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25 for the 25th Anniversary of the Romanian Revolution: #1 The Securitate Deny Foreign Instigation of the Timisoara Uprising

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on December 16, 2014

(strictly personal views, based on more than two decades of prior research and publications)

https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/a-response-to-watts-ii-preliminary/

https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/a-response-to-watts-the-pitfalls-of-not-having-any-evidence/

2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe–Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania.  This series looks at 25 things I have learned about the events of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989.  The numbering is not designed to assign importance, but rather–to the extent possible–to progress chronologically through those events.

Looking through the Romanian media’s articles devoted to the 25th anniversary of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989 that overthrew the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, one cannot help but be reminded of Valentin Ceausescu’s 1997 claim according to which (paraphrased),

–“Have you noticed? All the heroes…now are the militia and the Securitate.” “The villains are now the heroes…and the heroes are now the villains!”

Until the documents [screen captures] below were made publicly available and I unearthed the following, we had to rely primarily on arguments emphasizing the Securitate roots of these claims and/or about the implausibility and often absurdity of these claims.  We now have documentary evidence that in the immediate wake of December 1989 not even the Securitate believed in the claims they would make so frequently later on according to which foreign agents were allegedly responsible for the Timisoara uprising.

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Back in 1997, the American novelist and Pulitzer Prize Winner William McPherson wrote of what Valentin Ceausescu, communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s eldest son, told him about the events of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989.  Here are some excerpts:

  • Valentin and I were having coffee in the Vox Maris, the same grand casino where the funeral feast was held. It was morning, two days after the funeral [of Nicu Ceausescu], and the crowds had not yet arrived.
  • “Nicu was never groomed to be the successor. That was [only] the rumor.” He paused for a moment. “But rumors even become the reality.”
  • “Yes. Especially in Romania.”
  • “Maybe others in the party thought it would be a good idea. He could command a lot of sympathy. He always wanted to look tough and act strong, but he wasn’t. He was more like a child than anything else.”
  • “What about the 90 people killed in Sibiu?”
  • “He did not order the shooting. I know when he’s trying to lie, and he wasn’t lying. I knew immediately. That’s why I defended him so strongly.”
  • He paused and lit another Pall Mall. “Have you noticed? All the heroes in Sibiu now are the militia and the Securitate – all the dead people, and now they are the heroes of the revolution.”
  • “So the villains are now the heroes?”
  • “Yes.”
  • And the heroes are now the villains.
  • The official toll of the dead, revised frequently with a final version released three years after the events, is 1,104; only 160 were killed before the dictator fled.
  • Curious – if the figures are accurate – that the majority of them were killed in Sibiu. “A lot of effort,” Valentin once said, “to kill these two old people.”

William McPherson, “A Balkan Comedy,” The Wilson Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 3 (Summer 1997)

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Thus it is that at Evenimentul Zilei, long hailed by Romania’s westward leaning intelligentsia and Romanianists in North America as the most authentically anti-communist and credible of Romania’s dailies, articles continue their reliance–very selectively–of recent years on the claims of senior former Securitate officers, Iulian Vlad, Emil Macri, Filip Teodorescu, Nicolae Mavru, etc., or on the research of Alex Mihai Stoenescu, whose work is detailed and meticulous and thus deserves to be read, but, who, it turns out, not accidentally, is also an acknowledged former Securitate collaborator.  (Not for nothing, the Evenimentul Zilei series is entitled “25 de ani de la evenimentele din decembrie ’89. Lumini si umbre” thus intentionally or unintentionally conjuring up the name, appropriately enough, of the current preferred vehicle of the former Securitate for discussing December 1989, http://www.acmrr-sri.ro/categorii/19/revista-vitralii–lumini-si-umbre.html )

(See, for example, http://www.evz.ro/document-strict-secret-1989-raportul-generalului-iulian-vlad-catre-nicolae-ceausescu.html or http://www.evz.ro/25de-ani-de-la-evenimentele-din-decembrie-1989-generalul-iulian-vlad-daca-oamenii-nu-erau-nemultumiti-strainatatea-nu-l-putea-rasturna-pe-ceausescu.html; http://www.evz.ro/timisoara-protestul-pentru-laszlo-tokes-si-povestea-agentilor-straini.html; http://www.evz.ro/dec-1989-cum-a-izbucnit-revolutia-romana-revolta-de-la-iasi-si-scanteia-maghiara-de-la-timisoara.html; http://www.evz.ro/25de-ani-de-la-evenimentele-din-decembrie-1989-declaratia-generalului-iulian-vlad-seful-securitatii-din-procesul-revolutiei-de-la-timisoara-daca-oamenii-nu-erau-nemultumiti-strainatatea-nu-l-putea-rasturna-pe-ceausescu.html)

[Oh, but wait, there is good news!  In addition to all these articles furthering the viewpoint, to a lesser or greater extent, of the former Securitate, is the beginning of the chapter on December 1989 in The Greatest Tribute to Truth and Justice in the History of the World!, the so-called Final Report of the Tismaneanu Commission (CPADCR) of December 2006 condemning communism http://www.evz.ro/25de-ani-de-la-evenimentele-din-decembrie-1989-raportul-final-al-comisiei-prezidentiale-de-analiza-a-dictaturii-comuniste-condusa-de-vladimir-tismaneanu.html, which continues the glorious copy-paste tradition of the original, failing to cite that the text used in 2006 and now again in 2014, is from a 1997 chapter by the chair of the commission, Professor Vladimir Tismaneanu–that this is inarguable, see here https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2010/05/01/the-romanian-revolution-for-dum-dums-by-richard-andrew-hall/ , the xeroxes in fn. 10 in particular)]

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The Timisoara files about December 1989 are now publicly available (when the link works!) on the Internet at http://dosarelerevolutiei.ro/.  What they show is that Securitate, Militia, and other regime officials from Timis County were asked by Bucharest–communicated via the person of Securitate Director, General Iulian Vlad–to investigate the role of foreign elements, specifically tourists, in the Timisoara protests of mid-December 1989.  But they were not the only ones.  General Vlad tasked senior Securitate officials from Bucharest sent to Timisoara to report back to him on this very topic alleging external involvement and manipulation of the Timisoara demonstrations.  What remains unclear is how much of this tasking was General Vlad communicating his own “hypothesis” or how much of it was he relaying Nicolae Ceausescu’s “theory” about what was going on.  This much is clear:  neither those stationed in Timis County, nor those officials sent from Bucharest could find evidence of a foreign hand in the Timisoara uprising, despite being asked to investigate exactly this aspect.  How do we know this?  From their own written confessions immediately after the December 1989 events.  (Below are four of them:  Nicolae Mavru, Liviu Dinulescu, Emil Macri, and Filip Teodorescu.)

