Consuls in the Cold War / / edited by Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire.

• Superior document: New Perspectives on the Cold War Series ; Volume 10
• TeilnehmendeR: Onslow, Sue, 1958-; Maguire, Lori,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: New perspectives on the Cold War ; Volume 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (300 pages)

"No studies currently exist on consuls and consulates (often dismissed as lowly figures in the diplomatic process) in the Cold War. Research into the work of these overlooked 'poor relations' offers the chance of new perspectives in the field of Cold War studies, exploring their role in representing their country's interests in far flung and unexpected places and their support for particular communities of fellow nationals and itinerant travellers in difficulties. These unnoticed actors on the international stage played far more complicated roles than one generally imagines"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire -- Consuls and their near cousins / Sue Onslow and Lori Maguire -- The accidental consul : August Torma in charge of Estonian consular -- Affairs in London / Tina Tamman -- The Austrian consulate general in Bratislava during the Cold War / David Schriffl -- "The tea merchant has returned" : the intelligence activities of the Chinese consulate-general in Geneva / Ariane Knu¨sel -- The North Vietnamese trade delegation in Paris: a little-known actor in the Vietnam conflict / Lori Maguire -- Business as (almost) usual : the French consulate general in Saigon during the break of diplomatic relations between France and the Republic of Vietnam, 1965-1973 / Laurent Cesari -- Our Man in Maymyo : British consuls in upper Burma 1948-1956 / Sue Onslow -- Portuguese consuls and diplomats and the coming of the People's Republic of China (c.1945-1950) / Pedro Aires Oliveira -- Australia's window to China in the Cold War : the Trade Commission in Hong Kong / David Lee -- The Polish consulate in Shanghai : its official and unofficial role (1954-1989) / Marek Han´derek -- Conclusion / Lori Maguire and Sue Onslow.