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(1948) [MARC] Author: Folke Bernadotte
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and he had no other advisors in his difficult
situation. Both he and his mother were fully conscious
of the fact that almost anything could happen to
them, They knew that their days in Romania were
probably numbered and they feared that they
would not escape with their lives.

We all know what has happened since. At the
turn of the year 1948, King Michael was forced to
abdicate. The Romanian Monarchy was abolished
and, after the well-known pattern, Romania was
proclaimed ”a people’s republic” whit a one party
system, Moscow, Anna Pauker, and her
Communists triumphed.

I have also learned that even before the
abolition of the monarchy, the Romanian Red Cross was
totally communized, The old leaders were
dismissed and a Communist management was organized.
One of the consequences of this change has been
that the Romanian Red Cross in its aid activities
has helped General” Markos’ revolutionary orga-

nization in Greece.
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I noticed that after my return to Sweden from
this journey to the countries behind the Iron
Curtain I made the following note: In all the
countries I have visited this time, except Poland, the
officials have voluntarily taken up the question of
Russian influence and quite frankly expressed their
fears and their feelings. Storm clouds hang heavily
over central and eastern Europe.”

This was true of Bucharest. It was also true of
Budapest and Vienna. The day we arrived in the

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