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România în buletinul președintelui american: 1968
57 de zile din 1968 în care buletinul CIA pentru președintele SUA numește România: 60 de paragrafe, scanate și transcrise, cu pasajele încă secrete marcate.
paragraf despre România
Rumanian Ambassador's Comments:
Ambasadorul român la Paris, aflat la plecare, a spus la ambasada SUA că americanii câștigă în Vietnam și că Hanoiul e îngrijorat de presiunile Pekinului. Tinde însă să-și înflorească spusele.
The Rumanian ambassador to Paris, who is now leaving his post, commented during his farewell call at the US Embassy that the United States is really winning in Vietnam. The ambassador went on to say that Hanoi's delegation in Paris no longer tries to hide its concern over the pressure Peking has been exerting on Hanoi because of North Vietnam's alleged moves toward peace.
The Rumanian's statement must be tempered by his inclination to be somewhat imaginative when he is expressing his views.
Delegația română de rang înalt aflată la Hanoi a mai fost acolo acum circa o lună, poate în cadrul încercării premierului Maurer de a aduce războiul la masa negocierilor.
The high-level Rumanian delegation in Hanoi this week had been there on an earlier visit only about a month ago.
This may be part of Premier Maurer's attempt to bring the war to the negotiating table. Shortly after his own return from Hanoi last September, Maurer told Ambassador Davis that Rumania intended to try to push the two sides together. A further Rumanian effort along this line may emerge in high-level talks the Rumanians have scheduled this week with Pope Paul and Harold Wilson and with Soviet leaders.
President's Daily Brief, 26 ianuarie 1968, pagina 2 a scanului · documentul la CIA
paragraf despre Româniaîn parte încă secret
4. Rumania
România, încă bănuitoare, trimite o delegație la întâlnirea partidelor comuniste de la Budapesta, după consultări inclusiv cu chinezii. Va încerca să amâne cât mai mult conferința mondială dorită de Moscova.
A still suspicious Rumania has decided to send a delegation to the Budapest meeting of Communist parties later this month. The Rumanians decided to show up only after extensive consultations with other parties, including the Chinese. Peking may regard the presence of a Rumanian delegation as a useful check on the Soviets.
the delegation will oppose criticism of any Communist party as well as attempts to conclude binding agreements. The Rumanians will also try to get a world conference of Communist parties (Moscow's ultimate aim) put off as long as possible.
„Reuniunea consultativă” a partidelor comuniste de la Budapesta va fi cea mai mare din 1960, dar probabil fără rezultate notabile. Românii vor merge, iar restul frazei nu a fost publicat.
The "consultative meeting" of Communist parties opening in Budapest on Monday will be the biggest such affair since 1960, but is not likely to come to much. Moscow has had to water down its objectives in order to draw a halfway respectable turnout. Some sixty parties have been dragooned into sending representatives, but none are coming from the Far East. The Rumanians will go
Bucureștiul a cerut discuții directe cu SUA despre tratatul de neproliferare, o cerere care nedumerește. Pare, una peste alta, o încercare de a întări imaginea unei Românii independente.
Bucharest has asked for direct talks with the US this week on the nonproliferation treaty. This request is puzzling. We do know that the Soviets have tried and failed to satisfy Rumanian misgivings about the draft treaty and that the Rumanians have been pressing hard for guarantees against nuclear blackmail. It is hard to see how the Rumanians think the US could help them on this.
On balance, this looks like an attempt to bolster the world image of an independent Rumania. It may also involve a little game of psychological warfare against the Soviets. Finally, there is an outside chance that Bucharest wants to use the treaty issue to screen talks with the US on some other topic, such as Vietnam.
La conferința de la Budapesta, sovieticii le-au cerut partidelor, aproape ultimativ, să accepte poziția Moscovei sau să plece. Românii au ales să plece.
The Soviets have adopted a stand at the conference that amounts almost to a demand that the parties present accept Moscow's position on the issues dividing the Communist movement or get out. The Rumanians chose to get out.
The Soviets are ready to press their position knowing full well this will further alienate the Rumanians and others. Suslov, who heads the Soviet delegation, called for the creation of a temporary commission to prepare draft documents for a world conference next November or December. This is the first time Moscow has publicly committed itself to a specific time schedule since Khrushchev's abortive campaign four years ago.
The sharpened split between the Soviets and Rumanians will raise more uncertainties in Eastern Europe and intensify factional differences in East European parties. Moscow's iron-jawed stand, in short, is tending to open, not heal, the sores besetting world Communism.
Liderii Tratatului de la Varșovia se reunesc miercuri la Sofia, unde e de așteptat o nouă ciocnire între sovietici și români, de data aceasta pe tema tratatului de neproliferare.
Wednesday's meeting of pact leaders in Sofia seems likely to produce another collision between the Soviets and the Rumanians, this time over the draft nonproliferation treaty.
The Soviets, whose delegation will be led by Brezhnev, Kosygin, and Defense Minister Grechko, very badly want unanimous endorsement of the draft by pact countries. The Rumanians are still holding out. They criticize the draft's failure to place limitations on nuclear powers or to provide guarantees to non-nuclear countries.
Românii vor să propună la Sofia schimbări în comanda Tratatului de la Varșovia care ar slăbi autoritatea Moscovei. Ar putea amenința și cu retragerea, probabil doar ca tactică de negociere.
