Coste, Brutus, 1910-1985.

Romanian diplomat; chargé d'affaires to the United States, 1940-1941, and to Portugal, 1944-1946; secretary general, Assembly of Captive European Nations, 1954-1965.

From the description of Brutus Coste papers, 1936-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872204

Biographical Note

• 1910: Born in Ciacova, Romania
• 1933 - 1946 : Member of the Romanian Diplomatic Service: Secretary and later Counselor of Romanian legations in Paris and London Also acted for a long time as charge d'affaires in the Romanian legations in Washington and Lisbon
• March 1945 - February 1946 : Broke relations with the Communist-controlled Groza regime after it came to power in Romania Remained in control of the legation in Lisbon until the recognition by the Western powers of the communist government
• 1946 - 1947 : Secretary General of the unofficial delegation of Major Romanian political parties at the Paris Peace Conference
• 1947: Moved to New York Political advisor to General Nicolae Radescu, the last democratic Prime Minister of Romania
• 1954 - 1954 ? : Director of the International League for the Rights of Man, and representative of the organization to the U.N.
• 1954 - 1965 : Secretary General of the Assembly of Captive European Nations
• 1965 - 1967 : Staff Consultant to the Foreign Policy Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania Special Assistant to the President of the Institute for American Strategy
• 1967 - : Associate Professor, then Professor Emeritus, of International Relations and World History at Fairleigh Dickinson University, N.J.
• 1973 - : Headed the Truth About Romania Committee since its inception
• 1985: Died in New York

From the guide to the Brutus Coste Papers, 1940-1985, (Hoover Institution Archives)