Romania and the Warsaw Pact, 1955-89
3-6 October 2002, Bucharest, Romania
This conference marked the first major opening of archival records on a variety of cold war -related subjects in the Romanian Foreign Ministry Archives, the National Archives of Romania (which house the communist party records), and the Romanian military archives. The Cold War International History Project (CWIHP) and its partners are planning to publish new documentation in forthcoming issues of the CWIHP Bulletin and website. The Conference is organized by General Mihail Ionescu, the PHP, and the CWIHP.
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Program
| October 3, 2002 |
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Opening remarks – Byzantine Hall, National Military Club
- Message from IOAN PASCU, Minister of National Defense
- Message from GEORGE CHRISTIAN MAIOR, the State Secretary and Chief of the Department for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defense Policy
- Prof. Dr. VOJTECH MASTNY, Project Coordinator, Parallel History Project on NATO and Warsaw Pact
- Prof. Dr. CHRISTIAN OSTERMANN, Director, Cold War International History Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Brig. Gen. Dr. MIHAIL E. IONESCU, Director, Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History
| October 3, 2002 |
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Official Launching of the Document Book "Romania in the Warsaw Pact, 1955-1989"
- Prof. Dr. VOJTECH MASTNY
- Prof. Dr. CHRISTIAN OSTERMANN, Official Launching of the CD_ROM "Romania within the Warsaw Pact. Ambivalence and Ambiguities, 1955-1981"
- Brig. Gen. Dr. MIHAIL E. IONESCU
- Prof. Dr. DENNIS DELETANT
| October 3, 2002 |
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Reception offered by the State Secretary and Chief of the Department for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defense Policy – Norwegian Hall, National Military Club
| October 4, 2002 |
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Round table on the “Warsaw Pact in the Romanian Archives"
Chair: Prof. Dr. VOJTECH MASTNY
Interventions of the heads of the principal Romanian Archives:
- Prof. Dr. CORNEL MIHAI LUNGU, National Archives
- Prof. Dr. DUMITRU PREDA, Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Col. Dr. ALEXANDRU OSCA, Service of Archive and Military Documentation
- Prof. Dr. GEORGHE ONISORU, Director of College for the Study of Security Archives
Discussants: Prof. Dr. CHRISTIAN OSTERMANN, Brig. Gen. Dr. MIHAIL E. IONESCU
| October 4, 2002 |
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Panel I: Romania and the Soviet Bloc in the Early Cold War (1945 – 1964)
Chairs: Brig. Gen. Dr. MIHAIL E. IONESCU
- Limits of the Romanian Deviation in the Soviet Bloc – 1958/1964 – Dr. LIVIU TIRAU, "Babes Bolyai" University, Cluj Napoca
- Military Training of the NATO Members as Observed by the Warsaw Pact – LTC. Dr. VASILE POPA, Service of Archive and Military Documentation
- Integration and Interdependence. COMECOM and Romania at the Beginning of the '60s” – Prof. Dr. MIHAI RETEGAN, University of Bucharest
- Romania’s Position Regarding the System of Crisis Management within the Warsaw Pact – Col. Dr. ALEXANDRU OSCA, Service of Archive and Military Documentation
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej - Strategies of Power and Influence Inside the Warsaw Pact – Dr. LAVINIA BETEA, "Vasile Goldis", Universitiy, Arad
Discussant: Prof. Dr. DENNIS DELETANT, MIRCEA MUNTEANU
| October 4, 2002 |
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Press Conference
| October 4, 2002 |
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Panel II: Romania and the Warsaw Pact (1964 – 1969)
Chair: Prof. Dr. IOAN SCURTU
- Bucharest – Moscow. Contradictions within the Alliance of “Equals” (1964 – 1968) – MIOARA ANTON, Institute of History “Nicolae Iorga”
- Romania and the Warsaw Pact. Some Notes on a Recently Published CD-ROM – Prof. Dr. DENNIS DELETANT, University College, London
- From Behind the Secenes of the Exercise Developed by Troops of the Warsaw Pact on the Territory of the USSR, Romania and Bulgaria (October 26 – November 3, 1966) – Capt. PETRE OPRIS, Protection and Security Department
- Romania in the “Battle” of Statutes and Conventions of the Warsaw Pact (1966 – 1968) – Prof. Dr. ADRIAN POP, "EURISC" Foundation
- Dissent within the Warsaw Pact. Case Studies of Romania and Czechoslovakia – Ltc. Dr. MIHAI MACUC, Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History
Discussant: ANNA LOCHER
| October 5, 2002 |
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Panel III: Romania and the Cold War
Chair: Prof. Dr. CHRISTIAN OSTERMANN
- The Beginning of a New Relationship: Romania and United States at the Beginning of the '60s – Dr. VIRGILIU TARAU, "Babes Bolyai" University, Cluj Napoca
- Romania and the “Vietnamese Channel” (1965 – 1969) – Prof. Dr. DUMITRU PREDA, Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Development of Bulgarian – Romanian Military Cooperation within the Framework of the Warsaw Pact in the '60s – Dr. STANCHO STANCHEV & Dr. JORDAN BAEV (Bulgaria)
- Romanian – Bulgarian Divergences Related to the Reorganization of the Warsaw Pact (1966) – CONSTANTIN MORARU, National Archives
- Romanian Espionage in Western Countries in the First Decade of the Cold War. A Case Study of the Activity of a Romanian Agent in Great Britain – MARIUS OPREA, Romanian Institute of Recent History
Discussants: Prof. Dr. GHEORGHE ONISORU, PAVEL PIOTROWSKI
| October 5, 2002 |
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Panel IV: Romania and the Warsaw Pact (1969 – 1989)
Chair: Dr. CSABA BEKES
- The First Romanian Military Exercise “as Independet Army Group" and the First Misunderstandings between Romania and Soviet Union inside the Warsaw Pact (May 1965) – Col. (ret.) Dr. ALESANDRU DUTU, Service of Archive and Military Documentation
- Controversies over the Setting up of Foreign Policy Commission within the Warsaw Pact – Col. Dr. PETRE OTU, Institute for Political Studies of Defense and Military History
- Disputes Concerning the Role of Romania in the Warsaw Pact. Military and Diplomatic Perspectives – ANDREI MIROIU, National School for Political and Governmental Studies
Discussant: Prof. Dr. VOJTECH MASTNY
| October 5, 2002 |
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Closing Remarks
- Prof. Dr. VOJTECH MASTNY
- Prof. Dr. CHRISTIAN OSTERMANN
- Brig. Gen. MIHAIL E. IONESCU
