THE PROLONGATION OF THE POLISH-ROMANIAN ALLIANCE AND NEGOTIATIONS ON THE NON-AGGRESSION PACT WITH THE USSR (1930-1931) (Przedluzenie przymierza Polski i Rumunii a kwestia rokowan o pakt o nieagresji z ZSRR (1930-1931))

• Authors: Walczak Henryk
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

A presentation of the course of the negotiations conducted by Poland and Romania about the revival of an alliance as well as their impact on the establishment by both those states of grounds for negotiations relating to a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union during the early 1930s. In November 1930 Soviet diplomats suggested to the Polish side a non-aggression convention. Warsaw intended to embark upon the negotiations, but at the same time wished to ensure the possibility of an identical pact with Romania and the Baltic states. While making such a proposal in Bucharest, Polish diplomats stressed the special importance of an immediate prolongation of the Polish-Romanian alliance, which terminated in March 1931. The Polish negotiators demonstrated far-going concessions, probably in order to win over Romanian support for their project of a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. The two allies signed the guarantee treaty on 15 January, and the military convention - on 30 June 1931. After a discussion and partial acceptance of the Romanian reservations, the contents of a project of the non-aggression pact were formulated in July 1931; for each of the parties the pact was to act as a foundation for future negotiations with the USSR.

Keywords

EN

COVENANT 1930-1931; MILITARY COOPERATION; POLAND; ROMANIA

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla PAN w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 43
• Pages: 25-39
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Walczak Henryk

• Henryk Walczak, Uniwersytet Szczecinski; Wydzial Humanistyczny; Instytut Historii i Stosunkow Miedzynarodowych, ul. Krakowska 71-79, 71-017 Szczecin, Poland

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CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA100314