A file of reports on various celebrations, commemorations and other public events in Romania. Topics covered in the file include the attendance of senior Romanian figures at each event; the precedence given to pictures of communist leaders in the parades, which occurred in the months following the death of Stalin; slogans distributed in the Romanian press ahead of the celebrations; public speeches and articles accompanying the events; technology and military hardware displayed in the parades; and the Romanian public's enthusiasm, or lack thereof, towards the events.