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of being democratic in the Western sense of the term, are
nominally members of these "front" governments. In both
cases, however, they are represented not by their recognized
leaders but by "dissidents" their role is in no way
commensurate with their probable popular strength, and
they are moreover under constant attack by the Communists
The former "bourgeois" parties are represented in a lesser
degree and enjoy relatively limited popular support within
the two countries. In the case of Rumania, a number of
important elements which formerly played an important role
in supporting the pro-Fascist policies of King Carol or
of Marshal Antonescu, such as the Tatarescu Liberals and
certain remnants of the Iron Guard Legionnaires, today
occupy posts within the government.
In both Rumani a and Bulgaria there are noteworthy
similarities in the use which the Soviet Government has
made of the local Communist parties. In both cases it
has relied on the Communist organizations developed before
the recent World War, headed by Ana Pauker in Rumani a and
by Georgi Dimitrov in Bulgaria. In both countries the
Communists restricted themselves to seizing certain key
posts through which they have succeeded in dominating the
whole government. Of these the most important are the
Ministry of Interior, which controls the police, and the
Ministry of Justice. In other ministries, and in particular
the Ministry of War, they have found it possible to exert
influence by the appointment of key officers on the second
level who are either Communists or are at least amenable
to their point of view. In bo th Rumania and Bulgaria the
activities of the Communist Party are directed from Moscow
and all the Communist Ministers have at one time or another
during the past year visited the Russian capital for
conferences with the Soviet authorities. It is also be-
lieved on good vidence that direct telephone communication
with Moscow is maintained by these governments at all times.
The influence of the local Communist parties is, in fact,
such that they serve as a check on official Soviet military
and diplomatic representatives in Rumania and Bulgaria
and have thus far succeeded in forestalling any efforts
which the latter may have made to further Soviet policy by
dealing with persons not under Communist control. While
the Soviet Government has thus succeeded in exercising a
very direct and constant influence in the internal affairs
of the two countries, its policy of exerting its authority
through
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