Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, The (2010)

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Did you hear?

Did you hear the charges against you?

I will only answer
before the Grand National Assembly.

Whatever your masquerade is,

I don't admit these…

It was your masquerade for 25 years.

It was your masquerade,

you brought the country
to the brink of disaster.

I don't want to.
I do not recognize this court.

Everything that was said here is false.

…provocation…

It's fake! This is our leader!

There are 3,5 million apartments.

Ten thousand factories.

"I am not guilty of these charges."

No! I didn't say anything!

I made no statement!

"I am not guilty of these charges."

-No statement.
-We're not making any!

You're not.
That's what we're taking down.

No statement!

I'm not making any…
I'm not saying another word

except before the National Assembly!

Right. "I am not guilty
of these charges."

Please write that down.

They can say whatever they want.

I'm not signing anything.

Yes.

We know the situation.

This country's disastrous situation.
And we're not the only ones.

Every single honest citizen

living and breathing

until December 22, 1989…

No, now I'm talking to the defendant,
Ceausescu Nicolae.

Who authorized
the genocide in Timisoara?

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej…

…of the Popular Republic of Romania.

Comrade Nicolae Ceausescu
has the floor.

We shall honor your memory,

dear comrade Gheorghiu

by strengthening the party's unity
and stamina

bringing the people together around
the Party and its Central Committee.

We will triple our efforts

and work with abnegation

for the unabashed accomplishment
of the general Party line.

We shall dedicate our lives

to the cause
of the people's happiness

elevating our homeland
to the highest peaks of Socialism,

We shall fight
with ever more determination

for the triumph of peace,

friendship among peoples,

the unity of the communist movement
and of workers all over the world.

Goodbye

beloved comrade and friend.

WE THANK THE PARTY FROM
THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS

FOR OUR HAPPY CHILDHOOD

LONG LIVE THE 1ST OF MAY

Let us make it a success

working for the 4th congress!

Glorious Central Committee

pride and love of our city!

On behalf of the Central Committee,

I submit the following
to the Congress:

That the Romanian Workers' Party

be henceforth called
The Romanian Communist Party.

The ongoing Congress be numbered

the 9th Congress
of the Communist Party.

If there are other opinions

on these proposals, comrades?

None.

Let's vote, then.

Who is in favor of changing
the name of our Party

to the Romanian Communist Party,
raise your hand.

Thank you.

Anyone against?

Anyone abstaining?

The Congress
has unanimously approved

changing the name
of the Romanian Workers' Party

to the Communist Party!

GLORY TO THE ROMANIAN
COMMUNIST PARTY

Our people,

free and in full control
of its destiny,

consciously building its own history,

shall dedicate its strength
and abilities

to the grand goal

of accomplishing the program
agreed by the 9th Party Congress,

further accelerating

our country's advance

toward the bright skies
of communism.

Comrades and Deputies,

the Grand National Assembly,

having fulfilled,

in this session,

its role of Constituent Assembly,

has the historic mission

of adopting our country's
fundamental law :

the Constitution of the
Socialist Republic of Romania.

Reflecting the present stage
of development of our society,

the Constitution draft,

submitted to the
Grand National Assembly

consecrates
the revolutionary advances

made by the Romanian people
in the 21 years since our liberation,

the definitive victory
of socialism in Romania!

In all that's beautiful
I just see you

You give happiness a name
when you're with me

In every song that's ever blossomed
and bore fruit

And in everything
that's new around me

In the amber of the coming dawn

And in the evening's sapphire

Darling, you're the one I see

Time grips me in its beauty dance

I'm sorry I don't have nine lives

But even if, by some miracle, I did

I know why I couldn't forget you

'Cause in all that's beautiful
I just see you…

I wish you the best
for the new year, 1966!

Europe is the continent where

the two world wars started,

shaking the world
in the first half of this century.

That is why, it is
of utmost importance

to achieve European security.

The recent Bucharest meeting

of the Political Advisory Board

of the Warsaw Treaty member states

has assessed,
based on in-depth analysis

of the state of things
on our continent,

that the conditions are met
in order to take a different approach

to the issue of European security.

