Volume 36, Number 7 · April 27, 1989
Romania: Breaking the Silence
By Alexandru Birladeanu, Constantin Pirvulescu, Corneliu Manescu, Gheorghe Apostol, Grigore Raceanu, Silviu Brucan et al.
Paris—The dramatic, even hysterical, physical construction, reconstruction, and destruction that has gone on in Romania at the will or whim of Nicolae Ceausescu has conveyed an intimation of the end—an end that may now be approaching. The open letter of protest published below was addressed to the Romanian dictator on March 10 by six senior figures in the Romanian Communist party, including one of the Party's founders, ninety-four-year-old Constantin Pirvulescu. It is certain to have serious backing elsewhere in the Party and government.
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