Niculae Mavru, fost sef al sectiei ‘Filaj si investigatie’ de la Securitatea Timis, declaratia din 13 ianuarie 1990:  …la ordinul col. Sima Traian, am primit…misiuni de a observa si sesiza aspecte din masa manifestantilor, din diferite zone ale orasului in sensul de a raporta daca sint straini (ceea ce nu prea au fost) care incita la dezordine, acte de violenta sau altfel de acte… 0331 25 iunie 1991 “Desi ne-am straduit nu am putut raporta col. Sima implicarea completa a vreunui cetatean strain in evolutia demonstratiilor cit si fenomenlor care au avut loc la Timisoara,..”

0173

“Sarcina primordiala pe care am primit-o de la col. Sima a fost daca in evenimentele declansate la Timisoara erau implicate elemente straine din afara tarii.  Cu toate eforturile facute nu a rezultat lucru pe linia mea de munca.” 0174

26 iunie 1991, Declaratia lui Liviu Dinulescu, cpt. la Serviciul de Pasapoarte al jud. Timis (in decembrie 1989, lt. maj. ofiter operativ Securitate judetean la Serv. III, care se ocupa de contraspionaj)

“Precizez ca anterior declansarii evenimentelor de la Timisoara din datele ce le detineam serviciul nostru nu rezulta vreun amestec din exterior in zona judetului Timis.”

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Generalul Emil Macri (seful Dir. II-a Securitatii, Contrainformatii Economice),

Declaratie 2 ianuarie 1990:

“Rezumind sintetic informatiile obtinute ele nu au pus in evidenta nici lideri si nici amestecul vreunei puteri straine in producerea evenimentelor de la Timisoara.  Raportarea acestor date la esalonul superior respectivi generalului I. Vlad a produs iritare si chiar suparare…”

IMG_1219 IMG_1215 Filip Teodorescu (adj. sef. Dir III Contraspionaj D.S.S.), Declaratie, 12 ianaurie 1990:  Seara [luni, 18 decembrie 1989], dupa 23:00, responsabili (anumiti ?) de generalul-maior Macri Emil pe diferitele linii de munca au inceput sa vina sa-i raporteze informatiile obtinute.  Au fost destul de neconcludente si cu mare dificultate am redat o informare pe care generalul-maior Macri Emil a acceptat-o si am expediat-o prin telex in jurul orei 01:00 [marti, 19 decembrie 1989.  In esenta se refera la: –nu sint date ca ar exista instigatori sau conducatori anume veniti din strainatate… IMG_1453 IMG_1438 https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2013/04/29/high-time-to-unpack-already-why-the-restless-journey-of-the-soviet-tourists-of-the-romanian-revolution-should-come-to-an-end/

Mai jos, declaratiile lui Petre Pele, Tudor Postelnicu, Gheorghe Diaconescu, si Iulian Vlad Excerpt from Chapter 5 of my Ph.D. Dissertation at Indiana University: Richard Andrew Hall, Rewriting the Revolution: Authoritarian Regime-State Relations and the Triumph of Securitate Revisionism in Post-Ceausescu Romania (defended 16 December 1996). This is the original chapter as it appeared then and thus have not been revised in any form. https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/rewriting-the-revolution-1997/