Emphasizing the necessity
of incorporating

the historical realities
on our continent,

following the 2nd World w*r

and the existence
of the two German states,

socialist countries have underlined

that the European security framework

needs to include
the German issue,

including the issue
of Germany's reunification.

The Bucharest declaration

also stipulates a number of measures

in order to relieve
military tensions in Europe

among which, the abolition
of NATO's aggressive bloc

and the Warsaw Treaty alike.

Withdrawing the American troops

and other non-European troops
on our continent,

and all alien troops

within national borders.

HARVEST DAY 1966

sh**ting BEAR

This is love,

I'm singing it for the first time

And I'm never gonna forget it

No no no no

Today I'm happy

Today I'm in love

And I'm never gonna forget it

No no no no

Love comes when you least expect it

It comes alive in your heart

And you feel your heart
burst into flames

from the longing that's
taken you over…

BELOVED LEADERS OF PARTIES
WELCOME TO BUCHAREST

- Are you king Mircea?
- Yes I am!

I demand that you obey,

else your gold turns into clay.

Whether you have come to conquer
and whatever you may do,

I am offering
my peaceful welcome to you.

Soldiers, the fate of the battle
brought victory to our side,

Romanian justice is crowned,
may we wear it with pride!

LONG LIVE THE RCP!

LONG LIVE THE ROMANIAN
COMMUNIST PARTY

LONG LIVE THE ROMANIAN
COMMUNIST PARTY

Mister President, we are convinced

that your visit to Romania

signifies a landmark

in the evolution
of Romanian-French cooperation.

On a continent
mostly inhabited by Latin,

German
and Slavic peoples,

we the French have been
from the very beginning

defenders of the West
and you are "la Romania"!

Most importantly,

Romanians and French

we all want to be ourselves

that is, in the words of Eminescu,

we want the national state,

not the cosmopolitan state.

The Secretary General of the
Czech Communist Party has the floor.

Comrade Alexander Dubcek.

Representatives
of the Socialist Republic of Romania

and of the Socialist
Republic of Czechoslovakia

have signed a treaty
of friendship and mutual aid.

They say about friendship
that it's a matter of the heart.

I believe I am in no way understating
this most humane feeling

if I add that it is also
a matter of wisdom,

and when relations
between peoples are concerned,

it is also a matter
of great responsibility.

We ask you to convey
to the Romanian people

our most sincere thanks
for the friendship,

sympathy and international support
you are granting us.

We shall respond in kind.

I want once again

to thank you for welcoming me here

and for the flowers I have received.

Comrade Nicolae Ceausescu
has the floor.

Dear comrades and friends,

as you well know,
the Romanian people has saluted,

from the outset,
in full understanding

and sympathy, the ample activity

of the working people
of Czechoslovakia,

led by the Communist Party

onto a new path shaped
during the January Plenaries.

My beliefs were reinforced
by our meeting,

by your smiling eyes,

your warm welcome

to the First Secretary
of the Party's Central Committee,

who is firmly guiding the nation

toward accomplishing
the Party's program.

We wish you every success

in your efforts
toward the multilateral development

of socialist Czechoslovakia

and we take this opportunity
to assure you

of the brotherly solidarity
and support

of Romanian communists,
of the entire Romanian people.

A FRIEND IN NEED
IS A FRIEND INDEED

Please speak slowly
to allow translation.

Go ahead.

How do you envisage, how do you see

the ideological cooperation
among communist parties,

and what does
the Romanian Communist Party

consider to be necessary
for Marxist philosophy

to fluently adapt to the
circumstances of the atomic age?

Cooperation between
communist parties

must start from
the scientific notions

regarding the development
of human society,

from an analysis of social life

through the lenses of dialectic
and historical materialism,

which is the basis
of Marxist-Leninist philosophy.

And with this,
I believe I have also answered

the question about what needs
to be done in the future.

There are two questions
for comrade Ceausescu,

and one for comrade Manescu.

