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Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 1 papers Title: Nicolae Titulescu papers Date (inclusive): 1923-1938 Collection Number: 74098 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: In French and Romanian Physical Description: 17 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope, 4 microfilm reels(7.8 Linear Feet) Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, clippings, and printed matter, relating to Romanian politics and diplomacy, and to Romanian-Soviet negotiations, 1931-1932. Also available on microfilm (24 reels). Creator: Titulescu, Nicolae, 1882-1941 Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights May be used only if name of user and copy of any publication based on the collection are made available to Mme M. Y. Antoniade. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Nicolae Titulescu papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Alternative Forms of Material Available Also available on microfilm (24 reels). 1882 March Born, Craiova, Romania 4 1904 Obtained juris doctorate from the University of Paris 1905 Appointed law professor, University of Iasi, Romania 1909 Appointed law professor, University of Bucarest, Romania 1912 Elected to the Romanian Parliament 1917 Minister of Finance 1918 Forced to leave Romania for exile in Paris 1918-1919 Member, Romanian National Committee in Paris 1920 June 4 Appointed delegate to the Paris Peace Conference. Participated in the negotiations and signed the Treaty of Trianon for Romania 1920-1922 Minister of Finance 1920-1932 Permanent Delegate to the League of Nations 1922-1927, Ambassador to Great Britain 1928-1932 1926-1929 Romanian representative in the Council of the League of Nations 1927 July - Minister of Foreign Affairs 1928 July 1930 March Romanian delegate to the Conference on Reparations in the Hague 1930 and President of the 11th and 12th sessions of the Assembly of the League of Nations 1931 1932 October - Minister of Foreign Affairs in Juliu Maniu Cabinet 1933 January 1933 Minister of Foreign Affairs in Vaida-Voevod Cabinet January-November 1933 June Chief of the Romanian Delegation to the Monetary and Economic Conference in London 1933 November - Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ion G. Duca Cabinet 1934 January

Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 2 papers 1934 Minister of Foreign Affairs in Gheorghe Tatarescu Cabinet January 1934 January - Minister of Foreign Affairs in reconstructed Cabinet 1936 August 1936 Appointed Senator for Life August Dismissed from the government 1941 March Died, Cannes, France 17 Scope and Content Note Diaries, correspondence, memoranda, reports, writings, clippings, and printed matter, relating to Romanian politics and diplomacy, and to Romanian-Soviet negotiations, 1931-1932. Also available on microfilm (24 reels). Subjects and Indexing Terms Romania -- Politics and government Romania -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Romania Statesmen -- Romania Little Entente (1920-1939) Balkan Entente, 1934-1941. Diplomats -- Romania Romania -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Romania League of Nations

box 1 BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, . 1913-1972 General note See also SUBJECT FILE/Trials Scope and Contents note Biographical material, certificates, clippings, commendations, congratulatory letter, curricula vitae, invitation, lists, official government documents, and tributes, relating to Nicolae Titulescu's life and career as diplomat and statesman, arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 1, folder 1 Certificates, commendations, congratulatory letter Clippings on Nicolae Titulescu and Romanian politics Foreign press box 1, folder 2 Undated box 1, folder 3 1913-1929 box 1, folder 4 1931-1938 Romanian press box 1, folder 5 Undated box 1, folder 6 1924-1934 box 1, folder 7 (after the dismissal of Nicolae Titulescu from the government) 1936 August-October box 1, folder 8 Curricula vitae box 1, folder 9 Invitation from Gustav Stresemann to Nicolae Titulescu to come to Berlin 1928 January Subject file box 1, folder 10 Biography. Scope and Contents note Various documents used by Jacques de Launay for his editing of Titulescu et l'Europe

box 1, folder 11 City of "Slatina" renamed "Titulescu," 1920 Government service. General note See also Clippings

