Autres reconaissances de facto et
de jure
Reconnaissance de facto par la Grande Bretagne le 11 novembre
1918.
FOREIGN OFFICE
November 11th. 1918
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge with thanks your letter of the 30th ultimo
in which you enclose a copy of your appeal to Great Britain and the Allies
to give their protection to Latvia.
I am happy to take this opportunity of repeating the assurance which I gave
you on the occasion of your recent visit. His Majesty's Government have
viewed with the deepest sympaty the aspirations of the Lettish people and
its desire for liberation from the German yoke. They are glad to reaffirm
their readiness to grant provisional recognition to the Lettish National
Council as a de facto indepedant body until such time as the Peace
Conference lays the fondations of a new era of freedom and happiness for
your people.
In the meantime His Majesty's Government will be glad to receive you as the
informal diplomatic Representative of the Lettish Provisional Government.
A.Balfour
Source:
Fac-similé dans Latvju Enciklopedija 2.gramata p.101,
Ed.Tris Zvaigznes, Stokholm 1950.
Commentaires:
Cette lettre fut précédée d'une déclaration verbale de
Balfour le 23 octobre 1918. Source: I. Feldmanis,
"Latvijas valsts: izveidosana un starptautiska atzisana", revue "Latvijas vesture"
1998/3. Riga.
Cette reconnaissance de facto par la Grande-Bretagne coïncide avec l'armistice
du 11.11.18 et la préoccupation de ne pas laisser le vide après le
retrait des Allemands.
, Suisse Romande, 27 mars 1997,
Mise à jour: 23 mai 2001
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