What is the difference

between the Bucharest declaration
on European security

and the Karlovy Vary declaration?

You have both of them. Read them
and draw your own conclusions.

Seeing how the Socialist
Republic of Romania

and the Romanian Communist Party

are the only country and party

on good terms
with all countries and parties,

including the Communist Party of China,
without any contradictions,

the question is, how can the
Romanian Communist Party…

what does it,
how does it do that?

There is no secret there,
you know.

The Romanian Communist Party
starts from the premise

that among communists
there must be cooperation,

that one party must not interfere
in other parties' business,

And that where there are
divergent points of view,

issues must be talked through
in the spirit of comradeship,

by acting together

upon what leads us
to common conclusions.

A question for comrade Manescu,

as a representative of socialis
countries in the U.N.:

what is the situation
of the socialist countries

and what are the expectations
of their activity within the U.N.?

First, I do not like to theorize

on the position
I hold in this organization.

However, just so you know,

I confess I would have
liked this question

to be addressed
to the head of our delegation.

Still, since I have permission
to answer,

I must say that the position
of the socialist states

in the United Nations Organization
is good,

and that, in general, socialism

has proven
its capacity to participate

in discussing and solving
under proper circumstances

any international issue, inevitably.

On Wednesday, a Soviet newspaper,

Krasnaia Zvezda,

has published an article
by a Polish general,

Baranowski,

which expressed his anxiety about

the consolidation of antisocialist
forces in Czechoslovakia,

and he volunteers his support

for the Czechoslovakian party,
people and government.

In the journalists' circles,
this stand is seen

as an intention or desire

to effect a military intervention
in Czechoslovakia.

Would it not be better to clarify,
within the Warsaw Treaty,

when exactly it is necessary

to provide military aid
to another country?

The treaty is very clear
on that point.

There is no need
for further clarification.

It is created to offer support
against alien attacks

by an imperialist country against
a member state of the Treaty.

The five socialist countries' invasion
into Czechoslovakia

is a big mistake

and a severe threat

to peace in Europe

and to the fate of socialism
in the world.

WE STAND BY
THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PEOPLE

There is no justification

and no reason

to accept,

for even a second,

even the idea

of a military intervention

in the internal affairs
of a kindred socialist state.

The issue

of choosing

the path to building socialism

is a choice of each party,

each state,

each people.

No one

can claim

to advise,

to direct

the manner in which
socialism is built.

We must, now and for good,

put an end to interference

in the affairs of other countries,
other parties!

It was said that the danger
of counter-revolution

loomed in Czechoslovakia.

Tomorrow, perhaps they will find people

to claim that even our meeting

displayed
counter-revolutionary tendencies.

We must answer one and all

that the Romanian people

will not allow anyone

to trespass on our land!

Ceausescu, Ceausescu…

Good?

Long live
the Romanian-American friendship!

AUTOMOBILE PLANT

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
OF THE VILLAGES 1969

WE PROTECT THE GAME AND FISH

THEY BELONG TO THE PEOPLE

LONG LIVE AUGUST 23

ROMANIA'S LIBERATION
FROM FASCIST OPPRESSION

Stop crying, baby

Forget everything

Stop crying, baby

There's no use in crying

Remember, in life

A smile drives the tears away

Forget about your pain

Don't be blue

Stop crying, baby…

WELCOME

The measures we take

in the areas of ideology,

culture and education

will surely signify a landmark

in bridging the gaps
in this field,

in improving the ideological activity

which is to contribute

to transforming
communist conscience

into a huge revolutionary force

of our society.

The theater belongs to the people,

as do the plowed fields
and the factories.

Its fruit can only be picked

by the many who crave it,

the fruit to match
the taste and needs

of the many,

not the unpredictable taste and whims

of the theater and of the few.

Socialist theater can only be
a theater of socialist society,

of a world of one faith only,

one homeland only,

one ideal of beauty,
good and truth,

the communist ideal.

That is clearly
and illuminatingly explained

in comrade Ceausescu's speech
of June the 9th,

That is what the party
and country say

through his voice.