Top leaders of the pact countries sit down today in Sofia; Russian-Rumanian fireworks are expected.
he Rumanians intend to propose some major changes in the pact's command structure which would dilute Moscow's authority. The Rumanians may even threaten to withdraw from the pact.
We doubt the Rumanians will go through with such action, but they will probably use the threat for tactical bargaining.
The Rumanians and Russians also will be crossing swords on the nonproliferation treaty and on relations with West Germany.
Românii vor să propună la Sofia schimbări în comanda Tratatului de la Varșovia care ar slăbi autoritatea Moscovei. Ar putea amenința și cu retragerea, probabil doar ca tactică de negociere.
Top leaders of the pact countries sit down today in Sofia; Russian-Rumanian fireworks are expected.
the Rumanians intend to propose some major changes in the pact's command structure which would dilute Moscow's authority. The Rumanians may even threaten to withdraw from the pact.
We doubt the Rumanians will go through with such action, but they will probably use the threat for tactical bargaining.
The Rumanians and Russians also will be crossing swords on the nonproliferation treaty and on relations with West Germany.
Reuniunea de două zile a Tratatului de la Varșovia s-a încheiat la Sofia fără semne ale unei noi confruntări sovieto-române. Nu se știe încă ce s-a discutat.
The two-day pact meeting ended in Sofia yesterday without any sign of a new Soviet-Rumanian confrontation. There are no reports yet on what was discussed, and a final communiqué has not been released.
Comitetul Politic Consultativ al Tratatului de la Varșovia nu s-a înțeles la Sofia asupra tratatului de neproliferare, din cauza României. E primul dezacord pe care a trebuit să-l facă public.
The meeting of the pact's Political Consultative Committee in Sofia failed, as expected, to agree on the draft nonproliferation treaty. Rumania was the holdout. This is the first time the committee has had to publicize a failure to reach agreement--a sign of the pact's dwindling effectiveness as a unifying force.
Liderii comuniști din șase țări se reunesc în grabă și în mare secret la Dresda. Se va discuta probabil despre Polonia, Cehoslovacia și sfidarea solidarității de bloc de către România.
An unusually tight curtain of secrecy surrounds the East German city of Dresden as top Communist leaders from six countries gather for their weekend conclave. Even the fact that the meeting is taking place is unknown to the public.
The meeting was clearly arranged on short notice and on an urgent basis. Events in Poland and Czechoslovakia, as well as Rumania's recent defiance of bloc solidarity, are likely to be at the heart of the discussions.
Guvernul român pare să se pregătească pentru presiuni politice sau economice din partea aliaților din Tratatul de la Varșovia. România e, se pare, singurul membru nereprezentat la Dresda.
The government appears to be bracing for some kind of political or economic pressure from its Warsaw Pact allies. Its fears may be justified, and could explain the efforts it has been making in recent days to strengthen ties with Yugoslavia. This may also be behind the sudden call for Ambassador Bogdan to come home from Washington for consultations.
Rumania is evidently the one pact member not represented in Dresden this weekend.
La Dresda, Brejnev și Kosîghin s-au străduit să oprească deteriorarea solidarității de bloc, cu rezultate sub așteptări. Românii au creat precedentul că prezența la asemenea reuniuni nu mai e obligatorie.
Brezhnev and Kosygin worked hard in Dresden over the weekend to head off further deterioration in bloc solidarity. It was hard going at times, and the results are sure to be less than they had hoped for.
Difficulty in reaching a consensus, especially on economic matters, is evident in several portions of the communiqué where it says simply that "views were exchanged" on certain questions.
The communiqué does say that the participants agreed to take "immediate" measures to "consolidate the Warsaw Pact and its armed forces," and that agreement was reached to hold a top-level economic conference in the near future.
What these plans may come to in a practical way remains to be seen. The Rumanians have already set the precedent that attendance is no longer mandatory at these meetings.
Two North Vietnamese Diplomats in Eastern Europe Have Left Their Posts, Perhaps for Home:
Ambasadorii Vietnamului de Nord la București și Sofia lipsesc de la post. Potrivit ambasadorului polonez, cel din România a plecat în grabă la Hanoi, fără obișnuita înștiințare a colegilor diplomați.
US Embassy officers in Bucharest and Sofia reported on 1 April that North Vietnamese ambassadors in these cities are absent. In Rumania, the Polish ambassador reported that his North Vietnamese counterpart left for Hanoi "hurriedly last week" without the usual notification to his diplomatic colleagues. In Bulgaria, the local press reported that Hanoi's ambassador was not in the country. Both of these absences appear to predate President Johnson's 31 March speech.
România a cumpărat cantități mari de blindate sovietice capturate de israelieni vara trecută, ocolind astfel reticența Moscovei de a-i livra tehnică militară, ceea ce îi va irita pe ruși.
Large amounts of Soviet-made armor which the Israelis captured last summer have been bought by Rumania. Moscow has been reluctant to supply hardware to the unreliable Rumanians recently. That Bucharest has found a way around the problem is going to be especially irritating to the Russians.
În română
România a cumpărat cantități mari de blindate de fabricație sovietică, capturate de israelieni vara trecută. În ultima vreme, Moscova a ezitat să le mai livreze tehnică militară românilor, în care nu are încredere. Faptul că Bucureștiul a găsit o cale de a ocoli problema îi va irita în mod deosebit pe ruși.
