THE MEĐIMURJE QUESTION IN POLICE INTELLIGENCE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA AND THE KINGDOM OF HUNGARY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

U radu se na temelju dostupnih arhivskih izvora i postojeće literature istražuje redarstveno-obavještajni odnos Nezavisne Države Hrvatske i Kraljevine Mađarske u Drugom svjetskom ratu poglavito u pitanju Međimurja. Odnosi dviju susjednih država bili su zategnuti zbog mađarskog zauzimanja Međimurja (kao i hrvatskog dijela Baranje). Zbog toga nije bilo međusobne suradnje u pitanjima redarstvene odnosno policijsko-obavještajne službe, iako je bilo pokušaja da se oni uspostave, prije svega na lokalnoj razini. Vlasti NDH su mađarsku redarstvenu, odnosno policijsko-obavještajnu službu kao i njemačku i talijansku tretirale kao neprijateljsku. Tek pred kraj Drugoga svjetskog rata pod utjecajem Nijemaca dogovorena je međusobna suradnja, ali ubrzo su se obje države počele urušavati te su doživjele konačan slom.The study investigates the relation of the police intelligence system of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) towards Kingdom of Hungary in the II World War on the basis of available archival sources and the existing literature. Relationship between two neighbouring states were tense because Hungarian was occupied Međimurje and Baranja. The entire police (and administrative) system of the NDH was set up folowing the models, but also under direct patronage, of fascist Italy and nazi Germany. A particular problem in the work of police and intelligence services was that the territory of the NDH was covered by networks of other, generally unfriendly intelligence services that had to be detected, observed and neutralised. Therefore, the Hungarian police-intelligence services as well as the German and Italy were treated by the NDH authorities as hostile