Lately, perhaps,

those who do research

have become too closed in
inside their labs and offices,

they read a lot and too much

and yet, closed in
from everyday living practice,

they have become sterile.

This is a prompt, then,

that to rich scientific information

we add a deep understanding,

that we contribute,
through our activity,

to constructive work,

to practical work.

That is one of the main prompts.

I believe that for writers
it is imperative

that we do what
we are urged to do,

with conviction and courage,

and above all
with the openness toward truth

that must reside
in every progressive act.

In the near future,

in the transportation
and construction companies,

in our state-owned
agricultural companies

for the mechanization
of agriculture,

as well as in research
and development institutes,

we want to have specialized boards

and committees

attached to

the Workers' Committees,

also under the management

of the Party structures
of these organizations.

Thus we will have
workers' auditing councils,

committees for the organization
of production and labor,

committees for savings

and productive management,

committees for the mechanization
and automatization of production,

committees for production quality,

and for those organizations
involved in exports,

export - import committees.

Also, in the organizations that have

development and investment plans,

committees for development
and investment issues.

The workers' committees
and councils,

in full agreement
with local party structures,

will organize

if necessary,

other committees.

That's what we should have
with these so-called combines.

They should cut

The material would be cleaner
in contact with the soil…

…we should have two versions,

and both should have bales
at the back.

That helps us,
comrade Secretary General,

so we can sow
while we harvest the maize.

Sure.

So we could use this sort
of ideal machine.

It can be done, we just need
some time to think it through.

We need to consider it
in the spirit of economy.

To my mind, it's not impossible.

Sure!

For the election of the President
of our Republic,

the first President

of the Socialist Republic
of Romania,

I suggest to the Grand
National Assembly,

on behalf of the Central Committee
of the Romanian Communist Party

and the National Council
of the Socialist Unity Front,

the candidacy of the man

who gave so much
to his country and people,

to human civilization and peace,

the Secretary General of our party,
comrade Nicolae Ceausescu.

At this solemn moment
of your investiture

to the high office

of President
of the Socialist Republic of Romania,

and Supreme Commander
of the Armed Forces,

on behalf
of the Grand National Assembly

please receive the symbols
of the dignity and prestige

of state power,

of the sovereign authority
of the Romanian people,

of its will to develop
free and independent

on the path
of socialism and communism.

Comrade President, I invite you
to take the oath,

according to the Constitution.

The people of the United States

are honored by having as our guest

a great leader of a great country.

It is a great benefit
to me as president

to have a chance to consult

with a national
and international leader

like our guest today.

His influence as Romanian leader

throughout the international world

is exceptional.

From the Carpathians to the sea

The sun rises in the sky

For my beloved country

Shining like a star

The whole country sings

The springtime of our life

The song of toil and hard-work

The song of Romania

Let's give thanks

For the life we live

To our Beloved Leader

Son of this great nation

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Gogu Radulescu

ON BEHALF OF THE CENTROCOOP
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON BEHALF
OF DAMBOVITA COUNTY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Leonte Rautu

TELEORMAN RCP
COUNTY COMMITTEE

THE POPULAR
COUNTY COUNCIL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Stefan Andrei

RCP MEHEDINTI
COUNTY COMMITTEE

RCP CLUJ
COUNTY COMMITTEE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Lidia and Paul Niculescu-Mizil

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

THE WORKERS' ECONOMIC
AUDITING COUNCIL

THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

ON BEHALF OF OLT COUNTY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Manea and Maria Manescu

THE HISTORY
OF THE ROMANIANS

The Senate of the University
of Bucharest,

in its session of 24 January 1973,

is awarding
comrade Nicolae Ceausescu,

Secretary General
of the Romanian Communist Party,

President of the State Council
of the Socialist Republic of Romania,

the title of Doctor Honoris Causa
of the University of Bucharest.

The High Awards Committee

of the Socialist Republic of Romania

hereby underwrites the decision
of the University of Bucharest.

