The Limits of the Romanian Communist Propaganda: the Case of People’s Letters
The Limits of the Romanian Communist Propaganda: the Case of People’s Letters

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the limits of the Romanian propaganda as they were reflected in letters sent to Nicolae Ceausescu during the first years of his leadership (1965-1967) from two different perspectives. Firstly, the limits of the propaganda are assessed in view of Ceausescu’s popular identification with the Romanian leadership and especially with an all-powerful national paternal or godparent figure. Secondly, the boundary of propaganda is illustrated by the people’s use of the official arguments in order to demonstrate the hypocritical instrumentation of the question of Bessarabia and Bukovina by the new party and state leadership.

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