A Review of the Evidence

Although at first glance the regime’s treatment of Pastor Tokes seems strange and even illogical, within the context of the workings of the Ceausescu regime and the regime’s strategy for dealing with dissent it makes perfect sense. There is simply no convincing evidence to believe that the Securitate–or a faction within it–purposely dragged its feet in enforcing Pastor Tokes’ eviction, or was attempting to spark a demonstration in the hopes of precipitating Ceausescu’s fall. The regime’s decision to evict Tokes was not a last-minute decision. Moreover, the regime exerted tremendous and sometimes brutal pressure to silence Tokes in the months preceding this deadline. Interestingly, according to high-ranking members of the former Securitate, Nicolae Ceausescu’s unwillingness to approve the more definitive measures requested by the Securitate allowed the Tokes case to drag on without resolution (see below). The Tokes case suggests the bureaucratic and byzantine mentalities of the Ceausescu regime, and the clash between a dictator’s instructions and how the institutions charged with defending him interpret their mission. … The suggestion that the Securitate treated Tokes gently prior to his eviction is simply incorrect. On 2 November 1989, four masked men burst through the locked doors of the parochial residence, wielding knives and screaming in a fury. Tokes was slashed on the forehead before his church bodyguards could come to his rescue, causing the four to flee. The numerous Securitate men posted out front of the building had done nothing to intervene in spite of calls for help. Puspoki suggests that these “Mafia-like thugs,” who attacked as if from “an Incan tribe,” were some of Colonel Sima’s “gorillas,” sent to deliver a clear message to Tokes that he should leave immediately.[40] The view of the former Securitate–as expounded by Colonel Sima’s senior deputy, Major Radu Tinu–insinuates a “tourist”-like scenario. According to Tinu, the incident was clearly a “set-up” designed to draw sympathy to Tokes’ cause since the assailants fled away in a car with West German tags.[41] Not for the last time, the Securitate thus appears to attempt to attribute its own actions to foreign agents. A week after the mysterious attack by the masked intruders, all of the windows of the parochial residence and nearby buildings were smashed. Interestingly, the report drawn up for Bucharest by the Timisoara Securitate attempted to argue that “workers” from the Timisoara Mechanical Enterprise, offended by pastor Tokes’ behavior, had broken the windows. According to Puspoki, the use of a propaganda-like description was not accidental: the local Securitate was trying to present the incident as evidence of “the dissatisfaction of the working people of Timisoara” in the hope that it would finally prompt Ceausescu into approving definitive measures against Tokes.[42] Was Ceausescu responsible for the fact that the Tokes case dragged on without resolution? Support for such a conclusion comes from the comments of Securitate officers Colonel Filip Teodorescu and Major Radu Tinu. Teodorescu was dispatched to Timisoara with sixty other Securitate information officers in order to “verify” the request of the local Securitate that proceedings for treason be initiated against Tokes.[43] Teodorescu laments: Unfortunately, as in other situations…Nicolae Ceausescu did not agree because he didn’t want to further muddy relations with Hungary. Moreover, groundlessly, he hoped to avoid the criticisms of “Western democracies” by taking administrative measures against the pastor through the Reformed Church to which [Tokes] belonged.[44] Major Radu Tinu suggests that Ceausescu’s approval was necessary in the case of Securitate arrests and that the local Securitate remained “stupefied” that after having worked so long and hard in gathering information with which to charge Tokes with the crime of treason, Ceausescu rejected the request.[45] Tinu speculates that Ceausescu “did not want to create problems at the international level.” Because former Securitate officers rarely pass up the opportunity to absolve themselves of blame, and it would appear both easier and more advantageous to blame the deceased Ceausescu for being too unyielding in the Tokes affair, these allegations seem plausible. Thus, it would appear that because Nicolae Ceausescu was skittish of further damaging Romania’s already deteriorating relations with the international community, and the Tokes case was a high-profile one, he refrained from approving visible, definitive action against the pastor. The Securitate‘s attempt to goad Ceausescu to bolder action would appear to confirm Ghita Ionescu’s suggestion that where the security apparatus comes to dominate regime affairs it attempts to impose its institutional prerogatives upon political superiors. Ceausescu and the Securitate appear then to have had sometimes conflicting views over how to resolve the Tokes affair in the quickest and most efficient fashion. By December 1989, a huge group of Securitate officers were working on the Tokes case: the entire branch of the First Directorate for Timis county, the special division charged with combatting Hungarian espionage, high-ranking members of the First Directorate and Independent Service “D” (responsible for disinformation) from Bucharest, and members of the division charged with “Surveillance and Investigation.”[46] Puspoki describes Timisoara at this late hour as follows: Day and night, the telex machines on the top floor of the [County Militia] “Inspectorate” incessantly banged out communications, while the telephones never stopped ringing. Minister Postelnicu yelled on the phone, Colonel Sima yelled through the offices and the hallways. The officers ran, as if out of their minds, after information, besieged neighbors of the pastor, and dispatched in his direction–what they call–”informers with possibilities.”[47] Yet the case lingered on. On Sunday, 10 December 1989, Pastor Tokes announced to his congregation that he had received a rejection of his most recent appeal: the regime would make good on its threat to evict him on Friday, 15 December. He termed this an “illegal act” and suggested that the authorities would probably use force since he would not go willingly. He appealed for people to come and attend as “peaceful witnesses.”[48] They came.

[40].. Puspoki, “Piramida Umbrelor (III),” Orizont, no. 11 (16 March 1990), 4.

[41].. Bacescu, Din Nou in Calea, 78.
[42].. Puspoki, “Piramida Umbrelor (III).”
[43].. Teodorescu, Un Risc Asumat, 45-46.
[44].. Ibid., 90.
[45].. Bacescu, Din Nou in Calea, 78.
[46].. Puspoki, “Piramida Umbrelor (II).”
[47].. Ibid.
[48].. Tokes, With God, for the People, 1-4. ————————————————————————————————

Tudor Postelnicu:  “Ceausescu Nicolae facuse o psihoza, mai ales dupa ce s-a intors de la sedinta de la Moscova in toamna lui ’89.  Era convins ca se planuieste si de cei de pe plan extern caderea sa, era convins ca toti sint spioni…” 0160 Petru Pele (Dir I, DSS). Declaratie, 16 ianuarie 1990:  “Printre sarciniile mai importante efectuate de catre acestia in  perioada 17-22.12.1989 s-a numerat (?) constituierea (?) listelor celor retinuti de organele militie cu listele celor predati sau reintorsi din Ungaria, intrucit s-a emis ipoteza ca evenimentele de la Timisoara au fost puse la cale in tara vecina…” 0299 0291 Gheorghe Diaconescu, Declaratie 31 decembrie 1989 “Luni 18 decembrie gl. col.  VLAD IULIAN a avut o convorbire cu colegul meu (local?) RADULESCU EMIL … 0476 Vlad Iulian (continuarea, declaratia lui Gheorghe Diaconescu) “?… foarte dur (?) ca nu (?) ca ‘un grup de turisti isi fac de cap in Timisoara’” 0477 0472 Tocmai Iulian Vlad, el insusi, recunoaste ne-implicarea strainilor in evenimentele de la Timisoara, aici… 0289 0290 Incepind cu noaptea de 16/17 dec. si in continuare pina in data de 20 dec. 1989 organul de securitate local col. Sima cit si gl. Macri si in lipsa lui col. Teodorescu imi comunicau date din care rezulta ca sute de elemente turbulente au devastat orasul, si ca elementul strain nu rezulta a se fi implicate in continuarea fenomenului.” 0291 “Mai exact, cei trimis de mine la Timisoara mi-au raportat ca nu au elemente din care sa rezulte vreum amestec al strainatatii in producerea evenimentelor de la Timisoara.” https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2013/03/17/o-indicatie-pretioasa-de-pe-malurile-dimbovitei-implicarea-strainilor-in-evenimentele-de-la-timisoara-paranoia-lui-nicolae-ceausescu-sau-confirmarea-lui-iulian-vlad/0292

All this is important to keep in mind when coming across claims about the alleged role of these tourists in the overthrow of the communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu:  none of the authors purporting such claims have addressed the documents above.  Among the authors who allege such a role and whose work is available on the Internet are the following:

James F. Burke (citing Grigore Corpacescu, General Iulian Vlad, and a well-known article from September 1990 in Democratia) http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/revolution/december_revolt_moscow.htm (I have dealt with these allegations here https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2010/12/29/presa-din-1990-despre-turistii-rusi-din-decembrie-1989/, and  https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2010/09/22/the-1989-romanian-revolution-as-geopolitical-parlor-game-brandstatter%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ccheckmate%E2%80%9D-documentary-and-the-latest-wave-in-a-sea-of-revisionism-part-iii/)