box 1, folder 12 Document signed by President of the Council, Gheorghe Tatarescu, and two other members, in the name of the government, supporting the policy of Nicolae Titulescu, (in French) 1936 July 14 box 1, folder 13 Letter from the Regency Council asking Nicolae Titulescu to Bucarest for consultation 1928 box 1, folder 14 Lists of foreign representatives in London 1925 April box 1, folder 15 Official communiqué in the hand of Gheorghe Tatarescu expressing to Nicolae Titulescu, in the name of the government, "his regards and confidence," (in French) n.d. box 1, folder 16 Telegram from Gheorghe Tatarescu to Nicolae Titulescu, announcing to the latter that he is no longer part of the government, (in French) 1936 August 29 box 1, folder 17 Nomination of Nicolae Titulescu as Romanian delegate to the Conference on the codification of international law in The Hague 1930 March box 1, folder 18 Travel - United States, . 1924 December - 1925 January Scope and Contents note Clippings

Tributes (in Romanian and French) box 1, folder 19 Undated box 1, folder 20 1951-1964 box 1, folder 21 1966 box 1, folder 22 1967-1972 box 2, folder 1 NOTEBOOKS, (187 notebooks). 1923-1931 General note Please consult the Archives staff for an additional list of the most important items in this series Scope and Contents note Carbon copies of handwritten personal notes, correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, etc., arranged chronologically into 187 notebooks

1923 (#1-3) April-June box 2, folder 2 (#4-6) June-September box 2, folder 3 (#7-9) October-November box 2, folder 4 (#10-12) 1923 November - 1924 February 1924 box 2, folder 5 (#13-15) February-April box 3, folder 1 (#16-18) April-May box 3, folder 2 (#19-20) May-June box 3, folder 3 (#21-23) June-July box 3, folder 4 (#24-26) August-September box 3, folder 5 (#27-29) September-October box 3, folder 6 (#30-32) October-November box 4, folder 1 (#33-35) November-December box 4, folder 2 (#36) December 1925 box 4, folder 3 (#37-39) February-March box 4, folder 4 (#40-42) March-April box 4, folder 5 (#43-45) May-June box 4, folder 6 (#46) June

Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 4 papers box 4, folder 7 (#47-49) June-July box 5, folder 1 (#50-52) July-September box 5, folder 2 (#53-55) September-October box 5, folder 3 (#56-58) October box 5, folder 4 (#59) November-December box 5, folder 5 (#60-62) 1925 December - 1926 January 1926 box 5, folder 6 (#63-65) January-February box 6, folder 1 (#66-68) February-March box 6, folder 2 (#69-71) March-May box 6, folder 3 (#72-74) May-June box 6, folder 4 (#75-77) June-September box 6, folder 5 (#78-80) September-October box 6, folder 6 (#81-83) November box 7, folder 1 (#84-86) December 1927 box 7, folder 2 (#87-89) January box 7, folder 3 (#90-92) February box 7, folder 4 (#93-95) March-May box 7, folder 5 (#96-98) May-July box 7, folder 6 (#99-101) July-October box 8, folder 1 (#102-104) October-December box 8, folder 2 (#105-107) 1927 December - 1928 January 1928 box 8, folder 3 (#108-110) January-March March box 8, folder 4 (#111-113) box 8, folder 5 (#114-116) box 8, folder 6 (#117-119) box 9, folder 1 (#120-122) box 9, folder 2 (#123-125) March-April box 9, folder 3 (#126-128) April box 9, folder 4 (#129-131) April-May box 9, folder 5 (#132-134) May box 9, folder 6 (#136-138) May-August box 10, folder 1 (#138-139) August box 10, folder 2 (#140-142) August-October box 10, folder 3 (#143) October-November box 10, folder 4 (#144-146) 1928 December - 1929 January 1929 box 10, folder 5 (#147) January box 10, folder 6 (#148-150) January-March box 10, folder 7 (#151-153) March-May box 11, folder 1 (#154-156) May-August box 11, folder 2 (#157-159) July-September box 11, folder 3 (#160-162) September-October box 11, folder 4 (#163-165) October-December box 11, folder 5 (#166-169) 1929 December - 1930 January box 12, folder 1 1930 (#169-171) February-May box 12, folder 2 (#172-174) May-October box 12, folder 3 (#175-177) October-December box 12, folder 4 (#178-180) 1930 December - 1931 January 1931 box 12, folder 5 (#181-183) January-March box 13, folder 1 (#185-187) May-September

Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 5 papers CORRESPONDENCE 1921-1939 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

box 13, folder 2 Alexandra, Mother box 13, folder 3 Antonescu, Ion, Colonel 1924-1928 box 13, folder 4 Apponyi n.d. box 13, folder 5 Argesenau, G., Colonel 1921-1928 box 13, folder 6 Argetoianu, Constantin 1923-1928 box 13, folder 7 Asquith, Herbert Henry 1924-1925 box 13, folder 8 Averescu, Alexandru, General 1925-1931 box 13, folder 9 Balbo, Italo 1931 box 13, folder 10 Benes, Edvard 1925-1930 box 13, folder 11 Blum, Léon n.d. box 13, folder 12 Bourne, Cardinal 1924 box 13, folder 13 Branting, H. J. 1924 box 13, folder 14 Bratianu, Jean 1924 box 13, folder 15 Bratianu, Vintila 1922-1929 box 13, folder 16 Briand, Aristide 1928-1929 box 13, folder 17 Buzdugan, George 1928-1930 box 13, folder 18 Cantacuzino, Alexandru n.d. box 13, folder 19 Carol II, King of Romania 1921-1931 box 13, folder 20 Cecil, Robert 1923-1931 box 13, folder 21 Chamberlain, Austen 1925-1928 box 13, folder 22 Churchill, Winston 1929 box 13, folder 23 Ciotosi, Y. N. 1929 box 13, folder 24 Connaught, Arthur, Duke of 1925-1926 box 13, folder 25 Curtius, Julius 1929 box 13, folder 26 Curzon, George Nathaniel, - Includes condolence letter to Mrs. Curzon, 1925 1922 box 13, folder 27 Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organizations (Geneva) n.d. box 13, folder 28 Dolni, Angelo M. 1928-1930 box 13, folder 29 Doumer, Paul 1921 box 13, folder 30 Drummond, Eric 1926-1930 box 13, folder 31 Duca, Ion G. 1923-1931 box 13, folder 32 L'Écho de Paris 1924 box 13, folder 33 Gafencu, Grigore 1929-1930 box 13, folder 34 Ghika, Dimitrie 1928-1931 box 13, folder 35 Gnani, M. 1923-1926 box 13, folder 36 Grandi, Dino 1928 box 13, folder 37 Great Britain. Embassy (France) 1928 box 13, folder 38 Helene, Princess of Romania 1925-1927 box 13, folder 39 Henderson n.d. box 13, folder 40 Herriot, Édouard 1924-1930 Ileana, Princess of Romania, . 1928-1931 General note See Alexandra, Mother

box 13, folder 41 Institut Français de Hautes Études en Roumanie 1930 box 13, folder 42 International League Against Racism (Paris) 1938 box 13, folder 43 Ionesco, Take 1920-1921 box 13, folder 44 Iorga, Nicolae 1924-1931 box 13, folder 45 Jouvenel, Henry de 1924-1930 box 13, folder 46 Kellogg, Frank B. 1927 box 13, folder 47 League of Nations. Délégation syro-palestinienne (Geneva) 1929 box 13, folder 48 League of Nations. President 1930 box 13, folder 49 Lloyd George, David 1922 box 13, folder 50 Lloyd George, Margaret 1931

Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 6 papers box 13, folder 51 Loucheur, Louis 1930 box 14, folder 1 McDonald, Ramsay 1925 box 14, folder 2 Maniu, Juliu 1928-1939 box 14, folder 3 Manoilescu, M. 1925-1926 box 14, folder 4 Marie, Queen of Romania 1924-1931 box 14, folder 5 Masaryk, Jan 1926-1930 box 14, folder 6 Mironescu, G. G. 1929-1931 box 14, folder 7 Mironescu, M. 1930 box 14, folder 8 Mitilineu, J. 1927-1930 box 14, folder 9 Monnet, Jean n.d. box 14, folder 10 Murray, Gilbert 1931 box 14, folder 11 Mussolini, Benito 1928-1930 box 14, folder 12 Nicolas, Prince of Romania 1923-1931 box 14, folder 13 Nicolson, Harold 1924 box 14, folder 14 Osusky, Stefan 1927 box 14, folder 15 Paul-Boncour, Joseph 1924-1938 box 14, folder 16 Petrescu-Comnen, Nicolae 1924-1931 box 14, folder 17 Poincaré, Raymond 1922-1929 box 14, folder 18 Politis, N. 1926-1927 box 14, folder 19 Popescu, Stelian 1937 box 14, folder 20 Radescu, Nicolae 1924-1929 box 14, folder 21 Romania. Ministerul Afacerilor Strâine (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 1922 box 14, folder 22 Romania. Ministerul Finantelor. Directiunea Datoriei Publice (Ministry of Finance. Directorate of Public Debts) 1923-1925 box 14, folder 23 Saint-Aulaire n.d. box 14, folder 24 Skrzyński 1925 box 14, folder 25 Société Internationale de Philologie, Sciences et Beaux-Arts (London) 1930 box 14, folder 26 Stamfordham 1923 box 14, folder 27 Stirbey, Barbu 1926-1927 box 14, folder 28 Stresemann Memorial Committee 1931 box 14, folder 29 Sturdza, Mihail R. 1929-1930 box 14, folder 30 Tardieu, André n.d. box 14, folder 31 Tatarescu, Gheorghe 1930 box 14, folder 32 Thomas, Albert n.d. box 14, folder 33 University of Bucarest. Law Department 1930 box 14, folder 34 Venezuela. Legación (Switzerland) 1931 box 14, folder 35 Venizelos, Eleuthérios K. 1929 box 14, folder 36 Visoianu, Constantin 1930-1931 box 14, folder 37 Miscellany SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, . 1925-1937 General note See also SUBJECT FILE/Petite Entente Scope and Contents note Interview, memoirs, tributes, speeches, and writings, arranged chronologically by title

box 14, folder 38 "Memoriul asupra finanţelor României de la începtul razboiului şi pîna la pace," n.d. Scope and Contents note Holograph (in Romanian)

box 14, folder 39 Speech before a group of American journalists in Geneva, Switzerland n.d. Scope and Contents note Typescript (in English)

Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 7 papers box 14, folder 40 Speech, Columbia University, New York, . 1925 January 6 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in English)

box 14, folder 41 Speech, Société Internationale de Philologie, Sciences et Beaux Arts, London, . 1929 May 20 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in English)

box 14, folder 42 Address, Association des Étudiants Roumains en France, Paris, . 1929 December 8 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 43 "Benes," tribute to Edvard Benes, . 1934 Scope and Contents note Holograph (in French). Published in Eduard Benes and the Petite Entente (Prague, 1934)

box 14, folder 44 Speech for Louis Barthou at the dinner of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, . 1934 June 20 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 45 Speech before the Romanian Parliament at the reception for Louis Barthou in Bucarest, . 1934 June 21 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 46 Speech, Ankara, Turkey, . 1934 October 30 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 47 Speech before the Council of the League of Nations, Geneva, . 1934 December 10 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 48 Speech for departing Argentine Minister, . 1936 June Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 49 Speech for departing Papal Emissary, Valerio Valeri, . 1936 June Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 50 Speech honoring the heads of state of the Petite Entente, . 1936 June 6 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 51 Opening speech, Conférence Constitutive de la Presse de l'Entente Balkanique, Bucarest, . 1936 June 11 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 8 papers box 14, folder 52 Speech for departing French Minister and response by Marquis d'Ormesson, . 1936 June 15 Scope and Contents note Typescript (in French)

box 14, folder 53 "La Commission Européenne du Danube," interview, Le Temps, . 1936 July 30 Scope and Contents note Printed copy

box 15, folder 1-2 "The Romanian Ministerial Crisis of August 1936," memoir written after . August 1936 Scope and Contents note Typescript

box 16, folder 1 "La situation générale européenne et l'avenir de la S.D.N," speech, Bordeaux, France, . 1937 June 27 Scope and Contents note Typescript summary by Sud-Est Agence Télégraphique