Now that I am turning 55,

with 40 years
of revolutionary activity behind me,

I can say, without false modesty,

that I have always done my duty

as a faithful soldier of the Party,

that I have relentlessly served

the cause of socialism,

the vital interests
of our people.

Ceausescu, Happy Birthday!

Ceausescu, Happy Birthday!

I…

I can only, right now,

think of my parents…

I am a faithful son of my people,

I know its pain and its wants.

The people's wish is my own:

to be stronger, happier,

free, master of its destiny,

stand prouder,
stand higher in communism.

I am a peasant's son,

I am a worker,

so I organically belong

to the two basic classes

of our socialist society.

I have become an intellectual

knowing one cannot be
a real communist,

one cannot properly fulfill

high responsibilities

without learning,

without studying

without knowing
the most valuable output

of humanity in the field
of science and culture

of knowledge, and above all,

without taking on the revolutionary
thinking of the proletariat,

the dialectic and
historical materialism,

Marxism-Leninism.

Do you remember

Kogalniceanu's words

to Cuza:

Do everything to be just

and to serve the people.

This motto needs to guide
all communists,

all those who, one way or another,

are called to weigh in
for our country.

Ceausescu, Happy Birthday!

It is the Bucharest students'
delegation.

Romania's representative

His Excellency, Mr. Nicolae Ceausescu,

President of the Socialist
Republic of Romania,

has the floor.

Mr. President,

High representatives of countries
participating in this conference,

ladies and gentlemen.

It is for the first time

that the states
of the European continent

come together for such a reunion
in order to agree

upon their future,

upon their cooperation, security,

and peace in Europe.

I would like to make reference

to some

of the illustrious speakers
before me,

noting that there are, indeed,

democracies and democracies.

How can we speak of equality,

of freedom and democracy,

in the rich states

same as in countries with a GDP

less than $100 per capita?

Accomplishing equality

means achieving
the necessary material conditions.

How can we speak in general

of an absolutization
of the so-called democratic norms

ignoring

that there are
different forms of democracy

and I dare say

that the democracy
we are building in Romania

is much more superior

to the one that some

of the previous speakers
were talking about.

So we need

to correctly inform peoples.

We need to start from the fact

that we must end

various misinformation activities

that are damaging cooperation
and security.

I am referring, among others,

to the activity
of certain radio stations

broadcasting from countries
participating in this conference

and in no way serving

the noble goals we are putting down

in the documents
to be signed today.

One might say

that by signing these documents

we are successfully ending

the first
General European Conference.

Also, we need to add that this is
merely the first stage,

important though it is,

of the fight for security and peace.

We must not create the illusion

that we can sit back safely.

The next session starts at 3 PM.

ALEXANDRA CEAUSESCU
1889 - 1977

Sing, violins, sing

Lovingly sing to him

Wish him health

Wish him luck in everything

Let the skylarks sing along

Praise Romania with their song

Sing the beauty of the land

In this paradise of man.

Comrades

Comrade President,
I would like to take the floor.

I signed up for it

- the very first day!
- Comrade Parvulescu

I don't have you on my list.

Give them to the Secretariate.

The Congress has approved

- Give it to the Secretariate.
- The Congress has approved…

I ask the Congress to allow me
to make a statement.

Right, give the floor to comrade.

Comrade Constantin Parvulescu
has the floor.

Why didn't you…

Comrades,

I was astonished

by how this Congress was prepared,

and by the Congress itself.

Comrade Ceausescu took the liberty

to set it up before the Congress,

and during the Congress
and the Conferences,

for himself to be reelected

Secretary General of the party.

That is unprecedented, comrades,

in the history of our Party

and in the history
of communist parties.

Why is Ceausescu pulling the strings

to get elected as member
of the Central Committee,

so that he'd be reelected

from among the members
of the Central Committee? Why?

Because Ceausescu is avoiding

Party control,

- He's trying to…
- That's not correct, what you said!

Why is it not correct?

- Comrade…
- Ceausescu reelected!

Ceausescu reelected
in the 12th Congress!

That's how the Congress
was set up, comrades.

