As Czech and Romanian soldiers advanced on Budapest, the Hungarian people revolted against the Communist government that had allowed this debacle to happen, so soon after accepting the unspeakable terms of the Trianon Treaty had destroyed the previous one. Gunfire resounded in the streets, the cries of the wounded filled the air. In the chaos, one man, Miklos Horthy, formerly admiral of the Hapsburg navy, took charge of the main opposition group, the Magyar Unity Party, and successfully united with other anti-Communist groups with the argument that the Communists' dismal failure in defending the country from the Czechs and Romanians meant they must be expelled at all costs. A new government is formed which asks the Communists to step down in the interests of sparing Hungary further bloodshed.
The new Magyar Unity government hereby asks the leaders of Czechoslovakia and Romania to remove their forces from our land and agree to a peace treaty normalising relations between our countries.