Un complot militar împotriva preşedintelui României, octombrie 1984
A military plot against the president of Romania (october 1984)

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian armed forces had been the only plausible threat to Ceauşescu's rule since the late 1960s. He had frequently rotated cadres within the Ministry of National Defense and the top military command positions to prevent the emergence of strong, politically independent military leaders. Rumors of anti-Ceausescu conspiracies or attempted revolts within the military circulated freely in Romania in the 1980s. According to a former high-ranking Romanian military officer, General Nicolae Militaru, the plot to oust Ceauşescu was modeled in 1983-1984. Ion Iliescu claims that he began discussions of a possible coup with the military nucleus, which included Militaru, General Ion Ioniţă and General Ştefan Kostyal, as far back as 1983.

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