Catherine Durandin (citing Radu Portocala) http://www.diploweb.com/english/romania/durandin1.htm  (I have addressed this allegation here https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2010/09/24/the-1989-romanian-revolution-as-geopolitical-parlor-game-brandstatter%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ccheckmate%E2%80%9D-documentary-and-the-latest-wave-in-a-sea-of-revisionism-part-four/)

Alexander Ghaleb (fn. 9, citing “police sources”) http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/165/art03-Ghaleb.php

Jacques Levesque (citing a 1992 book by Filip Teodorescu) http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft4q2nb3h6&chunk.id=d0e6746&toc.id=d0e6638&brand=ucpress

John Simpson (citing Virgil Magureanu and the SRI) http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ten-days-that-fooled-the-world-1387659.html

Alex Mihai Stoenescu (p. 186 of 340, Petre Roman citing Mihai Caraman) http://www.scribd.com/doc/105257958/Alex-Mihai-Stoenescu-Istoria-Loviturilor-de-Stat-Din-Romania-Vol-4-1

Larry Watts (fn. 90 p. 26, Petre Roman citing Mihai Caraman) http://www.larrylwatts.com/excerpts/with_friends_like_these_excerpts.pdf  (Roman ironically himself undermined such a claim here:  http://adevarul.ro/news/eveniment/petre-roman-ceausescu-acceptat-controlul-psihiatric-proces-putea-scape-1_50ad124a7c42d5a6638e48ab/index.html , Watts’ claim has been televised in the series “Mostenirea Clandestina,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAPOEu0ebwI start at about 46:10 to 46:60 and then assisted by Cristian Troncota, who discusses the “Soviet tourists,” including Watts’ claim, from 47:05 to 49:50…conveniently not mentioned here or anywhere else where Troncota appears (for example with Grigore Cartianu in Adevarul), Cristian Troncota was a Lt. Maj. in the Securitate:  see the index here from a 1987 issue of the Securitate‘s “strict secret” journal, (page 4 of 46 on the pdf) with a historical article beginning on page 78:  http://www.cnsas.ro/documente/periodicul_securitatea/Securitatea%201987-4-80.pdf  (vol. 80 from 1987).

 

 

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Fragmente din Revolutia Romana in Direct 22.08.1991 (Mostenirea Clandestina, Episodul 8): Gheorghe Trosca, USLA, si MApN

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on November 14, 2014

(punct de vedere strict personal)

EPISODUL 8 -“Episodul al optulea este dedicat evenimentelor din decembrie 1989 şi include un interviu în exclusivitate cu col.(r) Filip Teodorescu, fost locţiitor al şefului Direcţiei a III-a, Contraspionaj. Acesta dezvăluie aspecte controversate legate de izbucnirea Revoluţiei de la Timişoara, de culisele procesului ce a urmat şi de diversiunea “securişti-terorişti”, căreia i-a căzut victimă şi colonelul USLA Gheorghe Trosca, ucis în mod barbar în noaptea de 23 spre 24 decembrie în faţa Ministerului Apărării, spre avertizarea cadrelor Securităţii care i-au identificat şi urmărit pe agenţii KGB din România.”  [un film de Monica Ghiurco; postat de catre Remus Satala pe dailymotion 8.Moștenirea clandestină 10,463 views “România pentru Români” Published on Feb 26, 2015]

1) Gelu Voican Voiculescu, min. 41:59-42:24 si 44:32-46:02 (preluat de la Revolutia Romana in Direct 22 August 1991)

Gelu Voican Voiculescu memoriaza din Expres  (Brindusa Armanca). 17-23 septembrie 1991 (nr. 86)

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https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2013/12/22/cine-a-tras-dupa-22-cine-au-fost-teroristii-inca-o-dovada-de-adevar-ce-lipseste-din-cartea-lui-marian-romanescu-fost-uslas/

pentru articolul intreg:  https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2009/12/10/decembrie-1989-usla-bula-moise-teroristii-si-fratii-musulmani-dan-badea-marian-romanescu-expres-iulie-1991/

semnificativ, se pare ca Marian Romanescu era si el arestat/suspectat de a fi un terorist:  https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2009/12/12/u-s-l-a-in-stare-de-hipnoza-dan-badea-expres-1991/

2) Relatarea in presa romaneasca despre convorbirile intre Trosca si Bleort (de exemplu, de catre Dan Badea si Ioan Itu) este gresita.  Semnificativ,

NU Gheorghe Trosca la fata locului, ca martor ocular, a raportat lui Bleort (la dispeceratul) ca erau militari care trageau in sediului MApN-ului, dar in schimb Bleort care i-a raportat lui Bleort.  (de la bun inceput, mi s-a parut ca era vorba de o informare despre dispozitia fortelor armatei in zona MApN-ului fiindca nu exista nici o alta constatare despre militari care ar fi tras impotriva Ministerului zece minute)

27:10-28:33

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Gheorghe Trosca: Permiteţi să raportez.

Ion Bleorț: Da.

Trosca: Transmite prin stație lt. col Vânătă că la MApN a apărut o coloană de şapte-opt TAB-uri, două camioane cu militari şi două ARO, au tras circa zece minute asupra Ministerului şi s-au oprit acum…

Bleort: Cum, mă?!
Trosca: …asupra Ministerului.
Bleort: Cum au tras?
Trosca:Au tras asupra MANului!
Bleort: Nu se poate!
Trosca: Asta e.
Bleort: Asupra Ministerului, măi?
Trosca: Asupra Ministerului Apărării Naţionale, timp de zece minute, şi acum
s-au oprit.
Bleort: S-au oprit?
Trosca: Da.
Bleort: După ce opriţi în dreptul ultimului tanc, ne comunicaţi nouă, ca să luăm legătura cu Ministerul. (…)
 

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Ideea lui Constantin Isac (despre acest personaj vedeti aici: https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2010/12/12/constantin-isac-intre-14-si-22-decembrie-dinamovist-de-judo-la-iasi-prezent-in-zona-crematoriului-cenusa-si-martor-in-piata-universitatii/ ) la 32:15 ca peste noapte, ABI-urile erau intoarse cu fata spre Minister, sugerind directia unui presupus atac!, este o minciuna ieftina (cititi mai jos cei spuneau militarii si civilii din blocurile in jur in 1990).

