US State Department Memorandum of Conversation between Emil Bodnăraş, Vice President, Romanian Council of State, and Harry G. Barnes, American Ambassador to Romania, US Embassy, Bucharest24 May 1974 |
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This US State Department memorandum refers to a meeting between the vice president of the Romanian Council of State Emil Bodnăraş and the US ambassador to Romania Harry Barnes. Bodnăraş argues that Romania is trying to maintain good relations with the Soviet Union despite criticism from the Soviet military leadership. Bodnăraş claims that NATO serves as a justification for the continued presence of Soviet troops in Eastern Europe. As for the situation in the Middle East, Moscow is trying to undercut US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's peacemaking efforts. Bodnăraş also makes some references to trade relations and to Romania's Most Favored Nation status. Collection: Romania and the W'Pact
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Memorandum of Conversation Origin (Agency): US State Department Language of Original Document: Romanian Number of Pages: 7 Cold War Period: 1970s Persons: Bodnăraş, Ditulescu, Barnes, Mainland, Scott, Brezhnev, Khrushchev, Andropov, Dubček, Nixon, Brandt, Kissinger, Bakdash, Barzani, Bourguiba, Ceauşescu, Mănescu, Husak, Cunhal, Gheorghiu, Jackson, Teng, Makarios, Chou, Gheorghiu-Dej, Chisinevski, Molotov, Stoica |
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Document Source: Selected US Documents on Sino-American and Romanian/Soviet Relations (1969-1974) obtained by Mircea Munteanu, CWIHP, from the National Archives, College park, Nixon NSC Box 701/703 |
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