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...offhandedly. A second later, listening to the voice of the strange man on the other end of the wire, he felt a shock of mingled hope and alarm. The stranger began by suavely explaining that his name was "Costapeter," and that he was just in from Rumania. Rumanian-born Valeriu Georgescu understood instantly. He had been stranded in New York during a visit in 1947 by Communist seizure of the Rumanian oil industry, had long since been an executive of Standard Oil of New Jersey and had recently become a citizen of the U.S. But his two sons-Costa...
...diplomatic identification card. Georgescu, describing the scene later at a Washington press conference, said he noted carefully that the card was made out in the name of Cristache Zambeti, signed by Secretary of State Dean Acheson, dated Nov. 5, 1951, and bore the title: "First Secretary to the Rumanian Popular Republic Legation in Washington...
Next day he went to Washington and talked to the FBI. Last week the State Department made public the fearful little episode, declared Cristache Zambeti persona non grata and kicked him out of the U.S. The Rumanian took a plane to Europe, muttering: "A frame-up. I never saw him." The Voice of America beamed the tale to 40 countries around the world. And the Georgescus went back to New York-to wait...
Until recently, satellite shipping moved through Yugoslavia, but Tito's ships were constantly harassed by Rumanian officials at the gate. Then Tito blocked satellite traffic on the Yugoslav side. At the same time, he tested the Kremlin by inviting Rumania to set up a joint-control board...
...Nazi prison, General Radescu signed the 1944 pact switching Rumania from the Axis to the Allies, headed the first (and last) democratic, postLiberation government, was ousted after a bloodily successful Communist-led uprising in March 1945, narrowly escaped assassination and came to the U.S., where he formed a Free Rumanian committee to work for his country's liberation...