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After a press attack in the Rumanian language Red
Army newspaper, Reuben Markham, the hard-working corres-
pondent of the Christian Science Monitor, was ordered ex-
pelled. In spite of strenuous efforts in Bucharest and
urgent representations in Moscow, the order was not
rescinded. As Frank O'Brien, the AP representative, was
due to be recalled shortly, we foresaw the time when the
American news blackout on Rumania would be complete. Of
course, this was just what the Groza Government wanted
during the pre-election period.
In personal conversations, Groza became increasingly
frank. He complained of his inability to influence Govern-
ment policy, claiming that the persons closer "to quarters
where political instructions are made decide everything".
When an employee of this Mission and another of the Mili-
tary Mission were arrested, he regretted that he could do
nothing about it, as the matter was in the hands of his
Secretary General, Mr. Bodnaras, important member of the
central committee of the Communist Party. But, as Petru
Groza was being "a good boy" in the words of Mr. Vyshinski,
the Soviets saw that he got his reward. They suggested
that the King give him a high decoration and a citation.
After some hesitation, Mihai agreed, to the consternation
of many of his closest advisers. When I asked him why he
had given the decoration, and particularly the unprecedented
citation, as he must have known it would affect adversely
his popularity, he replied that a monarch, unlike a movie
star, must not gauge his public actions by any reaction
to his popularity, but must act in the interests of his
country. In the present instance, he said, the loss of
some popularity was a small price to pay for the reduction
of political
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