There are agitators here,

from front to back.

That's not true!

Comrades,

I do not vote

to elect Ceausescu
to the board of the party!

Ceausescu reelected
in the 12th Congress!

Can I continue, comrade president?

He shouldn't have been
given the floor. He's an agitator!

Give the floor to…

Comrade Popescu-Puturi
has the floor.

Esteemed and beloved
comrade Ceausescu,

esteemed and cherished colleagues,

friends and guests.

Comrade Parvulescu Constantin,

speaking of the past
of our movement,

it was a positive thing

that the basic documents
were made public

for congresses still in preparation.

Our Party's board has always done
this in good faith

and this time, how shall I put it

it has extended the time given
to discussing the basic documents,

getting millions and millions
of people involved

in voicing their opinion.

Whoever wanted
to support the proposals

for our Secretary General

to be reelected
to lead the Party

had months at their disposal

to give their point of view.

Ceausescu reelected
in the 12th congress!

They had millions of notebooks,

millions of pencils,

hundreds of thousands
of fountain pens.

Who stopped them, in the evening,
in the light…

from writing down their thoughts
on the Secretary General

if they had a different point
of view?

But in what our Party
has gathered so far,

in mass proportions,

what people wrote in the privacy
of their homes,

everything is superlative

concerning the extraordinary capacity
and activity

of our Secretary General,
Comrade Nicolae Ceausescu.

Ceausescu reelected
in the 12th Congress!

That is why,
beloved comrade Ceausescu,

you must ignore this outburst,

consider it a minor incident
because we must above all consider

the feelings of the entire party
and the entire people.

Thank you,
and our very best wishes to you.

Ceausescu reelected
in the 12th Congress!

Ceausescu and the people!

SOLIDARITY

LONG LIVE COMRADE
NICOLAE CEAUSESCU

ESTEEMED AND BELOVED LEADER
OF THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE!

MAY 1877
ROMANIAN INDEPENDENCE

MAY 1921
THE CREATION OF RCP

AUGUST 1944 LIBERATION
FROM THE FASCIST OPPRESSION

12 1947 THE POPULAR
REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA

THE INDUSTRIALIZED
SOCIALIST STATE

THE TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

SOCIALIST INDUSTRIALIZATION

LED BY OUR BELOVED COMRADE
NICOLAE CEAUSESCU

LONG LIVE COMRADE NICOLAE CEAUSESCU

BELOVED AND ESTEEMED LEADER
OF THE ROMANIAN PEOPLE!

FRIENDSHIP SOLIDARITY

It is not enough

to write

only about abstract things,

though they, too, are necessary.

Naturally,

it's beautiful to hear a good love poem

but that is not enough.

We need social poetry as well,

we need revolutionary poetry.

I think women, too,

would like to hear such poetry,

and our writers and poets

must understand these things.

I wish to warmly thank

the Executive Political Committee
of the Party's Central Committee

for the letter and wishes

they sent on my birthday.

My birthday

coincides with the anniversary
of over four decades of activity

within the revolutionary movement

of the Romanian Communist Party.

I could not fail to remember

at such a time

that I have had
the great happiness

that ever since the underground days

of working directly

with my life partner

who has been to me

an example of whole-hearted
commitment and dedication

to our revolutionary work,

an example of unwavering faith
in the victory

of the workers' just cause,
the cause of our Party.

We have started
the new five-year period

with results

which are generally,

positive,

although we must say

if we had worked better,

if we had acted

with greater responsibility,

if we had organized

and controlled

the activity,

we could have had

better results

in our social
and economic development.

It is therefore necessary

that this year

we do everything

so that the provisions
of our plan

be fully achieved.

And wherever we have

everything in place

for selling our production,

I'm referring to exports
in particular,

we should do everything

to produce even more.

It is necessary
that we do everything

so that this year's

agriculture programs,

the self-sufficient
production program

be fully accomplished.

With the animal stock
that we have

we can accomplish,

by accomplishing carving surplus,

a surplus of meat
above what we predicted.

We must do everything
for the development of science.

