A file of correspondence, reports, and legal material concerning political developments in Romania. The documents discuss the Romanian government's introduction of a decree issuing the Romanian public with identity cards, which the British embassy in Bucharest notes will enable the Romanian police to track a person's whereabouts at all times. The documents also cover the staging of national elections in Romania, at which the Romanian regime won 99.85% of the votes cast, on a turnout of 99.96%; and the view of James Dalton Murray, the British ambassador to Romania, that whilst this election was a "parody of democracy", the present regime "enjoys a greater measure of support among the population at large than it did four years ago". The documents also cover the death of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the Romanian leader; and the promotion of Nicolae Nicolae Ceaușescu to become the new leader of Romania.
- Collection ID
- FO371
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Department Reference
- File 1015 (pp 1 to 25)
- Document Type
- Correspondence Legal and Treaty Material Reports
- File Reference
- FO 371/182699
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fo371.182699
- Note
- Documents or parts of documents in this file were retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958.
- Pages
- 108
- Persons Discussed
- Alexandru Bîrlădeanu Chivu Stoica Gheorghe Apostol Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gogu Rădulescu Ion Gheorghe Maurer James Dalton Murray Nicholas Henderson Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Romania
- Themes
- Domestic Politics Populations and Social Policy
