Începuturile propagandei româneşti în Elveţia. Activitatea lui Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen
The Beginnings of Romanian Propaganda in Switzerland. The Activity of Nicolae-Petrescu-Commen

Summary/Abstract: The present study analyses the activity of Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen as the head of the Romanian Press Office in Bern, between March and September 1919. During that period he led this propaganda mechanism which was under the control of the Romanian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference. Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen hasinitiated a series of press campaigns and he has sought to develop the relations he had created in Switzerland between 1917 and 1918, when, on his own initiative, he published articles and papers legitimating the foreign policy assumed by the Romanian government, now exiled in Iaşi. Together with the employees of the Press Office (Ghiţă Popp, Iosif Șchiopul, etc), he collaborated with old acquaintances, like E. Pittard, M. Muret, but as well with George D. Herron, an American figure closely linked to the activists of national movements in Central Europe and the Balkans. Due to the fact that he managed to publish favourable information about Romania both in Swiss and international press via news agencies in key moments (for instance, the Romanian occupation of Hungary), his activity was appreciated by Ionel Brătianu and Alexandru Vaida-Voevod. His successes at the Romanian Press Office in Bern consolidated his image as „heavy propagandist”, first propelling him in the Romanian political scene and then, in diplomacy.

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