Cuza Hotta
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Cuza Hotta (or Hota; Greek: Κούζα Χόττα; Macedonian: Куза Хота) was a Romanian diplomat of Aromanian origin. At the end of the 1940s, Hotta was investigated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which considered him a communist and a fighter for an Aromanian state in the Balkans.
Biography[edit]
Cuza Hotta was born in the region of Macedonia and moved later to Romania. There, he became a member of the Iron Guard's death squads. According to a CIA report, he was an active propagandist of the idea of establishing an autonomous Aromanian state in Greece.[1] He was part of the Romanian legation to Bern in Switzerland.[2]
During World War II, Hotta would have been sent to Greece for propaganda purposes by Nazi Germany, being designated as a press attaché of the Romanian legation in Athens.[1] He was specially designated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania to investigate the state of affairs of the Aromanians in Greece.[3] Greek authorities wanted to expel Hotta from Greece and that he was kept apart from Greek politics as he was considered an instigator,[4][5][1] but they could not do so until the liberation of Greece, after which Hotta was deported to Istanbul, Turkey, in 1945. There, he would have entered in contact with Soviet representatives, who wanted him to return to Bucharest in order to help organize a bloc of Aromanians for their future incorporation into the Balkan Federation concept.[1] He held the post first press adviser in the Ministry of Arts and Information, resigning on 30 June 1948.[6]
He wrote the poem Romanța unui rege asiatic ("Romance of an Asian King"), published on 25 December 1908 in issue 407 of Viitorul.[7]
He was involved in the Tita Cristescu affair.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Osilo, Nikola (May 21, 2017). "ЕКСКЛУЗИВНО: ЦИА открива детали за Куза Хота – Македонецот што сакал Влашка држава среде Балканот". eMagazin (in Macedonian). Archived from the original on October 24, 2017.
- ^ Martinescu, Pericle. Jurnal intermitent. p. 268.
- ^ Berciu-Drăghicescu, Adina. Şcoli Şi Biserici Româneşti Din Peninsula Balcanică Vol. II. p. 402.
- ^ Relațiile româno-elene: o istorie cronologicǎ. p. 287.
- ^ Revista istorică, Volume 5, Issues 7-10. pp. 981–982.
- ^ Monitorul Oficial. p. 19.
- ^ Minulescu, Ion. Romanțe pentru mai târziu. pp. 150–151.