3) Mihai Lupoi 46:07 incearca sa nege existenta teroristilor arabi (degeaba, fiindca ei au existat: https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2014/09/25/rebeca-doina-cercel-revolutionar-cc-pcr-decembrie-1989-erau-intr-adevar-dosare-pe-care-era-scris-strict-secret-si-in-care-am-vazut-ca-erau-mentionate-bazele-de-antrenament-antiterorist/ )

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alte detalii:

https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/usla-bula-trosca-militaru-m-ap-n/

https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2011/08/03/destituirea-romanian-revolution-usla-attack-vidia-bullets/

Incidentul M.Ap.N. (23/24 decembrie 1989): detalii importante

Unde sint teroristii? PE STRADA, PRINTRE NOI (II) (Romania, decembrie 1989)

Romania 1989: Unde sint teroristii? PE STRADA, PRINTRE NOI (I) 13 iunie 1990

Cine l-a nominalizat pe Trosca? (cazul MApN, 23-24 decembrie 1989)

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on March 28, 2010

Dezinformare despre Cazul M.Ap.N. 23-24 decembrie 1989…dejucata de catre uslasii ei insusi

pe pagina 116 Ardeleanu admite ca el insusi–nici vorba de Militaru sau altcineva–l-a nominalizat pe Trosca pentru misiunea faimoasa…

pe pagina 153 uslas-ul Soldea admite ca dupa incidentul sangeros, el a fost anchetat pentru informatii despre subunitatea lui…si pe pagina 155 ca i s-a supus o analiza de urina…ca sa verifice daca el a fost drogat…

“Defense Ministry Incident” Redux:  the USLA on 23/24 December 1989

What we know is that this requested “fall-out” of USLA cadre never took place.  We also know from the mouth (Romanian Television, 1991) and hand (a directed report dated 8 January 1990) of USLA Commander Gheorghe Ardeleanu himself that, on that evening of 23 December 1989, Army General Ion Hortopan broke into a meeting of Ardeleanu with generals and other officials of the Front leadership and announced that “Near a military objective, on the outskirts of the capital, that was being fired upon, an armed Plutonier Major Popa Ion Stefan from the USLA was captured.”[123] Clearly, it would appear, based on this, that this USLA member was not part of some team dispatched in the “defense of the Revolution.”  According to Mihai Floca writing in August 1990, the objective in question outside the capital was the CITc (?), the USLA member claimed he was coming to the military unit to “surrender,” and Ardeleanu, “upon receiving the news played dumb, [saying] ‘I think it is [USLA] Chief of Staff Trosca’s doing, he did this to me’.”[124]

Floca and others have maintained that at this point, late on the night of 23 December 1989, while at the Defense Ministry, General Militaru called upon Ardeleanu to bring the entire personnel of the USLA (757 officers and ncos) to the Defense Ministry to root out the “terrorists” who were firing upon it.  As “30 were on guard at [various] embassies, and 80 had been dispatched to Sibiu with a Rombac [aircraft] from 20 December 1989 upon ‘orders from on-high’,” this left 647.  Of these, Militaru supposedly wanted 600 to report.  Instead, only 18 came in 3 ABIs.[125]

It has always seemed unusual, and this has been highlighted by others, in the serious situation that prevailed on the night of 23-24 December 1989, that in order to clear these blocs of “terrorists,” the units that came were led by the Chief of Staff Gheorghe Trosca.  Why send your leadership out to do this job?

The Securitate apologists and conspiratorialists have, of course, sought to suggest that General Nicolae Militaru nominated them because precisely these individuals had surveilled him for alleged links to Soviet intelligence.  But, as I have written elsewhere, Ardeleanu himself, upends all of this when he freely admits that it was he who selected Trosca for this mission.[126] It, of course, seems to make a lot sense when one considers his apparent attempt to lay what was happening at the feet of Trosca.  That he ordered Trosca and the others to the scene, under absurd circumstances, and they ended up getting killed, appears to be something for which many former USLA personnel—some of whom appear to have genuinely resented the boorish and vindictive Ardeleanu for his slavish behavior toward Elena Ceausescu and Tudor Postelnicu—were never able to forgive Ardeleanu.

I won’t tax the patience of my readers with another rehash here of what happened when two of three USLA ABIs arrived out front of M.Ap.N. headquarters (Defense Ministry).  I have previously discussed it extensively elsewhere.[127] It is important to note, however, that the USLA officers who survived the incident admit that they were beaten up, interrogated about the makeup and duties of their unit, and forced to take urinalysis tests to determine if they were drugged—all things which suggest they were hardly considered the innocent victims of an unfortunate accident at the time it occurred.  Army officers involved in the confrontation who were interviewed in spring 1990 maintained that they witnessed gunfire from the guns on the USLA vehicles, three of the machine guns recovered from the USLA vehicles showed signs of having been fired, the gun barrel of one the tanks had been blocked, and on the top of another tank a machine gun and signal lantern were found.[128] These officers then claimed that after their recollections were published in June 1990, they were “warned to think long and hard since they have families and to stay on their own turf if they do not want to have problems.”[129]

Residents of the apartment blocs surrounding the Defense Ministry also claimed harassment and intimidation.  One family maintained that they had been visited in May 1990 by two individuals flashing “Militia” identity cards, inquiring what had happened in December 1989 in that location, and insisting that different parts of the Army had merely fired at one another—there had been no “terrorists.”  Another resident who requested anonymity since he had “had enough problems in the past with the Securitate” said he was visited on 21 May by a “police major who called himself Popescu [a common Romanian last name, commonly used as a cover by Securitate personnel]” and wanted to talk about the “terrorists,” but that the resident should not inform the Army of his visit.  Some residents maintained that a neighbor suspected of being a Securitate collaborator had been going around suggesting “how to ‘correctly’ interpret the incident with the two armored personnel vehicles [i.e. the USLA unit] on the night of 23/24 December.”  The Army journalists concluded in June 1990 based on these interviews that “therefore, ‘the boys’ [a common euphemism for the Securitate] are [still] at work.”[130] It has been particularly frustrating that neither Siani-Davies nor Dennis Deletant—both of whom have written on this key episode—has apparently ever taken the time to read the disclosures in Armata Poporului, and hence completely ignore the descriptions of what happened and claims of harassment and intimidation of citizens from these blocs.

