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...wife in New York. For six years-ever since being banned from their native land by its Communist government -they had not seen their two sons. For two years the letters they hopefully addressed to the children back in Rumania had gone unanswered. But when one Christache Zambeti (TIME, June 8), first secretary of the Rumanian Popular Republic Legation in Washington, offered to release the boys if their father would become a Red spy, the Georgescus stoutly and honorably refused...
...Zambeti: Poof! Do you take things that...
...Zambeti: Well, if you want to see your children, you have got to do something about...
...stranger had implied that if they forgot his visit, their children, "as far as he knew," would be no worse off than they were before. It seemed like a threat. But in the end, Georgescu decided that the only honorable hope was a desperate one-spread the story of Zambeti's infamous proposal and hope public opinion would protect the boys...
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...