Lietuvos Tarybos atstovavimas Vokietijoje. Pirmasis etapas (1917 m. rugsėjo 24 d. – 1918 m. kovo 31 d.)

LTStraipsnyje analizuojamas pirmasis Lietuvos Tarybos atstovavimo Vokietijoje etapas (1917 m. rugsėjo 24 d. – 1918 m. kovo 31 d.), išskiriami du laikotarpiai (pirmasis – nuo 1917 m. rugsėjo 24 d. iki 1917 m. gruodžio 11 d., antrasis – nuo 1917 m. gruodžio 13 d. iki 1918 m. kovo 31 d.), pateikiamas jų apibūdinimas. Daugiausia dėmesio skiriama Lietuvos Tarybos atstovavimo Vokietijoje genezei (1917 m. rugsėjo 24 d. – gruodžio 13 d.), Lietuvos Tarybos delegacijų, vykusių į Vokietiją, sudarymo procesui, instrukcijų ir įgaliojimų joms parengti, pasirašytų dokumentų analizei ir vertinimui. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Atstovavimas Vokietijoje; Jurgis Šaulys; Konstantinas Olšauskas; Lietuvos Taryba; Lietuvos valstybės pripažinimas; Council of Lithuania; Jurgis Šaulys; Konstantinas Olšauskas; Recognition of Lithuania state; Representation in Germany; The Council of Lithuania.

ENThe study includes the first stage of the representation of the Council of Lithuania in Germany, since September 24th, 1917 – the choosing of the first delegation of the Council of Lithuania, which has arrived for negotiations in Germany, – until March 31st, 1918: the establishment of a Lithuanian subordinate bureau in Berlin (LTT (L)), which marks the end of activities in Germany for the diplomatic representative and their assistants that were subordinate only to the Council of Lithuania. The goal of this study – to reveal the specifics of the first stage of the representation of the Council of Lithuania in Germany from September 24th, 1917 until March 31st, 1918. In the first part of the article, an explanation is provided who, from September 24th, 1917 until December 11th, 1917, has represented the Council of Lithuania and protected its interests in Germany, the plans of establishing a representative of office of the Council of Lithuania in Germany (Berlin) during the Lozano and Bern conference (from the 2nd until the 10th of November, 1917).an analysis is made of which provisions were exercised during negotiations with Germany, and by signing the December 1st, 1917 agreement, 10th of December, 1917 protocol „concerning the declaration of independence and the determination of relations with Germany“, and the December 11th, 1917 declaration, the meaning of the December 11th, 1917, is revealed. In the second part, the process of choosing the first representative and their assistants of the Council of Lithuania is revealed, an in-depth look is taken into the formulation, composition, goals, results achieved and those that were not achieved, of delegations, both departed and those that did not depart to Germany, the mandates to the delegations, preparation of instructions, the definition of delegation competences and the main agents behind it are revealed, information is explained and accumulated concerning the mission of Karevičius to Berlin (from the 6th to the 11th of February, 1918), the meaning of the recognition of the independence of Lithuanian in Berlin on the 23rd of March, 1918, is revealed. [From the publication]