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ROMANIA: Situation Report

Struggling To lon lliescu, former Foreign Minister Comeliu Manescu, and

Form a Government prominentdissident Doina Cornea have joincd in a provisional 1

govemment called the National Salvation Front. They have issued a

sweeping program that calls for a free election in April and continued
participation in the Warsaw Pact. Scattered resistance b Ceausescu
supporters continues in Bucharest and
6.2(d)
Comment: Longtime Western-oriented opponents of President
Ceausescu, backed by top military personnel, appear to be rapidly
filling the power vacuum. The new leaders are already demonstrating
their ability to pull together quickly a comprehensive program under
extreme pressure. Their abilitv to complete the agenda depends on \

maintaining unity. .

6.2(d)
Ceausescu‘s Fate Unconfirmed Romanian press reports indicate Nicolae Ceausescu
and presumably were arrested in Tirgoviste yesterday while
his wife
attempting to flee the country. His son Nicu was captured later in the
day and paraded on Romanian television after alle edl in

\|the
rall security forces in Sibiu and to take hostages.
new govemment has deputized citizens to arrest
3.3(b)(1)
pro-
eausescu agitators" securi f "

ady the target of

popular vengeance.
6.2(d)
Comment: The Ceausescu family and political cronies are likely to be
the first targets for popular retribution. Although the govemment
is
calling for due process, the otential for indiscriminate violence
and
executions is
6.2(d)
Soviet Response The Congress of People‘s Deputies yesterday adopted President
Gorbachev‘s proposal declaring support for the Romanian people and
a desire for continued close relations. A Foreign Ministry spokesman
said Moscow hopes there will be a peaceful resolution as soon as
possible and expressed concem about instability. The Soviets
reportedly are protesting the regime’s violence to the Romanian
Ambassador in Moscow. During yesterday’s session of the Congress
of People’s Deputies, Gorbachev noted Moldavian concern about
the
volatile situation in Romania. The leader of the Moldavian
Popular
Front has implicitly called for more democracy in Romania
6.2(d)
Comment: Most Moldavians are ethnic Romanians and receive
Romanian television and radiobroadcasts; they undoubtedly are
following events there closely. The Moldavian Republic consists of

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the Soviet Moldavian ASSR. established in I924. and Bessarabia,

annexed by the USSR from northeastern Romania in 1940 under the
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Soviet leaders fear. probably correctly,
that a more liberal regime in Romania will fuel Moldavian
nationalism and induce nationalists to seek reunification with
Romania.\| 6.2(d)

Other Foreign East European governments unanimously welcomed Ceauseseu‘s

Reactions overthrow and expressed hope it would lead to the democratic
renewal of Romania. Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria expressed
optimism that their currently strained relaticns with Bucharest will
6.2(d)
Comment: Ceausescu's probably bring about an immediate
fall will
decrease in the tension between Hungary and Romania. Any long-
term improvement in ties, however. requires pledges from the new
Romanian regime that it is prepared to protect the cultural rights of
Hungarians living in Transylvania. Romania's neighbors almost
certainly are conccmed that the collapse of aithority may unleash
a wave of
6.2(d)

Foreign Aid One of the new govcmment‘s priorities probnbly will be to improve
Needs economic and political relations with its neighbors and the West.
Hungary has already shipped some humanitarian assistance, probably
me dieal aid to Timisoara and Bul a ri a t's discussin g m easu res f0 r
,

providing aid, including

6.2(d)
Comment: Initially, the new govemment is lilcely to call for
immediate shipments oi‘ food and other hum mitarian aid to relieve
domestic shonages. Over the longer term, tht govemment probably
will use Ceausescu's ouster to seek trade contessions and broader
financial and technical assistance.
6.2(d)

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