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Eastern Europe Research (romania)

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Eastern Europe Research (romania)

By: Katie Bradley
Photo by Sorin Mutu

Eastern Europe Research (romania)[Notes on slide]

By: Katie Bradley
Photo by Sorin Mutu

Romania/ uSSR 1956

  • Stalinism has begun
  • No victims in Romania
  • Secretary afraid of de-Stalinization
Soviet First Secretary Khrushchev claims that the Romanian abolition of Stalinism has begun during Stalin’s time and that there are no victims of Stalinism in Romania. Romanian First Secretary Gheorghiu-Dej, afraid that de-Stalinization would mean replacing compromised leaders, refuses to accommodate the Romanian system of the “new course”.
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1956

  • Soviet Union agreed to withdraw troops
  • No Agreement was reached
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1956

  • Soviet troops are moved  to Hungary from USSR and Romania
  • Soviet division arrives from Romania for protest
Extra Soviet troops are transferred to Hungary from the USSR and Romania

A Soviet division of reinforcements arrives from Romania as protests unfold in villages and towns across Hungary.

1956 cont.

  • USSR pulls out troops 
  • Prime Minister talks about keeping troops
  • revisionist forces need to grow in strength
  • Soviets consider
Eisenhower’s televised speech reflects on the previous day’s Soviet announcement that the USSR is considering pulling out its troops from Hungary, Poland and Romania.

A Romanian delegation led Prime Minister Chivu Stoica talks in Moscow about the necessity of keeping Soviet troops in Romania as long as revisionist forces grow in strength. The Soviets promise to reconsider bilateral economical treaties that have been disadvantageous to the Romanian economy.

1956 cont.

  • Armed intervention in Hungary
  • inform Bulgarian leaders about the same 
  • USSR and Romanian leaders meet.
Khrushchev and Malenkov meet Gheorghiu-Dej in Bucharest and inform him about the planned armed intervention in Hungary. After Romania, they go to Sofia to inform the Bulgarian leaders about the same.

The Soviet and the Romanian leaders meet. The possibility of the Soviet troops leaving the country is discussed.

1957

  • Meet in Budapest
  • negotiations concerning troops discussed in Bucharest
  • "Noneed for...troops to remain in...Romania"
Soviet, Bulgarian, Czechoslovak, Romanian and Hungarian leaders meet in Budapest. They discuss the draft of a forthcoming Hungarian government declaration as well as Nagy’s role played during the revolution and its legal consequences.

Negotiations between state delegations from Romania and the Soviet Union are held in Bucharest, concerning the question of Soviet troops. Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Preoteasa and General Leontin Salajan sign an agreement regarding the juridical status of the Soviet troops temporarily stationed in Romania.

An article in Pravda: If the West would withdraw its troops and liquidate its military bases, the Soviet Union would have “noneed for Soviet troops to remain on the territories of Poland, the GDR, Hungary and Romania.”

1958

  • Soviets move out of Romania
  • Romania and China pressure USSR to remove troops
The political nature of the conflict between the Soviet Union and Romania becomes more evident. Romania and China pressure the Soviet Union to withdraw its troops from Romania. Romania reinforces links with Western nations, most notably with Germany and France, in the pursuit of peaceful coexistence.
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1958 cont.

  • letters to Romanian first secretary
  • Withdraw of troops
  • departure
Khrushchev sends a letter to Romanian First Secretary Gheorghiu-Dej. He proposes the discussion on the problem of the withdrawal of the Soviet Army from Romania. Gheorghiu-Dej answers that due to the new international situation the Romanians agree to continue to station Soviet troops on Romanian territory.

Gheorghiu-Dej expresses his content with the Soviet decision from April 17 to withdraw troops from Romanian territory.

The departure of Soviet troops from Romania takes place.

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1958 cont

  • commissions coordinate withdraw
  • 30-40 thousand withdrawed
The Council of ministers of Romania, according the Agreement reached on May 24, 1958 in Moscow, establishes the Institution of a Central Commission and regional commissions to coordinate the withdrawal of the Soviet troops.

The Bucharest radio announces that the Soviet occupational forces the size of which was estimated at 30-40 thousand have concluded their withdrawal from Romania.