Bucureștiul a acceptat invitația SUA de a trimite la Washington o delegație științifică de rang înalt, condusă de vicepremierul Alexandru Bîrlădeanu, semn al dorinței de a extinde relațiile cu Occidentul.
Bucharest's acceptance of a US invitation to send a high-level scientific delegation to Washington early next month is another sign of its strong desire to expand relations with the West. The delegation is to be headed by Alexandru Birladeanu, a deputy premier whose special job is the direction of scientific research.
Circa 70 de delegații de partid pregătesc la Budapesta ordinea de zi a conferinței internaționale de la sfârșitul anului. Românii și iugoslavii vor lipsi, după toate semnele.
Some 70 party delegations convene today in Budapest to begin work on the agenda for the full-scale international conference late this year. Signs are that the Rumanians and Yugoslavs will be among the missing. The Czechs are reluctant, but at this delicate juncture in their relations with Moscow, they probably feel they have no real alternative but to go.
Șefii de partid din patru țări est-europene s-au adunat pe neașteptate la Moscova, fără România și Cehoslovacia. Pare o reuniune de urgență despre situația din Cehoslovacia.
Party bosses from four East European countries suddenly converged on Moscow yesterday. Rumania and--more significantly--Czechoslovakia were excluded. This looks very much like an urgent conclave over what to do about Czechoslovakia.
Moscow's patience has been wearing thin these past two days over the growing liberal and nationalist trends in Czechoslovakia. The men in the Kremlin have been especially shocked and angered by recent stories in the Czechoslovak press which flatly accuse Soviet agents of involvement in the Prague purges of the 1950s--and in the 1948 death of Jan Masaryk.
Soviet sensitivity to these charges prompted an angry rebuttal in Pravda yesterday. Moscow clearly does not accept at face value Dubcek's assurances that he can control the pace and scope of democratization in the country.
So far, the Czechoslovaks have faced up to Soviet pressures. We know , however, that the leaders in Prague were worried late last month that the Soviets may feel obliged to intervene more forcibly in Czechoslovakia. Yesterday's news of the gathering in Moscow will surely heighten these fears.
Criza internă din Franța se agravează, iar tulburările se extind în afara Parisului. Potrivit presei, De Gaulle și-a scurtat cu o zi vizita în România ca să preia personal comanda.
The domestic crisis is getting worse as student and labor disturbances spread outside Paris. Premier Pompidou's stern public warning on Thursday has been met only with defiance. The workers in a number of key factories have joined in the struggle, calling strikes of "unlimited duration" and in some cases seizing the plants.
has it on good authority that the regular army has been alerted to move in should the reinforced police and gendarmes be unable to handle the situation.
Late press reports say De Gaulle has cut short his trip to Rumania by one day and will return to Paris today to take personal command.
De Gaulle nu cedează în fața protestelor din Franța. Unii cred că se pricepe mai bine să predice naționalismul la București decât să le propună muncitorilor un nou contract social.
In the face of growing protests throughout the country, De Gaulle is sticking to his guns. He apparently does not plan, at least for now, to replace those cabinet ministers who are being roundly criticized for their handling of student and labor unrest.
Gaullist leaders in the National Assembly are confident that the Pompidou cabinet will survive the censure motion being voted on today or tomorrow.
There is speculation that De Gaulle may be thinking of putting his money where his mouth is by calling a popular referendum. He would certainly think twice about this, however, given the demonstrated depth of opposition to his economic and social policies.
the government, confronted with the unforeseen events of recent weeks, is punchy and no longer acting as a government. All depends on De Gaulle. He can save the situation, but some believe that he is better at handling the generals' revolt, acting against American hegemony, and preaching nationalism in Bucharest than he is at proposing a new social contract to the nation's workers.
Arme est-europene livrate Vietnamului de Nord apar în Vietnamul de Sud: forțele americane capturează, între altele, aruncătoare antitanc românești și bulgărești, fabricate chiar și în 1967.
Bloc Arms: East European arms delivered to North Vietnam are showing up in South Vietnam. Rumanian and Bulgarian antitank bazookas, Bulgarian recoilless rifles, and Polish assault rifles are being captured by US forces. The bazookas and assault rifles captured were manufactured as recently as 1967.
Le Thanh Nghi, emisarul economic al Hanoiului, a ajuns la București în turneul est-european în căutare de ajutor. Probabil vor fi semnate acorduri asemănătoare celor cu Ungaria, Bulgaria și Polonia.
Le Thanh Nghi, Hanoi's traveling economic emissary, continues his aid-seeking swing through Eastern Europe. Agreements on aid for 1969 now have been signed with Hungary, Bulgaria, and Poland. The pact with Poland, signed on 8 June, in addition to covering the usual manufactured goods and equipment, states that "installations for complete plants" will be supplied. This may refer to the Polish effort to provide miscellaneous small factories, a program which has been dormant during the bombing of areas in North Vietnam where industrialization was taking place. During the past two years, large numbers of North Vietnamese have continued to undergo technical training in Poland and other East European countries.
After his stop in Poland, Nghi traveled on to Bucharest, where agreements similar to those reached with the other East European countries will probably be signed in the next few days.
România a anunțat, pe lângă acordurile obișnuite de ajutor nerambursabil pentru Vietnamul de Nord, anularea unor plăți datorate din credite mai vechi. Bucureștiul e prima capitală comunistă care șterge datorii.
