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Faced with a hastily accomplished fact, Washington and London did not demand the immediate resignations of non-Communist Premier Peter Groza and his "National Front" Cabinet. Instead, the tests of Yalta were: 1) the Groza Government's future behavior; 2) the Kremlin's immediate willingness to talk things over with the U.S. and Britain. And the Kremlin was willing...
...week's end, Stalin himself gave the Groza Government a potent shot in the arm. He announced that "the Soviet Government has decided to satisfy the petition of the Rumanian Government" and let the Rumanians take over Transylvania, which Hitler gave to Hungary...
...hours of Vishinsky's arrival, Premier Radescu resigned. Young King Mihai tried a surprise move: he appointed elegant, 71-year-old Prince Barbu Stirbey, lover of the late Queen Marie of Rumania, to form a new Government. When Stirbey's attempt failed, Mihai appointed Dr. Peter Groza, aggressive leader of the troublemaking Democratic National Front - a thickset, moonfaced Transylvanian in the early 60s, whose large inherited land holdings qualified him to head the Ploughmen's Front. Until last year Groza was a small-time Balkan politician who made headlines when two angry landlords beat...