Millerand letter
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The Alexandre Millerand Letter was written by French Prime Minister Alexandre Millerand and was an annex to the Trianon Treaty. It stated that the border amendments made by the Trianon Treaty were not final, and could be reviewed in the future. This gave the Hungarian government the false impression that the treaty itself was only temporary, and so the delegation signed the treaty on June 4, 1920.
On March 8, 1920, the Council of Foreign Ministers and Ambassadors, whose chairman was Alexandre Millerand, discussed the new borders of Hungary for the last time in London. David Lloyd George questioned the viability of such border modifications, but Philippe Berthelot refused any last-minute adjustment. As a compromise, the council produced the Millerand letter as an annex to the treaty.
The letter stated that the border issue would be a matter for the boundary committees to decide "in accordance with the same conditions".[1]
It also stated, "Examinations are to be done locally, and in some cases, it might be necessary to move the borders stated in the treaty... if the border committees ... come to the conclusion... that the declarations of the treaty are unfair, then they will have the possibility to report it to the Council of the League of Nations. In that case, the Entente Powers agree to that on request to one party involved, the League of Nations will offer its services to retain the original border, with the same conditions, in a peaceful way in locations that the Council decides".[2]