LBJ National Security Country Files - Romania

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Folder 6 (53 documents) - January - November 1964 

Memos and communiques with biographic descriptions of US ambassadors to Romania, discussions of Romania joining the World Bank, and possible sales of a nuclear reactor to Romania. Documents on trade relations and joint development projects, East-West trade reactions, Romanian tensions with the USSR, and its independent stance at the UN conference on economic development. 

 

Folder 7 (48 documents)  - January - May 1964

Documents on Romania's efforts to establish political and economic autonomy, develop trade with the US, and act as a mediator between the Soviet Union and China. Documents on the Romanian desire to purchase industrial plants from the US, especially synthetic rubber plants and a nuclear power station. Documents on the Romanian state's use of anti-Soviet rhetoric to mobilize its population. Information on the high-profile visit of an American businessman to discuss Romanian industrial projects. US concern about the Romanian re-export of US wheat and technologies to the USSR. Domestic moves toward “de-Russification.” 

 

Folder 8 (5 documents) April - May 1964

State Department memos with details and analysis of Romania's interest in purchasing a nuclear reactor from the US, along with associated political and economic issues. Import-export bank memos on credits for Romania for agricultural and industrial products from the US.

 

Note: Folder 9 (33 documents) April-November 1965

Documents related to the death and funeral of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (Romanian Communist head of state from 1947 to 1965), the visit of a delegation of US senators on a foreign policy mission, and a Firestone contract with Romania. Documents related to Romania pursuing an independent course in relation to the USSR, and discussion of Romania’s independent stance on the Vietnam War. 

 

Folder 10 (87 documents) September 1964 - June 1966

CIA intelligence on Romanian visit to Vietnam, USSR and Chinese meetings in Romania. Press releases on the new ambassador to Romania. Memos on trade negotiations, exchanges, US credit guarantees, US export of petroleum processing equipment to Romania, and the Firestone deal. Romanian reactions to the ousting of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. CIA special report on the post-Khrushchev world.