The Relationship between Britain and Romania during the Rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu, 1966-1989
The Relationship between Britain and Romania during the Rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu, 1966-1989

Summary/Abstract: An abridged version of Amy Hampartumian’s final dissertation at the University of London, this text describes how the relations between the UK and socialist Romania developed at the time of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. The author surveys these relations from their peak in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, when the British monarchy honored the Romanian leader with the highest awards for his anti-Soviet stance, up to the moment when blame was cast on the communist regime for its human rights abuses in the ‘80s. In doing so Hampartumian attempts to make out the interests behind those political stands. Using sources the Romanian readership can hardly access - the British press, diplomatic documents of the Foreign Office in London - the work could be of major interest to students of both the British foreign policy towards the communist countries and communist Romania’s policy in relation to the West.

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