ASPECTS ON THE QUESTION OF TRANSYLVANIA IN THE ROMANIAN-HUNGARIAN POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (1946-1947). THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE FRENCH DIPLOMACY.

THE QUESTION OF TRANSYLVANIA CONSTITUTED A SENSITIVE AND CRUCIAL ISSUE IN THE ROMANIAN-HUNGARIAN POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS IN THE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. TRANSYLVANIA'S STATUS PROBLEM, LONG DEBATED DURING THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE LED TO THE RECRUDESCENCE OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH COUNTRIES, ANIMATED BY THE DESIRE TO CONVINCE THE GREAT POWERS THAT THEIR SOLUTION WAS THE VIABLE ONE. THE FRENCH DIPLOMATS, WHO HELD A POSITION WITHIN THE LEGATION OF FRANCE IN BUCHAREST AND BUDAPEST, WATCHED THIS ISSUE CLOSELY, THEIR DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DURING THE YEARS 1946- 1947, REFLECTING THE FRENCH VIEW ON THE COURSE OF THESE RAPPORTS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]