REŢEAUA CARAMAN – O ANALIZĂ ISTORIOGRAFICĂ
THE CARAMAN NETWORK – A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: If we accept the idea that the documents that have been leaked by the “Caraman Network” helped the US and the USSR get to know each other better , as Mr Raymond Garthoff claims, this means that a new hypothesis rises in this context. According to this perspective, Romanian espionage has been manipulated in a very subtle manner by both the Soviets and the Americans and “this would have contributed to the rising trust between East and West and to the preemption of a war that could have been based on an error”. Based on this new hypothesis, the “Caraman Network” could be valued at its true significance. In such a strategic context, this proves that Romania, through its secret services, was capable to play a role of bridging relations between East and West. Could this be a sufficiently strong historical basis for the President of the United States George W. Bush to formulate his strategic vision in the autumn of 2003 during his visit in Bucharest when he stated that he sees Romania as a “bridge” towards the Russian Federation? So we may ask ourselves whether Romania, which was on the point to be integrated in NATO, was just about to be restituted the same strategic position as it had already performed in the 60s?

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