Consuls in the Cold War

Sue Onslow, PhD, London School of Economics, is Director and Reader in Commonwealth History at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. She has published extensively on the Cold War in Southern Africa. Her latest book, co-written with Martin Plaut, is Robert Mugabe (Ohio University Press, 2018).Lori Maguire, D.Phil Oxon, is Professor of British and American Studies at the University of Reims in France. She has published extensively in both French and English on the cultural Cold War and on Vietnam. Her latest book, co-edited with Susan Ball and Sébastien Lefait is Modern Representations of Sub-Saharan Africa (Routledge 2020).

• List of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionSue Onslow and Lori Maguire1 Consuls and Their Near CousinsSue Onslow and Lori MaguirePART 1: Europe2 The Accidental Consul: August Torma in Charge of Estonian Consular Affairs in LondonTina Tamman3 The Austrian Consulate General in Bratislava during the Cold WarDavid Schriffl4 “The Tea Merchant Has Returned”: The Intelligence Activities of the Chinese Consulate-General in GenevaAriane Knüsel5 The North Vietnamese Trade Delegation in Paris: A Little-Known Actor in the Vietnam ConflictLori MaguirePART 2: East and South Asia6 Business as (Almost) Usual: The French Consulate General in Saigon during the Break of Diplomatic Relations Between France and the Republic of Vietnam, 1965–1973Laurent Cesari7 Our Man in Maymyo: British Consuls in Upper Burma, 1948–1956Sue Onslow8 Portuguese Consuls and Diplomats and the Coming of the People’s Republic of China, c.1945–1950Pedro Aires Oliveira9 Australia’s Window to China in the Cold War: The Trade Commission in Hong KongDavid Lee10 The Polish Consulate in Shanghai: Its Official and Unofficial Role, 1954–1989Marek Hańderek11 ConclusionLori Maguire and Sue OnslowIndex