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He had functioned as Premier as well as Foreign
Minister during the dictatorship of King Carol.
For the young King Michael, this development
had been a heavy blow. In 1944, he had, through
a coup, overturned the Fascist Antonescu
government, put an end to German influence in Romania,
and concluded an armistice with Russia. Now he
had to struggle with the increasing Communist
infiltration directed by Moscow. This struggle
seemed pretty hopeless. One could hardly be mistaken
about which way the wind was blowing.
I was first told of this situation by a leading and
well-informed Romanian. I met him at a dinner in
Bucharest, and he talked at length, openly and
extensively about the situation. He first said that
there had always existed a group opposed to the
Nazis. As early as 1936, in connection with Hitler’s
coup in the Rhineland, they had contacted first
Bulgaria and then England and France to discuss
how they could put a stop to the growing power of
Nazi Germany. Both Romania and Bulgaria had at
that time been prepared to take action, but
England and France had said no. The same thing
happened in 19838 in connection with the Munich
crisis. Then came 1940. My informant told me
that one night the then Foreign Minister had
suddenly been called on the telephone by Molotov, who
informed him categorically that Russia, which at
that time was still allied with Hitler Germany,
demanded that Romania should cede, among other
things, certain parts of Bessarabia to Russia. After
consultation with King Carol and his colleagues in
the government, Foreign Minister Tatarescu had
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