We have many innovators,

many highly-specialized workers,

many peasants
able to solve many issues

of industrial and agricultural
practice and technology.

In effect, the entire people

must actively participate

democratically

in the management
of all types of work.

It is necessary, comrades,

to pay greater attention

to providing ideological
and political education

and raising revolutionary awareness

and stirring the socialist conscience
of the masses, of the people.

The complex issues raised by the
socialist development of our country

by international developments

raise many issues and questions.

In order to understand them,
people must have

notions of politics,

notions of advanced
general knowledge

they must clearly understand events,

know the direction
of social development,

understand that the zig-zagging

of this impetuous development

is inevitable in this fiery fight

between the forces of socialism

and the forces of capitalism
and imperialism,

and also inevitable

are certain backlashes

and advances and even defeats.

But all these

merely bring forth
better measures

for our advancement

and the future belongs
to socialism, communism,

to a world without exploiters,

without imperialists and capitalists.

JUNE 1984 - Opening the House
of the Republic construction site

and of the Socialist
Victory Boulevard

grand edifices of this era…

Ceausescu RCP!

Ceausescu and the people!

Cranes in flight between
the earth and sun

Carry the song of my youth,
now gone

Cranes in flight, carry my song

To the bright stars as you fly along

I want to sing a song for this land

Give it the glow of fulfillment

I want it to feel my happiness

I want it to feel my love

Romania, Romania

How I love you

For I was raised on this land

Romania, Romania

How I love you

For I was raised on this land

I've grown to be a proud young man

I longingly tell the world

And now, I tell everyone

That you are the prettiest flower

That was beautiful.

Hello!

- Welcome!
- I'm glad…

The temperature here's the same
as in Berlin.

Good trip.

And the weather in Warsaw
is the same as in Bucharest.

Do you speak Russian?

Dinica or Vulpasin. They both do.

There's no one left to talk to, now.

We had an interpreter,

but then we got Shevarnadze's car
out of the motorcade.

Now he's saying he is coming here.

- Everything ok?
- Not really…

It's hot.

Just warm. It's nice.

It's hot. Very hot.

THE POPULAR REPUBLIC
OF BULGARIA

THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA

THE POPULAR REPUBLIC
OF POLAND

THE GERMAN
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
OF ROMANIA

THE UNION OF THE
SOCIALIST SOVIET REPUBLICS

I would like to emphasize

the importance

of the meeting

of the Political Advisory Committee

of the Socialist States
of the Warsaw Treaty

which took place

last week in Bucharest.

In this meeting, we also discussed

issues of world economics

and especially the situation
of developing countries.

That's because

at present

the situation of developing countries
is especially dire.

Over 4 billion people

live in poverty,

and during this decade

their situation continued to worsen,

while

the rich countries,

and within them a small group
of rich people,

have annually accumulated dozens
and dozens of billions of dollars

from the developing countries.

This situation
cannot continue any further.

This is the world

that certain gentlemen

urge us to revert to.

A world of inequality,
robbery, exploitation.

We have known it
for hundreds of years

and another hundred
under this capitalism.

That is why we have stated that,
for us,

such a path
is no longer an option.

Our people

sometimes say that this will happen

when pigs may fly.

Do not rush to applaud.

Modern genetics made huge progress,

and the day might come

when pigs do fly.

And yet, not even then,

in such circumstances,

will we accept to revert back.

In Romania, capitalism
has lived its last day.

The people are the true masters

and will remain master

of their destiny, and
of the riches of their country.

That's right!

Ceausescu heroism,
Romania communism.

These circles and these people

should direct their attention

to what concerns two directions:

how to eliminate the exploitation
of developing countries,

settling the external debt
of one billion two hundred…

billion dollars
of these countries.

And not through symbols.

Symbolism may be good
for the arts,

but it's worthless in economics
and politics.

LONG LIVE THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY
OF ROMANIA'S LIBERATION

Wait a second.

SWEETS

SUGAR AND OIL

To the right.

CHEESE

It's cold.

How much fish did they bring in?