SUBJECT FILE 1919-1947 Scope and Contents note Charts, correspondence, memoranda, articles, reports, telegrams, minutes of meetings, lists, notes, official government documents, clippings and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject

box 16, folder 2 Académie Diplomatique Internationale 1926 box 16, folder 3 Barthou, Louis, speech, Bucarest, (in French) 1934 box 16, folder 4 Bratianu, Vintila 1925 Carol II, King of Romania box 16, folder 5 General box 16, folder 6 Letter to King George V 1930 June 9 box 16, folder 7 Clemenceau, Georges. Clippings on his death, Le Temps 1929 November 25 box 16, folder 8 Conference on Reparations (1930 : Hague, Netherlands) 1929-1930 Ferdinand, King of Romania box 16, folder 9 Distribution of property box 16, folder 10 Health. Telegrams 1927 April box 16, folder 11 History. Scope and Contents note Speech by British historian Wickam Steady entitled "The Power of Historical Memory," n.d. Typescript

Hungary - Optants' dispute box 16, 1924-1930 folder 12-13 box 16, folder 14 1928 box 16, folder 15 Ionescu, Barbu - Trial in London 1930 February box 16, folder 16 Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928). Scope and Contents note Clipping, Le Temps, 1928 August 28

League of Nations box 16, folder 17 General box 16, folder 18 Information Section 1924 box 16, folder 19 Lupescu, Magda box 16, folder 20 Minorities - Romania

Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 9 papers box 16, folder 21 Montreaux Conference on the Régime of the Straits (1936). Scope and Contents note Report by Romanian delegates, 1936 July 21 (in Romanian)

box 16, folder 22 Petite Entente. Scope and Contents note Includes draft of press release in the hand of Edvard Benes, with corrections by Nicolae Titulescu

Romania Foreign relations box 16, folder 23 Hungary, . 1919-1930 General note See also Hungary

box 16, folder 24 Soviet Union, . 1936 July 21 General note See Soviet Union for 1931-1932 peace negotiations Scope and Contents note Pact of mutual assistance.

box 16, folder 25 Politics and government. Scope and Contents note Telegram announcing the resignation of the government of Vintila Bratianu, 1928 November 3

box 16, Romania. Legatie (France) - Finances 1921-1922 folder 26-27 box 17 Soviet Union - Foreign relations. Scope and Contents note Documents relating to peace negotiations with Romania, Poland, Finland, Estonia, and Latvia

box 17, folder 1 1929-1932 box 17, folder 2 1931 November - 1932 January box 17, folder 3 1931 December - 1932 January 1932 box 17, folder 4 January-April box 17, folder 5 April-October box 17, folder 6 August-October box 17, folder 7 Tatarescu, Gheorghe box 17, folder 8 Trials (Political crimes and offenses) - Romania. Scope and Contents note List of seven persons condemned to death in Bucarest and note relating to the disposition of Nicolae Titulescu's remains, 1947 (in French)

box 17, folder 9 Ukraine. Mission (Paris) 1928 February 12 box 17, folder 10 University of Bucarest, 400th anniversary 1931 May box 17, folder 11 Miscellany. Scope and Contents note Pamphlet by I. Corbu entitled The Origin of Continents, Red Spot of Jupiter, the Solar System, and the Formation of America, 1931 (in French)

Register of the Nicolae Titulescu 74098 10 papers PHOTOGRAPHS n.d. Scope and Contents note One print of a painting by Brenner depicting the inn in Talloires, France, where Nicolae Titulescu met secretly with Maksim Litvinov on May 28, 1937; and one print of a portrait depicting Nicolae Titulescu, n.d.

box 17, folder 12 One print of a painting by Brenner depicting the inn in Talloires, France, where Nicolae Titulescu met secretly with Maksim Litvinov on May 28 1937 photo_file envelope One print of a portrait depicting Nicolae Titulescu n.d. A microfilm_cabinet MicrofilmMICROFILM n.d. cabinet Scope and Contents note Four microfilm reels of Nicolae Titulescu's notebooks