Archives of Kosta St. Pavlović

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Archives of Kosta St. Pavlović

Kosta St. Pavlović /born 1905 in Belgrade, died 1988 in Southampton, England/, a lawyer and a diplomat. Since 1928 worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and held offices in Belgrade, Brussels and Bucharest. Since 1941 he served as the chief of staff in the Cabinets of presidents of the Yugoslav Government in exile Dušan Simović, Slobodan Jovanović and Miloš Trifunović until September 1943 when he left to Cairo and took office in the Yugoslav Embassy in London. When Josip Broz Tito and Ivan Šubašić, reached the agreement to form an interim Government, Pavlović decided to stay in exile. After the Second World War he held many offices: secretary of the Yugoslav People’s Board, president of the Serbian Orthodox Church Community in London, one of the founders and a president of the Association of Serbian writers abroad, chief of library at the Cambridge University and a lecturer of Serbian language, literature and history.

Historical Archives of Belgrade has been taking in the legacy of Kosta St. Pavlović, his rchives, since 2005. The archives consist mostly of the documents relating to the activities of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Government in exile, Yugoslav Army in the Homeland 1941 to 1944. Part of the archives relates to the Hristić Family. In addition to documents one can consult a number of Serbian and Yugoslav emigration papers and magazines.

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1. Filip Hristić /1819-1905/, PhD awarded in Sorbonne, President of the Serbian Government and a Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Prince Mihailo’s Reign 1860-1861, a Minister of Education 1873-1874, Ambassador of Serbia in Istanbul, Wien, Berlin and London 1878-1883, Governor of the National Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia 1885-1890, honorary member of the Serbian Royal Academy.
2. Decree of app ointment of Filip Hristić as a member of the State Council, issued by Prince Milan Obrenović, Belgrade 1869.
3. Letter of Association of Serbian Youth addressed to Filip Hristić on the occasion of his app ointment a honorary member of the Serbian Royal Academy, Belgrade, 1848.
4. Marriage Certificate of Milan F. Hristić, diplomat, and Artemisia Ioannidis, issued in 1879, transcript, Paris, 1912.
5. Birth Certificate of Đorđe, son of Milan F. Hristić and Artemisia Ioannidis. Đorđe is actually the illegitimate son of King Milan Obrenović and Artemisia, adopted by Count Ziči; claimant to Serbian throne after the assassination of King Alexander Obrenović.
6. The Medal of Honor awarded to Milan F. Hristić, Paris, 1888.
7. Letters of Miša Simović to his brother Dušan Simović written after his brother’s resignation to the post of president of the Ministerial Council and arrival of Slobodan Jovanović, Cairo, 13th January-November 1942.
8. Serbian National Defense from Canada congratulates Dušan Simović the occassion of biannual celebration of “27th March“ when he saved the Serbian honor, Windsor, USA Ontario, 28th March 1943.
9. Telegram on Alliance Bombardment of Belgrade on Easter 16-17th April 1944, sent from Cairo to the first minister of the Yugoslav Embassy in London, Cairo, 1944.
10. Map Yugoslav Prisoners’ Camps in Germany, authors Ivan V. Subotić and S. Krizman, New York, USA , July 1942.
11. Telegrams of Army General Draža Mihailović, 13th October 1943 – 14th March 1944, Letters Acquisition Book, 1943-1944.
12. Prince Pavle Karađorđević to Kosta Pavlović on his expel from the Royal House, known as Jerusalem Edict, Paris, 11th February 1966.
13. Prince Pavle Karađorđević to Kosta Pavlović on incorrect data in the description of certain political events described in the Alexander Cadogan’s book, Permanent Under-Secretary For Foreign Affairs of Great Britain during the Second World War, Paris, 8th September 1973.
14. Prince Pavle Karađorđević expresses his opinion to Kosta Pavlović on inadequacy of young ministers of foreign affairs like Enthony Eden, Galeazzo Ciano and Joachim von Ribbentrop, Paris, 15th December 1973.
15. Princess Olga Karađorđević with her grandchildren, sixties of XX century.