Word: bucharest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Premier had planned to address the country from Scala Hall, a Bucharest movie house. But 1,000 N.D.F. strong-arm men, he said, had barred his entry, shouted: "Down with General Radescu...
...Premier found another hall for his speech. But all Bucharest printers were ordered by their trade union not to print it. Premier Radescu ordered the Government censor "to censor nothing whatever in . . . the papers enjoying the trade union's support, even if they were to print insults addressed to me." He added: "I do not care to stay in the position I am now holding if the country does not wish it." This seemed to suit the N.D.F.'s apparent purpose: to force out Radescu, force in a leftist Government...
Unrest in Rumania. In Rumania, Radio Bucharest suddenly went on the air with an unexplained warning: "[On] all elements in the population and administration that cause incidents with members of the United Nations forces [the Red Army] . . . the most severe penalties will be imposed." Radio Bucharest flashed another message: "Premier Constantin Sanatescu and his entire Cabinet have resigned." No details were given...
Shots at Shadows. The Russians imposed a curfew on Bucharest and a vigorous blackout. After 9 o'clock nobody was allowed on the streets. Russian patrols roamed the city all night long. They were not used to peaceful cities ; they only knew ruined cities in which every shadow might be an enemy. They shot at shadows, even at one another...
Sober-minded Rumanians and neutral observers in Bucharest realize that the policy of the Red Army does not represent the policy of Moscow. But they have grave worries which go deeper than blind pessimism...