The Diplomat and the Expert: British Officials in Hungary in 1945. The Contexts for Reading the Papers of a British Diplomat in Hungary
Journal: Central-European Horizons
Year: 2024

The study presents and contextualizes the diplomatic reports of Alvary Fredrick ­Gascoigne, the head of British Political Mission in Hungary from 1945 until 1946 and the lecture of Carlile Aylmer Macartney given in March 1946 at the Royal ­Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House, London) based on his experiences of his trip to Hungary in February 1946. With the use of new and updated research, the aim of the paper is to present the official and semi-official British perceptions, experi