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highly efficient level, through the exchange of teachers
and students, and through taking advantage of every
opportunity of letting Rumanians feel America's interest
in their country.
Thirdly, it is important to have and to hold to a
political policy towards Rumania that is positive and
clear and consistent. We should react much quicker than
we have in the past to events in Rumania of which we dis-
approve. Such reaction will give courage and strength to
the leaders of those groups who appreciate the democratic
way of life and who are representative of the majority of
the Rumanian people. This will help to create in Rumania
a strong public opinion before which opinion, the Ru-
manian Government, once there is a parliament, should be
less recalcitrant. In commercial matters we should be
just as hard as the Soviets, refusing Rumania all loans,
financial inducements, or commercial advantages until the
government functions as a representative, democratic and
independent government.
I believe if we direct our efforts along these lines
we will have a better opportunity to fulfill the commit-
ments our Government has made. Should Moscow confirm its
present line and the Groza Government continue to follow
that line, nothing from our point of view will be lost
as we will have stood by our moral principles and the
whole world will know it. The Soviet Government is sensi-
tive only to public criticism and the threat of force.
In the implementation of its policy it moves ahead rapidly
until it encounters one of these elements, then it hesi-
tates, withdraws, goes around the obstacle, or strikes
directly
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