Watch out, the comrade's coming.

Move, please.

Many happy returns!

Thank you,
on behalf of the commerce.

The bread must be quality stuff.

VITAN BAKERY INDUSTRIES

The crust is a bit thick.

- Whole wheat.
- Better.

Low fat.

The bread is better
outside the capital.

Hello.

- When you see the model, it's…
- Yeah, it's…

It's smaller.
Smaller scale, comrade.

Here. Life-size…

Yeah, yeah, it's big.
It's really big.

It's going to be something

special.

As a worthy founder
of the House of the Republic,

from the bottom of our hearts
we wish you

a long and happy life,
good health,

and strength
so you may lead us ahead

towards consolidating
socialism and communism

in our beloved homeland,
the Socialist Republic of Romania.

Happy birthday,
Comrade Secretary General.

It's higher,
and that one's even higher.

Enough.

Yes, of course.

Dear comrades and friends,

citizens of the Socialist
Republic of Romania.

Tonight I'm addressing

the entire people
of our socialist homeland

concerning the serious events

that took place

in the past couple of days
in Timisoara.

On December 16 and 17,

a few groups of hooligans

have organized a series
of rallies and incidents

attacking state institutions,

destroying and robbing
a series of buildings,

shops,

public buildings,

and on December 17,

they intensified their activity

against state and party institutions,

including some military units.

From the way these events unfolded

and from the statements
of participants

in these events,

these groups

meant to cause unrest

and bring down the institutions

and the common assets of the city,

and to signal the start

of such events in others cities.

I am addressing the citizens
of Timisoara

with an appeal
to their sense of responsibility

so they do everything for the calm

and order of their cities,

contributing to the calm
and order throughout the country.

I wish to state
with all responsibility

that our armed units

entrusted with defending
our country's independence

and sovereignty

and the revolutionary conquests,

have shown much,
very much patience.

"I refuse".

The defendant is refusing
to answer…

I will answer before
the Grand National Assembly!

Shut off that broken record.

We've heard it.

We're familiar with the stubbornness

that you've shown so far.

"I refuse to answer the question

who is the author
of the genocide in Timisoara."

For history,

the Grand National Assembly

will find out the truth…

and not those who organized…

-The coup…
-…the coup…

-Organized the coup?
-The people did…

…serving foreign powers.

-You have usurped the power.
-Let him only answer the questions.

You only answer my questions.

I won't answer!

In Bucharest… who ordered soldiers

to fire upon the crowd?
To sh**t the young?

What young?

You don't know?

You don't know
the situation in Bucharest,

when the crowd was fired at
in the Palace Square?

Is this news to you?

Even now, fanatics are still sh**ting

innocent people,
the elderly, the children.

They're sh**ting into buildings…

Who are these fanatics?

Did the people train them, or did you?

Who paid them?

I'm not answering any question, it's…

I'm not answering,

and please don't take this as an answer.

No one was shot at in the Palace Square.

-There's nothing to discuss.
-…on the contrary,

there were firm orders not to sh**t.

Who gave them? Did you issue the order?

I did, yes! Me! Even on TV,

even in the tele-conference
that's on record.

-Take it down…
-No!

Don't consider this…

I only answer
to the Grand National Assembly.

What you're saying

is all lies,
mystifications, and provocations!

What Romanians like

Is the mountains and the creeks

Where they reign free and peacefully

Ruling over nature

Where among the ancient cliffs

The springs gush and flow

In the forests down below

Where among the ancient cliffs

The springs gush and flow

In the forests down below

Where the deer leap

Seeking shelter from the hunter

In the shadow of the fir tree

Where every traveler rests

Where the sheep bleat

Where the piper plays his tune

With a mournful melody

Where the sheep bleat

Where the piper plays his tune

With a mournful melody

That's why Romanians like

The mountains and creeks high above

That's why Romanians like

The mountains and creeks high above

Living in happiness

Freedom and love

As time swiftly flies by

Living in happiness

Freedom and love

As time swiftly flies by

Time flies by

Time flies by