Mărturii
Testimonies

Summary/Abstract: Beginning with this issue NIST opens a new series of debates dedicated to the Communist regime. Thus, former Communist leaders are invited to speak about the Communist regime in Romania but also of its relations with the socialist countries and democratic states. Ion Coman, former Minister of National Defence in 1976-1980 was our first guest on the May 17th, 2007, to present his testimony about the period in which he was active in political and military areas. His lecture offered information on the Timişoara events and the relationship within Romanian Communist Party. The former Romanian diplomat Mircea Malita, counsellor of Romania’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations (1956-1962), was invited by the National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism to participate in a conference. The event took place on June 27, 2007 and Mircea Malita presented a new perspective on the Cold War, international relations and the place of Romania within the international diplomacy.

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