Nghi's aid-seeking mission has moved on from Rumania to Czechoslovakia. In addition to standard pacts on supplementary "nonrefundable" aid for 1968 and "nonrefundable" aid for 1969, Rumania announced it had cancelled payments of "certain sums" due under previous credits extended to North Vietnam. Bucharest is the first Communist capital to cancel debts, although none of Hanoi's aid suppliers expects to be paid. Since 1967 most Communist countries have described their aid as "nonrefundable."
Nghi has now concluded agreements for East European assistance in the coming year with Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, and Rumania.
A Czech transport delegation signed an agreement in Hanoi on 12 June to help restore North Vietnam's transport network free of charge. The Czechs will supply rails and "framework"--presumably iron and steel structures--for rail and highway bridges.
Comitetul Central al partidului sovietic a fost convocat în grabă la Moscova, în timp ce Praga rămâne pe poziții. Iugoslavii și românii continuă să-i susțină deschis pe cehi.
members of the Soviet party's Central Committee have been summoned to Moscow for a meeting today. The apparent haste in calling the gathering suggests that exceptionally important matters are to be considered. At the least, Brezhnev would have the opportunity to report on last weekend's Warsaw meeting and to obtain a committee resolution that could serve as another element of pressure on the Czechs.
Prague meanwhile is standing its ground. In an outspoken press conference on 15 July, Dubcek's man in charge of security and defense pointedly suggested that changes be made in the Warsaw Pact organization in order to emphasize the equality of Pact members. The Czech party leadership met yesterday to prepare a reply to the still unpublished letter sent to them by the five Warsaw conferees.
A top Czech party spokesman has said that the French and Italian Communist parties have urged the Soviets not to intervene in Czech affairs. The British and Belgian parties apparently have taken a similar line. The Yugoslavs and Rumanians are continuing to give vocal support to the Czechs.
Comuniștii europeni sunt mai dezbinați ca oricând în privința Cehoslovaciei. Tito ar sosi azi la Praga în sprijinul lui Dubček, iar Ceaușescu ar putea veni cam în același timp.
The split among European Communists over Czechoslovakia is sharper than ever. The French Communist Party, badly shaken over the prospect of heavier Soviet intervention, is now calling for a European Communist conference to take up the Czech problem. Several parties have already responded favorably.
There are reports that Tito will arrive in Prague today to give his support to Dubcek. Rumania's Ceausescu may arrive at about the same time.
The letter sent to the Czechs by the participants of the Soviet-sponsored meeting in Warsaw has now been published. It demands that the Czechs get their party back into orthodox line, but there is still no mention of what action will be taken if this is not done.
The meeting of the Soviet central committee yesterday was evidently called essentially to endorse the Warsaw letter.
Cehii nu vor să cedeze în niciun punct important. Potrivit agenției cehe de presă, Tito, Ceaușescu și reprezentanți ai partidelor comuniste francez și italian sosesc azi la Praga.
Prague is sticking to its guns. The Czechs, in Dubcek's TV address yesterday and in a statement earlier in the day from the party presidium, made it clear in calm, measured tones that they do not plan to yield on any of the important points at issue. This stand presumably will get the endorsement of the party's central committee at its meeting today. The regime has already received a flood of protestations of support from around the country.
Tito, Rumanian party chief Ceausescu, and representatives of the French and Italian Communist parties will be arriving in Prague today, according to the Czech press agency.
Moscow has not yet had time to react to the latest statements from Prague, and we do not expect a considered reply until after the Czech central committee makes known its position today. Meanwhile, Soviet media are keeping up the flow of critical propaganda.
There still has been no substantial change in the Soviet military posture in and around Czechoslovakia.
Liberation Front Sending Out More Representatives:
Hanoiul a anunțat că Frontul de Eliberare a numit trimiși în Albania, Bulgaria și România. Frontul are astfel un reprezentant cvasidiplomatic acreditat în fiecare țară comunistă.
Hanoi's international service announced in English on Sunday that the Liberation Front had named envoys to Albania, Bulgaria, and Rumania, and had accredited its man in Moscow to Mongolia. With these appointments, the Front has a quasi-diplomatic representative accredited to every Communist country.
Ulbricht a făcut o vizită cât mai scurtă în Cehoslovacia, unde oamenii l-au urmărit cu strigăte de „Trăiască Dubček!”. Un oaspete mai agreabil, Ceaușescu, e așteptat joi la Praga.
Ulbricht made yesterday's trip to Czechoslovakia as short as possible, but much of it must have been painful to him even so. He ventured only as far as a Czech spa 12 miles from his East German sanctuary. His plane was met by a small, silent crowd. ("One person forgot himself and clapped," noted a US Embassy officer.) The people in town followed him with cries of "Long live Dubcek!" Dubcek and his lieutenants went out of their way to make sure Ulbricht was aware of the enthusiastic support the Czechs have been giving their leaders.
The East German and Czech delegations talked for seven hours yesterday, but we cannot conceive that they have anything useful to say to each other.
Ulbricht goes home today. A more congenial guest, Rumania's Ceausescu, is due in Prague on Thursday.
Diplomați români de la Bonn și Washington se tem de o invazie sovietică. Ceaușescu ar fi anunțat mobilizarea deplină, la o zi după înființarea unor gărzi înarmate pentru apărarea independenței.
