Faktai, mintys, nuomonės, idėjos. Keli epizodai iš Stasio Lozoraičio Jaunesniojo diplomatinės biografijos

Abstract

In 1944 S. Lozoraitis Junior joined the Lithuanian diplomatic service (LDT). The LDT was recognized by the Free World, it was a continuation of Lithuania’s statehood. For many years, he worked in the Embassy of the Holy See. S. Lozoraitis Junior continued his diplomatic career in Washington. Several documents are in the funds of the Lithuanian Emigration Institute of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU): S. Lozoraitis Junior’s letters, pro memorias (the largest archival data on its diplomatic activities is found in the Lithuanian Central State Archives). The purpose of the text is not to reconstruct the activities of S. Lozoraitis Junior, or to follow his steps (which essentially coincide with the activities of the entire Lithuanian diplomatic service in 1940–1991), but to highlight the motives of his choices and decisions (according to documents from VMU). The chronological boundaries are shifted within the framework of LDT activities 1991. The text touches upon the Lithuanian-Polish relationship, the attitude of S. Lozoraitis Junior to the exile government, to other topicalities. As a conclusion, S. Lozoraitis Junior, like the whole LDT, did not change his fundamental positions. But he tried to stir up the stagnation. His ideas were an insightful.