SOVIET AND RUMANIAN POLICY ON THE IRON GUARD MOVEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000740002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 7, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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Soviet and ftmanian Policy on the Iron Guard
GIST. 7 : November 1947
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1. The agreerae wean r
titled Panaitescuvs Cements o n the Iron Guard Movement, dated 8 August 1947)
is now vorldrg very well... No legionnaire who faithfully obv rvea the agree-
ment has been arrested. Such arrests as have occurred have been confined to
those legionnaires who worked with the National Peasants or propagandized
openly for the Iron Guard movement. In instances where l egi~ -a naires have
been arrested through error, the leadership of th3 Guard has secured their
release. Professor P. P. Panaiteacu, an Iron Guard leader aid formerly rector
of the University of Bucharest;, has been assigned the task of obtaining the
release of such prisoners. Panaitescu deals with Alexandru Nichol.cchi,
Chief of Aete~tives of the State Sigurantza, who is responsible for surveillance
of all legionnaires.
2. At the present time the Groza Government is conciliating the Iron Guard in
order to have its hands free to deal with the National Pease ts. An additional
reason for the friendly attitude toward the legionnaires is said to be the
Soviet desire that the go ?er~.e nts of all their satellites reach an understand-
ing 'with political movements off' the extreme right, in order to gain the support
of intellectuals for the Coirraist parties. The "man Co,nist Party has
very few intellectuals, particalarl.,y young ones, in its ranks. Leaders of the
Iron Guard are a loitirg this situation as much as possible.
3? Legionnaire leaders have been informed that the Soviet authorities instructed
those individuals maintaining : .son with the Guard to asce taln if its
leaders would attend a conference with representatives of the! Russians and the
Groza governman:., The Russians apparently wish to determine what w3,ll. be the
attitude of the Iron Guard in the event of war with the 'Undyed States and
Great Britain. Officials of the Guard expect an invitation a,o such a confer-
ence at any time.
4. Leaders of the Iron Guard are ,said to be willing to enter into any agreement
with the Russians and the Groza government that 'ould permit them to regroup
their forces and conserve their strength.
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