A file of correspondence and reports concerning the internal situation in Romania. The documents cover the aftermath of the defection of Ion Mihai Pacepa, a high-ranking member of the Romanian secret police, the Securitate; speeches delivered by the Romanian leader, Nicolae Nicolae Ceaușescu, on Romanian defence policy and relations with the Warsaw Pact; and an address by Nicolae Ceaușescu to workers at the Ministry of the Interior on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Securitate. Other documents in the file include a report on the current Romanian leadership; a defector report, with information on the Romanian state company for foreign trade; an organisational chart of the Romanian government; a paper on party and government changes in Romania; a despatch on a visit to Transylvania by a British diplomat; and discussion of a decision to celebrate the 2050th anniversary of the founding of the first centralised independent Dacian state.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
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- Department Reference
- ENR 14/2
- Document Type
- Correspondence Parliamentary and Official Government Material Press and Media Reports Visual Media
- File Reference
- FCO 28/3409
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.003409
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: The Times, 12.10.1978, Romania tightens up on campaigner who refuses to recant 16.09.1978, Extracts from President Ceausescu's Speech to the Armed Forces, 16 September 1978.
- Pages
- 78
- Persons Discussed
- Ion Mihai Pacepa Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Romania
- Themes
- Domestic Politics Populations and Social Policy Secret Intelligence and Espionage
