Grigore Niculescu-Buzești, Chargé d'Affaires of Romania in Riga During the Years Fateful for the Baltic States, 1939–1940

Authors

  • Bogdan-Alexandru Schipor Romanian Academy, Jassy Branch, A. D. Xenopol History Institute

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22364/luzv.17.04

Keywords:

Diplomacy, the Second World War, Romania, Baltic states, Soviet Union

Abstract

In the case of the mandate that Grigore Niculescu-Buzești (1908–1949) fulfilled in the Latvian capital, attention is captivated, from the very beginning, by his numerous reports and analysis carried out by the Romanian diplomat. A careful and detailed study of the telegrams he sent to Bucharest from the Baltic capital can reveal to anyone, on the one hand, the concerns, fears, tensions and hopes of the authorities in Riga, as well as of Latvian society, in the context of the Soviet-German pact of 23 August 1939, of the outbreak of the war and the relationship with the Soviet Union, and on the other hand, – the mechanisms of Moscow’s aggression that led to the annexation of the Baltic countries in June 1940. Until the summer of 1940, the Romanian diplomat sent numerous telegrams to Bucharest, in which the stages of the annexation can be captured clearly and precisely. The number of documents and the amount of information reveal Bucharest’s high interest regarding the events in the Baltic states at that time. Thus, the author can trace the impact and relevance of his information and analysis in a tragic context, marked by tensions and convulsions throughout Europe. Moreover, Niculescu-Buzeștis experience as Romani’s chargé daffaires in Riga deeply marked the future Romanian minister of foreign affairs.

Author Biography

  • Bogdan-Alexandru Schipor, Romanian Academy, Jassy Branch, A. D. Xenopol History Institute

    Vadošais pētnieks mūsdienu vēsturē A. D. Ksenopola vēstures institūtā, Rumānijas akadēmijas Jasi filiālē. Vēstures doktors (2007). Sešu grāmatu autors vai līdzautors, vairāk nekā 50 zinātnisko rakstu autors (atsevišķi no tiem publicēti četrās valstīs), piedalījies 60 zinātniskās konferencēs. Trīs Rumānijas zinātnisko žurnālu redkolēģiju loceklis. Pētniecības interešu loks: starptautiskās attiecības starpkaru Eiropā, īpašu uzmanību pievēršot lielvalstu politikai pret Austrumeiropas valstīm, kā arī Rumānijas ārpolitikas vēsture starpkaru periodā un Otrā pasaules kara laikā.

    Senior researcher of the contemporary history in Jassy, A. D. Xenopol History Institute of the Romanian Academy, Jassy Branch. He holds a doctoral degree in history (2007). An author or a co-author of 6 books, over 50 scientific articles (some of them published in 4 countries), as well as a participant of 60 scientific conferences. He is a member of editorial board of 3 Romanian scientific journals. His research interests include international relations in interwar Europe with a focus on the policy of the Great Powers towards the countries of Eastern Europe, and the history of the Romanian foreign policy during the interwar period and the Second World War.

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Published

2024-07-31

How to Cite

Grigore Niculescu-Buzești, Chargé d’Affaires of Romania in Riga During the Years Fateful for the Baltic States, 1939–1940. (2024). Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls Vēsture, 17, 66–79. https://doi.org/10.22364/luzv.17.04

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