Rumanian Embassy officials in Bonn and Washington have expressed fears of a possible Soviet invasion of their country. Ceausescu is reported to have announced yesterday that "we are now in a state of full mobilization." The previous day he announced the establishment of "armed guards of workers, peasants, and intellectuals" to defend national independence.
În română
Funcționari ai ambasadelor României la Bonn și la Washington și-au exprimat temerea că țara lor ar putea fi invadată de sovietici. Ceaușescu ar fi anunțat ieri că «ne aflăm acum în stare de mobilizare totală». Cu o zi înainte anunțase înființarea unor «gărzi înarmate de muncitori, țărani și intelectuali» pentru apărarea independenței naționale.
Invazia Cehoslovaciei a stricat grav relațiile dintre regimurile comuniste independente și cele ortodoxe. Ceaușescu, atacat nominal pentru prima oară de presa sovietică și ungară, s-a întâlnit sâmbătă cu Tito.
Relations between Eastern Europe's independent-minded and orthodox Communist regimes have been severely damaged by the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Tito told Ambassador Elbrick on 23 August that Yugoslav-Soviet relations from now on would be devoid of the trust and confidence that had been slowly building up.
Rumanian leader Ceausescu has for the first time been attacked by name by the Soviet and Hungarian press. Mostly low-level Soviet bloc types showed up for Rumanian National Day celebrations at various diplomatic posts last Friday.
Tito and Ceausescu met Saturday at a Yugoslav border town, presumably to coordinate contingency plans concerning the Czech crisis. They will probably not risk provoking the Soviets by overdramatizing their position. Rumanian Premier Maurer does not see any "immediate" danger of Soviet armed intervention. There is, in fact, still no hard evidence that the Soviets intend to carry their intervention in Eastern Europe beyond Czechoslovakia.
În română
Relațiile dintre regimurile comuniste independente și cele ortodoxe din Europa de Est au fost grav afectate de invadarea Cehoslovaciei. Tito i-a spus ambasadorului Elbrick, la 23 august, că relațiile iugoslavo-sovietice vor fi de acum lipsite de încrederea care se clădise încet între cele două țări.
Conducătorul român Ceaușescu a fost atacat pentru prima dată pe nume de presa sovietică și de cea ungară. La recepțiile de ziua națională a României date vinerea trecută la diferite misiuni diplomatice au venit, din blocul sovietic, mai ales funcționari de rang mic.
Tito și Ceaușescu s-au întâlnit sâmbătă într-un oraș iugoslav de graniță, probabil ca să-și coordoneze planurile pentru felul în care ar putea evolua criza cehoslovacă. Probabil că nu vor risca să-i provoace pe sovietici dramatizându-și excesiv poziția. Premierul român Maurer nu vede niciun pericol «imediat» de intervenție armată sovietică. De fapt, nu există încă nicio dovadă solidă că sovieticii intenționează să-și ducă intervenția din Europa de Est dincolo de Cehoslovacia.
Atmosfera de la București e mai destinsă decât la sfârșitul săptămânii, când forțele armate române au părut să fie într-o stare inițială de alertă. Restul nu a fost publicat.
The atmosphere in Bucharest is more relaxed than over the weekend, when Rumanian armed forces appeared to be in an initial state of alert.
În română
Atmosfera de la București este mai destinsă decât în weekend, când forțele armate române păreau să fie într-o primă stare de alertă.
Unele forțe sovietice s-ar deplasa spre granița României, începutul frazei fiind încă secret. E prea devreme de spus dacă e tactică de presiune sau intenția de a intra în țară.
the movement of some Soviet forces toward the Rumanian border. It is too early to say whether this is meant as a pressure tactic or in fact indicates an intent to move into the country.
În română
deplasarea unor forțe sovietice spre granița României. Este prea devreme pentru a spune dacă e vorba de o tactică de presiune sau dacă arată, de fapt, intenția de a intra în țară.
Situația e neschimbată, fără mișcări militare sovietice sau bulgare neobișnuite, iar Bucureștiul e calm. Nimic nu confirmă deocamdată știrea Associated Press că Ceaușescu le-ar fi propus sovieticilor concesii.
The situation remains unchanged with no abnormal Soviet or Bulgarian military moves Bucharest is calm. Yesterday Associated Press carried a story alleging that Ceausescu had proposed a series of concessions to the Soviets including a formal declaration of loyalty to the Warsaw Pact and increased trade with Eastern Europe. We have seen nothing as yet to confirm it.
Moscow has not reacted publicly to the President's statement. The Polish party paper, however, said yesterday any suggestion that further intervention in Eastern Europe might be contemplated was "completely fabricated."
În română
Situația rămâne neschimbată, fără mișcări militare sovietice sau bulgare ieșite din comun Bucureștiul este calm. Associated Press a transmis ieri o știre potrivit căreia Ceaușescu le-ar fi propus sovieticilor o serie de concesii, între care o declarație oficială de loialitate față de Tratatul de la Varșovia și creșterea comerțului cu Europa de Est. Până acum nu s-a văzut nimic care să o confirme.
Moscova nu a reacționat public la declarația președintelui. Ziarul partidului polonez a scris însă ieri că orice sugestie că s-ar putea avea în vedere o nouă intervenție în Europa de Est este «complet fabricată».
