Lithuanian Diplomatic Service in Exile 1940-1991
Lithuanian Diplomatic Service in Exile 1940-1991

Summary/Abstract: Lithuanian diplomatic service in exile is associated with the diplomats in service of the state, which was occupied and annexed by another country and thereby erased from the world political map. The diplomats in the diplomatic service of independent Lithuania worked and lived in exile from 1940 till 1991, i.e. for fifty years, driven by a feeling of great responsibility, hope and belief in the restoration of the Lithuanian state. The survival of the diplomatic service of Lithuania in 1940 was determined by the idiosyncrasy of its activities and the stance that the largest states took towards the occupation of Lithuania. Unfortunately, the whole structure of the diplomatic service did not survive, only some embassies and their diplomatic corps. The fate of Lithuanian embassies depended on the predominant political views regarding the Baltic States in the residing country and its relations with the Soviet Union.

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