Mihai Floca’s credibility on the issue of what happened on the night of 23-24 December with the USLA units at the Defense Ministry, what happened on the other nights of the period of the Revolution in the same location, and on the claims of residents of these blocs—as noted, witness accounts that other publications simply ignored—is enhanced by the fact that his articles from late December 1989 through 1990 clearly do not show someone out “to get” the USLA or tarnish their reputation.

What is particularly notable is that after writing the (in)famous 26 December 1989 Romania Libera article (“Ucigasii de meserie al teroristului nr. 1,” p. 3) claiming that these USLA personnel in the Defense Ministry incident were “terrorists,” Floca wrote articles demonstrating how the USLA collaborated with the Army in certain actions during December 1989, at the CC building (“Actiune concertata impotriva pericolului,” Romania Libera 29 December 1989, p. 4) and at the Television Station (“Reportaj la U.S.L.A.,” Tineretul Liber, 5 January 1990, p.4).  Only in June 1990, did he begin publishing interviews with the Army soldiers involved in the 23-24 December incident with the USLA at the Defense Ministry and with the residents of the surrounding blocs.  These articles were as he noted prompted by two developments:  the articles in the opposition publication Zig-Zag rehabilitating the USLA and claiming they were innocent victims in the Defense Ministry incident (authored by the Securitate’s number one cheerleader, Angela Bacescu), and articles in the French press arguing that the “terrorists” had not existed.  It was thus not as Siani-Davies suggests a response prompted first by a letter from the widows of the dead USLA officers.[131]

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Destituirea: “Romanian Revolution USLA Attack” (vidia bullets)

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  • Evenimentul Zilei also conducted a poll about the worst Romanians and the results were:

    Ion Iliescu (the first president after 1989)

    Nicolae Ceauşescu (the last communist president before December 1989)

    Gigi Becali (controversial businessman, party leader and chairman of the football club Steaua Bucharest)

    Adrian Năstase (the Prime Minister of Romania between 2000 and 2004)

    sursa: wikipedia – 100 greatest romanians

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • – Armata le-a dat peste cap toate planurile si in loc sa-i aresteze ia lichidat pt ca au schimbat parola necomunicando la celor din FSN si pt ca USLA au inceput sa traga si disperati sa intre rapid in unitate. Pt ei nu conta viata ci “misiunea implinita”

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • – Trosca nu a avut legatura cu Moscow cum uni au dat din gura si au vorbit. Trosca venise in Unitate cu o zi in urma (el patrula in MAP zile si zile in urma si cunostea perfect tot echipajul) si stia foarte bine de legatura cu Moscow dar el se facea ca ploua si ca FSN e de partea lui – Iliescu a aflat si stia ca pt el Trosca nu era un om de incredere

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • – Gloantele Vidia erau marca secreta a Romaniei impotriva unui atac sovietic de care Ceausescu se tot ferea inca de la invadarea Cehoslovaciei in 1968.

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • – Trosca a mirosit de la bun inceput ca e o lovitura de stat si nici nu a vrut sa destainuie multe din unitatile secrete USLA unde stateau si comunicau in ascuns. USLA era ca o armata invisibila dar nu in volum ci in inteligenta si profesionalism technic de un grad foarte inalt (sa nu uitam ca Mossad era # 1 si USLA era pe locul…ghici: LOCUL 2)

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • – Trosca a mirosit totul si avea planul lui (2) sa intre in unitate si in loc sa distruga vezi Doamne agentii straini (care ambii FSN si Trosca stiau ca nu exista in unitate), sa puna stapanire pe intreaga unitate pt ca el era LOCOTENENT-COLONEL si stia ca la ordine ii se vor supune multi – regimul Ceausist inca era la putere si puterea de grade si ordine inca exista (uslasii de la ABI 3…si alte unitati secrete care existau si care Iliescu nu putea sa stie unde erau localizate inca DEJA STIAU)

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • sa recapitulez putin ca sa stie intreaga tara in 2 parti ce s-a intamplat. deja am primit warnings ca o sa fiu…

    – Trosca stia deja de documente si stia ca nu exista teroristi in unitate

    – USLA (nu toti) stiau ca teroristii trebuiesc expulzati si ca comunica cu “sovieticii” (agenti straini)

    – Iliescu + FSN vroia ca Trosca sa intre in Unitate ca sa-l aresteze si sa puna stapanire pe comunicatia secreta a USLA care avea frecventa radio total diferit de a armatei sau a organelor de militie

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • sarmanul PLOSCA a murit nevinovat si e inmormantat in cimitirul eroilor revolutiei

    thaminiclip 2 years ago
  • ai dreptate in felul tau sarcastic spus. dar asta denota ca Iliescu nea tras de 3 ori pe sfoara: 1) a omorat pe USLA 2) pe Trosca 3) a pacalit si folosit armata + lumea cum ca USLA sunt teroristii…ca sa iasa frumos din unitate cu tot ceea ce el vroia sa CHIPURILE DISTRUGA spundu-le USLAsilor ca SUNT TERORISTI IN UNITATE…DAR SPUNANDU-I LUI TROSCA…VEZI DOVEZILE ASTEA TREBUIESC DISTRUSE.DAR CATI DIN CE AM SPUS EU AICI O SA INTELEAGA: MOMEALA A FOST USLA…DAR ADEVARUL S-A PETRECUT IN UNITATE.