Situația e liniștită: nu s-au găsit dovezi ale unor concentrări de trupe lângă granița României. Prin ultimul lor comentariu prudent despre Cehoslovacia, românii par să evite să-i provoace pe sovietici.
The situation is quiet. have not been able to find any evidence of troop concentrations near the Rumanian border. Military activity in northeast Bulgaria is limited to a training exercise. The Rumanians, with their most recent careful commentary on Czechoslovakia, seem to be trying to avoid provoking the Soviets.
În română
Situația este liniștită. nu au reușit să găsească vreo dovadă a unor concentrări de trupe lângă granița României. Activitatea militară din nord-estul Bulgariei se limitează la un exercițiu de instrucție. Prin cel mai recent comentariu al lor despre Cehoslovacia, unul prudent, românii par să încerce să nu-i provoace pe sovietici.
Tensiunile din Cehoslovacia continuă să scadă încet. Nimic nu arată deocamdată că sovieticii sau aliații lor se pregătesc să acționeze împotriva României sau a Iugoslaviei.
Tensions in Czechoslovakia continue to subside slowly. The press reports that some Polish, Hungarian, and Bulgarian troops have left for home. Soviet soldiers have withdrawn from some important buildings in Prague.
Deputy Premier Sik, a liberal who has long been anathema to Moscow, resigned yesterday shortly after being vilified in Izvestia. Izvestia also criticized Foreign Minister Hajek in terms which suggest it expects him to follow suit.
There is still no indication that the Soviets or their associates are getting ready to move against Rumania or Yugoslavia.
În română
Tensiunile din Cehoslovacia continuă să scadă încet. Presa relatează că o parte din trupele poloneze, ungare și bulgare au plecat spre casă. Soldații sovietici s-au retras din câteva clădiri importante din Praga.
Vicepremierul Šik, un liberal de mult timp nesuferit Moscovei, a demisionat ieri, la scurt timp după ce fusese defăimat în Izvestia. Izvestia l-a criticat și pe ministrul de externe Hájek, în termeni care sugerează că se așteaptă ca și el să facă la fel.
Nu există în continuare niciun indiciu că sovieticii sau asociații lor se pregătesc să acționeze împotriva României sau a Iugoslaviei.
După nouă zile de pauză, Pravda a reluat miercuri atacurile presei sovietice la adresa României. Pe plan militar nu e nimic nou, iar trupele române și iugoslave rămân în alertă.
The nine-day truce in Soviet press attacks on Rumania was broken Wednesday when Pravda let it be known Moscow is still displeased with Bucharest's criticism. There are no new military developments relating to Rumania, however. The Bulgarians continue a military exercise; Yugoslav and Rumanian troops remain on alert.
În română
Pauza de nouă zile în atacurile presei sovietice la adresa României s-a încheiat miercuri, când Pravda a dat de înțeles că Moscova este în continuare nemulțumită de criticile Bucureștiului. Nu există însă evoluții militare noi în legătură cu România. Bulgarii își continuă exercițiul militar; trupele iugoslave și române rămân în alertă.
Ministrul de externe Mănescu i-a spus ambasadorului Davis că „pericolul nu a trecut complet” și că liderii români văd în declarația lui Johnson din 30 august un efect de „răcire”.
During a recent talk with Ambassador Davis, Foreign Minister Manescu said the "danger is not entirely over," but his remarks and manner suggested a calmer view of the situation. Manescu stressed the point that Rumania's leaders considered President Johnson's 30 August statement as having had a "cooling" effect on a dangerous trend.
The Bulgarian military exercise near the Rumanian border ended last Friday. Rumania and Yugoslavia, however, apparently have not reduced the alert status of their armed forces.
În română
Într-o discuție recentă cu ambasadorul Davis, ministrul de externe Mănescu a spus că «pericolul nu a trecut cu totul», dar cuvintele și atitudinea lui sugerau că privește situația mai calm. Mănescu a ținut să sublinieze că, în opinia conducătorilor României, declarația din 30 august a președintelui Johnson a avut un efect «de calmare» asupra unei evoluții periculoase.
Exercițiul militar bulgar de lângă granița României s-a încheiat vinerea trecută. România și Iugoslavia nu par însă să fi redus starea de alertă a forțelor lor armate.
Vizita la Sofia a comandantului forțelor Tratatului de la Varșovia va stârni probabil neliniște în România, Iugoslavia și Austria. Românii ar putea fi presați să accepte manevre comune pe teritoriul lor.
The Warsaw Pact commander, Soviet Marshal Yakubovsky, arrived in Sofia Thursday ostensibly to discuss the strengthening of the pact with Bulgarian officials. The visit will probably cause nail-biting in Rumania, Yugoslavia, and even in Austria, but there is no evidence that the Soviets are about to take any military action.
The Rumanians may, however, come under greater pressure in the near future to fulfill their obligations under the Warsaw Pact, perhaps even to permit joint maneuvers to take place on their territory.
Meanwhile, the Soviet propaganda machine keeps grinding away at Berlin and West Germany.
Fotografii din satelit de la mijlocul lui septembrie arată că o armată din Districtul Militar Odesa, aproape de granița României, a fost mobilizată. Restul nu a fost publicat.
Satellite photography of mid-September shows that an army in the Odessa Military District, near the Rumanian border, has been mobilized. At least one of the army's three divisions has been brought to full combat strength and deployed to a training area near its home garrison. Signs of mobilization were also apparent at other places in the district.
