Magyarország brit szemszögből, 1945–1955
Hungary in British Perspective, 1945-1955

Summary/Abstract: After World War II, the formation of British-Soviet relations defined and shaped the attitude of the United Kingdom to Central and Eastern European countries. After the Second World War, the question of attitude towards Hungary became increasingly problematic and complicated: relations between the United Kingdom and Hungary yielded a positive or negative balance. The intensity of the British-Hungarian relationship was influenced by several negative factors. The British were not able to sweep under the carpet the fact that Hungary belonged to the Soviet sphere of interests, and we could not examine and interpret the British and Hungarian relations without excluding Soviet interests. This paper does not attempt to present the common history of these years of the two countries: it only briefly outlines what the significance of the Soviet sphere of interest meant, what was the position of the British leadership on the Hungarian government. What were the international and domestic political events that made the relationship between the two countries more and more disturbed and what were the 1950s moments that started to bring foreign policy events into a more positive direction.

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