Nicolae Ceausescu and the Army. Dissidence and Military Opposition. 1965 – 1989 (II)*
Despite all this, the Western media (BBC, The Times and Süddentsche Zeitung) on 7 February 1983 mentioned rumours of a failed military coup against Nicolae Ceausescu which had allegedly taken place at the end of January 1983. “At the beginning of 1983, at a time, therefore, when the Romanian leadership, after the death of Brezhnev, was under increasing pressure from the Moscow leadership, serious reproaches against the defence policy of Ceaușescu could be heard at a conference of the commanders even in the presence of the head of state and of the party”[1, p. 71 – 72], wrote analyst Anneli Ute...
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