În română
Fotografii din satelit de la mijlocul lui septembrie arată că o armată din Regiunea militară Odesa, aproape de granița României, a fost mobilizată. Cel puțin una dintre cele trei divizii ale armatei a fost completată până la efectivul de luptă și dislocată într-o zonă de instrucție din apropierea garnizoanei sale. Semne de mobilizare se vedeau și în alte locuri din regiune.
Ministrul austriac de externe Waldheim i-a spus ambasadorului MacArthur că guvernul respinge „părerile alarmiste” ale unor militari, potrivit cărora sovieticii vor invada probabil România, Iugoslavia și Austria în săptămânile următoare.
Austrian Foreign Minister Waldheim has told Ambassador MacArthur that he and his cabinet strongly disagree with certain "alarmist views of some of the Austrian military establishment" that Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Austria will probably be invaded by the Soviets in the next few weeks.
Românii par să se obișnuiască cu forțele sovietice mobilizate lângă graniță și nu-i mai critică pe cei cinci de la Varșovia. Liderii lor amintesc totuși periodic că amenințarea Moscovei există.
The Rumanians may be learning to live with the Soviet forces mobilized near their border. Sharp anti-Soviet polemics issued from Bucharest immediately after the invasion of Czechoslovakia, but having gotten on record, the Rumanians have since refrained from criticism of the Warsaw Five. Some Rumanian officials have remarked that as each day passed they were becoming less apprehensive.
At the same time, Rumanian leaders periodically put out explicit reminders that the threat from Moscow still exists. This obviously is true, but Bucharest would not be above emphasizing the threat as a way of using the crisis in the Communist world to advance its own interests. The Rumanians may in fact believe that focusing world attention on the danger of Soviet intervention is a good way of keeping the Soviets from moving in.
Mareșalul Iakubovski, șeful forțelor Tratatului de la Varșovia, și-a încheiat turneul est-european cu vizite scurte la Praga și București. La Praga a discutat poate condițiile retragerii unor trupe de ocupație.
Marshal Yakubovsky, the chief of the Warsaw Pact forces who has been making the rounds of Eastern Europe in recent days, finished his tour yesterday with quick visits to Prague and Bucharest. In Prague he may have discussed terms for the withdrawal of some of the occupying forces and perhaps the outline of a status-of-forces agreement as well.
Comuniștii vietnamezi construiesc imaginea Frontului Național de Eliberare ca entitate politică și îi extind reprezentarea diplomatică. În august au fost deschise misiuni ale Frontului în Albania, Bulgaria, Mongolia și România.
The Vietnamese Communists are steadily building their case for presenting the National Liberation Front as a functioning political entity with some of the trappings of a legitimate government. Growing Communist claims about the extent of the Front's "governing" role in South Vietnam have been accompanied by an accelerated effort to expand the Front's diplomatic representation. In the past two months the Communists have implemented or moved to implement virtually all the agreements they have been able to obtain for setting up permanent Front missions abroad.
Last August, Front missions were set up almost simultaneously in Albania, Bulgaria, Mongolia, and Rumania--the only Communist countries where Front offices had not been established previously. Last week two representatives arrived in Paris to head up a new Front office there, and this week two other officials arrived in Stockholm to open a similar mission in Sweden.
The Communists appear to be marshaling all the assets they can to enhance the status of the Front and to be ready to put it forward as a principal party to negotiations involving South Vietnam.
Bucureștiul a acceptat, se pare, în principiu manevre comune cu sovieticii în România anul viitor, dar vrea un acord oficial între guverne despre numărul trupelor și datele intrării și plecării.
Rumanian authorities have evidently accepted in principle a Soviet proposal to hold joint maneuvers in Rumania sometime next year. Bucharest is obviously worried about this kind of involvement and says it will demand a formal government-to-government accord spelling out the number of Soviet troops and when they will enter and leave. This is hardly adequate insurance.
The Rumanians and the Soviets continue to cooperate on some military matters.
Miniștrii apărării din toate statele Tratatului de la Varșovia, inclusiv Cehoslovacia și România, s-au reunit la Moscova. Nu se știe ce au discutat, dar comunicatul vorbește despre „identitate de vederi”.
Defense ministers from all the Warsaw Pact states, including Czechoslovakia and Rumania, met in Moscow on Tuesday and Wednesday. We do not know what they discussed, but their press release says they achieved an "identity of views." Whatever the substance of the talks, the Soviets doubtless regard this show of unity as a political plus.
We do not at the moment have any good sign of a link between the military caucus and a meeting of the Soviet party Central Committee which was also in progress in Moscow yesterday. The party people were said to be talking mainly about Soviet agricultural policy and, while this may be true, there was bound to be discussion of the Czechoslovak problem as well.
România pare presată din nou de Moscova să permită curând exerciții ale Tratatului de la Varșovia în țară, lucru negat de români. Serviciile americane de informații consideră improbabilă o invazie.
