Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų liberalioji spauda apie tris ultimatumus Lietuvai (1938–1940 m.)

Abstract

THE US LIBERAL PRESS ABOUT THREE ULTIMATUMS TO LITHUANIA (1938–1940) The article seeks to reveal how the information about the ultimatums served to Lithuania (by Poland in 1938, by Germany in 1939, and by the Soviet Union in 1940) was reflected in the US press, how it used Lithuania’s official sources, how the American press evaluated the information, and whether the US press was on the side of Lithuania or not. Four American newspapers (The New York Times, The New York Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, and The Chicago Daily Tribune) and two American Lithuanian newspapers (Vienybė and Dirva) were selected for the study. Although the information provided in the US press was accurate, it avoided assessments of the events. Like the US government, the press pursued more isolationist policy towards Lithuania. Although the events in Lithuania received considerable attention from the local press, the US newspapers hardly ever used Lithuanian information sources officially. KEYWORDS: Polish ultimatum, German ultimatum, Soviet ultimatum, World War II, USA, press, newspapers, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Herald Tribune, The Chicago Daily Tribune, Vienybė, Dirva.