România anului 1948 sub lupa diplomației franceze
1948 Romania in the focus of French diplomacy

Summary/Abstract: On April 11, 1949 the French Legation in Bucharest sent back home a report entitled “One year of people’s democracy in Romania, December 30, 1947 -January 1, 1949.” The report had been drafted by Philippe de Luze, a Legation adviser, and was based on information regarding the situation in Romania, as perceived by French diplomats in 1948. The political, economic and cultural developments in Romania represented just the beginning in the application of the Soviet model. Quoting the title of an article published in Scanteia of October 14, 1948 (“Love for the USSR is the cornerstone of patriotism”), the French diplomat sadly remarked, “Romania’s fate was no longer in the hands of its inhabitants.” Ovidiu Bozgan is lecturer with the University of Bucharest, Faculty of History. He is the head of the Center of Church History, University of Bucharest. Recent book: Romania vs. Vatican, 2000.

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