Consulatul / Secţia consulară a Legaţiei României la Budapesta în cadrul „războiului rece” româno maghiar în primii ani interbelici

Lucian LEUŞTEAN

DOI: 10.47743/asui-2024-0002

Abstract: The Romanian Consulate or Consular Section of the Romanian Legation in Budapest played a key role in the Romanian-Hungarian “Cold War”, not only by fulfilling its duties conferred by law, especially in terms of providing consular services for Romanian citizens abroad, but also by assisting the Romanian Legation in its complicated relations with the Hungarian authorities. For example, many translations were done by consuls. At least one of them, Aurel Monţia, a native of Transylvania, was fluent in Hungarian, which made him very useful. On his return to the MAS Central Office, Monţia worked at the Press and Propaganda Department, whose head in 1926, Nicolae Dianu, praised him for his knowledge of Hungarian, his translations from the Hungarian press and the seriousness with which he carried out his duties.

Keywords: Romanian Consulate; Budapest; interwar years; Romanian-Hungarian “Cold War”; Aurel Monţia.