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • Nu vei fi uitat! Vei ramane pentru totdeauna in inimile noastre! Te iubim! You will not be forgotten! You will always be in our hearts! We love you! For always and forever. Odihneste-te in pace! Rest in peace! Viata ta frumoasa ce urma sa traiesti ti-a fost luata brusc. Your beautiful life whas taken away from you. Rusine tiganilor! Shame on gipsys!Condoleante familiei,prietenilor si iubitei lu Marian, Condoleances to Marian’s family,friends and Marian’s girlfriend.Imi pare foarte rau!I’m sorry!

    doru1coman 2 years ago
  • …nici teroristi n-au existat la rev..pt k e logic…a inceput totul spontan…cand ii aducea Ceausescu in tara imediat.?..cand el a fugit cu coada intre picioare…atunci au tras unii in altii…si de ce?…pt k s-a creat o mare dezinformare…evident tot din interesele unora…

    fideitos2003 2 years ago
  • deci…aveam 8 ani la rev, dar stiu mai mult decat credeti pt k m-am info…dar nu pot sa inghit asemenea kkturi…agigatori si pers care au schimbat realit. si cursul evenimentelor au fost si mai sunt inca dar sa nu invinuim niste persoane care nu aveau nicio treaba cu asta…cum sa-i faci pe cei din USLA “teroristi” cand treaba lor era sa previna si sa elimine terorismul

    fideitos2003 2 years ago
  • ce este interesant e ca o persona zice: CUM POATE O MANA DE OAMENI SA ATACE SEDIUL UNEI INSTITUTII?

    iar alta persoana zice: CUM SA II FACI TERORISTI DACA EI NE APARAU DE ANTI-TERORISM? Stai ca nu inteleg pai o mana de oameni ne aparau de TERORISTI…sau o mana de oameni care se credeau ZEI omorau pe ORICINE ca sa omore pe FALSII TERORISTI…armata ?!

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • Col Trosca, care era in A.B.I., inainte cu cativa ani de la tragicul eveniment, l-a avut in “lucru” pe gen. Militaru (care in acea noapte era la comanda armatei). vreti sa stiti de ce a fost chemat echipajul USLA la MApN? Trosca a fost tinta ! Dumnezeu sa-l odihneasca !

    catzaveicu 2 years ago
  • Dupa atata timp…iata un om care vorbeste adevarul. Ai dreptate. FOARTE MARE !

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • sustii ca au venit sa atace ministerul? cu doua aro? in fata ministerului erau tancuri. si inca ceva…unde sunt grenadele si tot ce inseamna armament?

    ser4all 2 years ago
  • da susin asta. cu 2 arouri. USLA erau dementi. nu le era frica de nimeni. nu tancurile au iesit in fara portilor dupa somatie. care grenade si ale cui…hai ca mai zapacit de cap…ori vrei sa faci spulberare de ideii ca sa creezi diversiune. lasa ca grenadele si armamentul numai traiesc…sau te referi cine le-a ridicat…pai…daca nu apar in poze inseamna ca au fost ridicate. normal ca nu lasi armament pe trotuar…cati ani ai ?

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • Si acum sa revenim la USLA. Si col. Trosca. asta era printre putinii care stia ca Militaru e agent sovietic si care avea legatura cu unitatea 0110 anti KGB a Securitatii..avand dosarul lu’ Militaru si probabil si pe a lu Ilici (ca agenti de influenta ai Moscovei) putea sa vorbeasca si sa deconspire usor operatiunea sovietica “revolutia” din Romania.

    liviums 2 years ago
  • pai se cam stie si ce-i cu astia..toata luna decembrie 89 prin Romanica au inceput sa curga coloane de turisti sovietici cate 3-4 in masini Lada..monitorizati “atent” de securitate.astia au stiut ce avea sa se intample, dar stiau ca nu se pot pune de-a curmezishul istoriei.

    liviums 2 years ago
  • Deci treaba cu revolutia se cam stie, a fost o lovitura de stat impotriva lui Ceausescu menita sa ne aduca si pe noi in randul noilor “democratii” gorbacioviste..Polonia, Cehoslovacia, Ungaria etc…ca noi ramasesem ultimii..schimbarea venea de la Moscova si se numea “glasnost” si “perestroika”..cum doctrina Brejnev evoluase si ea (adica schimbarea nu se mai facea cu tancul ca in cehoslavacia 68) uneltele erau mai perfectionate adica trupe speciale, diversionisti, razboi electronic, etc.

    liviums 2 years ago
  • Those poor USLA guys received and order and without any doubt they wanted to fallow it. But the army men who were inside the Ministry of Defense buildings had their orders too: “Protect the building!”. And that’s what they did. But i don’t feel sorry for USLA. Their role in the represive actions against the Revolution has been proved.Plus, soldiers died due to miss-informations too (remember the Otopeni episode). Anyway this happened almost 20 years now.How come u only post this now?

    haiducs 2 years ago
  • I cannot answer to you last question. Unfortunatelly I am not alone.

    At least now…than never.

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • Habar nu ai ce vorbesti destituirea , la pregatirea lor niciodata nu ar fi facut acea eraoare tactica de atac frontal cind erau tone de posibilitati sa ajunca inauntru fara batae de cap . daca ai vazut un ABI de aproape ai sti ca este cam greu sa deschizi focul din el inspre fata vehicolului si plus ca tre sa fi cam imbecil sa ataci cu un ABI blindate ,si trosca nu era imbecil. Trosca a participat la ancheta de spionaj impotriva lui Militaru cu 6 luni inainte sa fie revolutia

    Awalance 2 years ago
  • trebuie sa te educ putin aici. nu s-a tras din ABI. Al treilea ABI a ramas in urma cica defectiune..adica Trosca planuise un mic backup ca nu avea incredere in FSN. Un ABI s-a apropiat brusc sub tunul tancurilor..ATAT DE RAPID CA NU VEZI NICI IN FILME OMULE.

    lupta si trasul nu a luat mult timp

    Trosca avea harta intregii unitai. Cu o zi in urma el deja viztase unitatea.

    -end of part 1-

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • USLA AVEAU PLANUL SA INTRE IN UNITATE RAPID NU SA IASA DIN ABI si sa fie lichidati. EI STIAU CUM SI CARE SA SE APARE UNUL PE ALTUL.

    AU FOST NEVOITI SA IASA CA SA MENTINA CONTROLUL INTRARII. IAR SUB TANK..TANKUL E CA SI FACUT PT CA NU ARE TUN…NU ARE CUM SA DISTRUGA UN ABI BLINDAT DIN OTEL.