Rumania appears to be coming under renewed pressure from Moscow to permit early Warsaw Pact military exercises on its soil. The Rumanians themselves have denied this, though they acknowledged that Warsaw Pact staff officers have been meeting in Rumania to plan a "future" exercise. Intensive efforts by the US and NATO intelligence apparatuses have been focused on the matter, producing fragmentary indications of unusual military activity by various Warsaw Pact forces, but nothing like what we would expect to see if major joint exercises--or an outright invasion of Rumania--were imminent. A special Watch Committee meeting of the United States Intelligence Board last night reviewed the evidence then available and concluded that:
--An invasion is unlikely, though the necessary military deployments could be carried out without our observing them.
--A Warsaw Pact exercise with Rumanian participation is equally unlikely, since there have been no preparations by Rumania for such an exercise.
--Warsaw Pact exercises in areas adjacent to Rumania look like the best explanation of what has been seen so far. The purpose of such activity might be to coerce the Rumanians into scheduling a major joint exercise in Rumania in the near future and, possibly, into agreeing to the establishment of a long-term Soviet military presence there.
Situația politică și militară din Balcani rămâne liniștită, fără activitate neobișnuită în zonele de lângă România. Trupele iugoslave nu sunt în alertă, contrar unui articol din London Observer.
The political and military situation remains quiet. report no evidence of unusual military moves in Hungary and Bulgaria; no unusual activity in areas next to Rumania.
Yesterday a confused British correspondent triggered concern with a London Observer story stating Yugoslav troops had gone on emergency alert because of an impending showdown with the Russians. Yugoslav troops are not on alert. The correspondent apparently was mixed up over public discussion of a proposed national defense law.
Presa română a anunțat deschiderea la București, „conform planului”, a unei conferințe de stat-major a Tratatului de la Varșovia, condusă de Iakubovski. Situația militară la granițele României rămâne normală.
Bucharest's newspapers and radio-broadcasts this morning announced the opening "according to plan" of a Warsaw Pact staff officers' conference in the city under the direction of pact commander Yakubovsky. Though billed as an annual consultation on "problems related to combat training," the conference underscores Rumania's obligations to the pact. The military situation on Rumania's borders remains normal.
Ceaușescu a ripostat public la presiunile Moscovei și ale Tratatului de la Varșovia. În două discursuri a apărat drepturile României împotriva ideilor „supranaționale” din Tratat și din CAER.
Ceausescu has struck back publicly against the pressures Moscow and the Warsaw Pact powers have been putting on Rumania. Even as senior Pact officers were meeting in Bucharest, Ceausescu in two published speeches stoutly defended Rumania's political and economic rights against the "supra-national" concepts of the Warsaw Pact and the Council for Economic Mutual Assistance.
In almost belligerent terms, he spelled out Rumania's interpretation of its responsibilities and rights under the Warsaw Pact, refused to go along with any tightening of East European economic integration, and implicitly rejected the Soviet-proclaimed right of intervention to preserve the status quo in socialist states.
Meanwhile, Rumanian officials are being wrung through the rumor mill, and some of the wilder reports they have heard suggest that Moscow's disinformation specialists are doing the cranking. Among their genuine concerns is the possibility that Soviet troops will remain in their country after the projected joint exercises, and they are doing their best to determine the circumstances under which this might occur.
Se plănuiește o reuniune la vârf a Tratatului de la Varșovia pentru a stabili detaliile exercițiilor militare din România de anul viitor, potrivit prim-adjunctului ministrului român de externe.
A Pact summit meeting is planned to settle details of military exercises to be held in Rumania next year. The Rumanian first deputy foreign minister who passed on this information said Pact staff officers reached no decisions on maneuvers when they met recently in Bucharest. No firm date has been set for the summit, although it may be soon.
The Rumanians have been sticky about the whole subject of maneuvers on their territory, and, while their leverage is not great, this may explain why the question has to be handled by chiefs of state. We anticipate the Pact leaders would also use this meeting as a forum from which to answer recent NATO statements on Eastern Europe.
Statele est-europene vor să se înțeleagă între ele și după invazia Cehoslovaciei. Un exemplu clasic e vizita oficială de împăcare începută ieri în RDG de ministrul român de externe.
All the states in Eastern Europe still want to get along with each other, notwithstanding the differences which crystallized after the invasion of Czechoslovakia. In a classic example of this instinct, the Rumanian foreign minister turned up yesterday in East Germany on a fence-mending official visit.
International Conference on Vietnam Off to Slow Start in Sweden:
Potrivit presei, reuniunea despre Vietnam de la Stockholm a atras abia jumătate din cei 300 de delegați așteptați. La conferința de presă a apărut reprezentantul Frontului de Eliberare în România.
Press reports from Stockholm indicate the international conference, "Vietnam 1969--International Mobilization," sponsored by the Swedish Vietnam Committee and scheduled to run from 13-15 December, has attracted only about half the 300 delegates originally expected. Principal figures at the kickoff press conference on 12 December, at which nothing of significance developed, were the North Vietnamese Minister of Culture and the National Liberation Front representative in Rumania. The Swedish press has tended to ignore the meeting thus far. One of the major problems faced by the conference organizers is the continuing disagreement on tactics among various radical left and Vietnam peace groups in Stockholm.
Junta din Peru a stabilit de curând relații cu România și a anunțat că vrea legături diplomatice cu Iugoslavia. Începutul paragrafului nu a fost publicat.
The junta in Peru has recently established relations with Rumania and has announced its intention to open diplomatic ties with Yugoslavia. Lima has commercial relations with Czechoslovakia and has proposed reopening diplomatic contacts with Prague and Warsaw.