    –end part 2–

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • USLA MAI AVEAU 2 OAMENI LA BALCOANE IN FATA MAPN…CEL DE-AL DOILEA BACKUP…SI CARE COMUNICAU TOT CE SE INTAMPLA prin RADIO CU ABI 1 si 2. ARMATA A FACUT DE CAPUL EI..ADICA MILTARII AU GANDIT LOGIC SI AU INTORS TANCURILE SI AU STRIVIT ABI 1, ATUNCI BAIETII DIN ABI 2 AU IESIT CA SA TRAGA SI SA AJUTE ABI 1. AU FOST MACELARITI…MILITARII AVAND INFRA ROSU VEDEAU TOT DIN UNITATE

    –end of part 3–

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • trosca si adjunctul sau care se afla si el in ABI au facut parte in 87 dintr-o acheta despre spionaj pt rusi unde era implicat gen militaru , cel care i-a chemat la mapn .Cind au trecut de razoare militaru a dat ordin sa fie schimbata parola si au fost prinsi intre punctele de control .Trosca a ramas cu miina pe statie si toate unitatile USLA au auzit “” sariti sariti fratii nostrii ne omoara “.Au fost orice numai teroristi nu .Dumnezeu sa ii ierte

    Awalance 2 years ago
  • opa….cineva care stie. opa…fi atent….ca nu sunt singur aici. sunt perplex.

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • Mama a fost acolo! Au fost agitatori in multime! Oameni, cu geci de piele negre si foarte bine imbracati. A fost o mega regie, au fost agitatori si agitatia s-a imprastiat in multime, provocand haos. Tancurile erau chiar in spatele manifestantilor, nu au facut nimic. A FOST O REGIE!!! REGIZOR: Sergiu Nicolaescu, CAMERAMAN: Adrian Sarbu, PROTAGONISTI: Iliescu, Roman, Dinescu, Dan Iosif si toata sleahta de labagii! Trezirea fratzica, chiar nu v-ati dat seama??? Nici macar pana acum??? Yank’s hand!

    shockolanu 2 years ago
  • For people with interest. I recomand a documentary with I saw on ARTE. I saw the german version. The name is: “Schachmatt. Strategie einer Revolution” or french title “Échec et Mat. La révolution roumaine”

    There are maybe some answers to diferent questions. I don´t say that there in this film there is only truth, but if some things there are true, than maybe you see who is friend and who maybe “friend” :)

    I found the film on “veoh”

  • sa nu uitati!bucurestenii de a doua zi care au scris cu creta pe abi-uri “teroristi”,au dat foc soldatilor morti,au stins tigarile pe ei,i-au scuipat si s-au pisat pe aceasi soldati,au 100% vina ca si cei care au tras si i-au condamnat din umbra!asta-i romania !

    ceapadincarpati 2 years ago
  • uite ca am uitat de comentariul tau. cum de nu l-am citit. ok. nu vreau sa te supar dar nu e bine sa spui lucruri care nu s-au intamplat care de fapt sunt ZVONURI. Nu oamenii au scris cu creta. Asta vroia Iliescu sa faca la TV propaganda ca uite ei sunt Teroristi….si el sa vina de la F SALVARII NATIONALE .. VA SALVEZ EU (dupa ce v-am omorat).. SI DECI…EROUL MARE SI TARE RAMANE IN PICIOARE: ION CEL FARA DE TARA. Armata a scris cu creta. Din pacate nu oamenii au scris ci armata spre dimineata

    destituirea 2 years ago
  • asadar cei care se luptau cu armata noastra erau niste arabi care erau mercenarii luyi ceausescu? si USLA era cu noi romanii sau cu ei?? sincer eu nu pricep nimic…scz

    alexut576 3 years ago
  • pai cam asa ceva. a fost intr-adevar o unealta ruseasca si multa diversiune. deci: 1. aramata era controlata de armata si avea ordine de la iliescu (fsn). 2. arabii au fost angajati. de cine? asta e intrebare de baraj. uni zic de ceausu alti de rusi si americani. trbuie sa citesti ca sa afli adevarul. eu unul am vazut pe arab…asa ca asta pot sa o spun cu mana pe inima. 3. usla – am explicat in alt coment cu cine erau si ce tel aveau

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • USLA=Unitatea Speciala de Lupta Antiterorista=DIAS, brigada antitero SRI etc.

    Eu unul nu cred ca USLA a participat la revolutie pt ca era subordonata securitatii si, deci, nu a participat. Teroristii sunt de fapt agentii straini. “Straini” pt ca erau trimisi de alte state, ei fiind romani care au fugit din Romania si care voiau sa cada regimul comunist. Adevarul gol-golut il gasiti in cartea “Un risc asumat” de Filip Teodorescu(cmd. contraspionaj in acea vreme)

    oby115 3 years ago
  • —-partea a doua—

    Tata i-a dat o haina militara pt ca pe vremea aia era frig si ningea. Nu vorbea Romaneste dar avea accent si silabisea intr-o limba araba care nu am putut la vremea respectiva sa o descifrez a fiin Iraniana, Libaneza, Siriana sau Irakiana. L-am lasat in bloc pe scari singur. A doa zi nu l-am mai vazut. FSN nu era inca infiintat. Blocul era langa cimitirul de pe strada Antiaeriana (Calea Rahovei) ci nu langa MAPN

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • Aveam 4 ani atunci, dar am o poveste: in 22 sau 23 seara s-a intrerupt curentul in bloc(doar blocul si scara mea). A doua zi erau urme de sange in casa scarii pana in strada, usa de acces pe acoperis era deschisa. Curentul a fost intrerupt din tabloul de contoare sau cum ii zice, fara sa fie fortata usa. Intrebarea mea

    este cine l-ar fi vanat pe individul ala?

    Blackthorn2323 3 years ago
  • Am fost de asemenea intrebat daca stiu sau am dovezi mai clare despre Mercenarii lui Ceausescu.

    —partea intai—-

    Ce pot sa zic e ca personal nu am dovezi. Dar am vazut cu ochii mei impreuna cu tatal si fratele meu un mercenar ARAB ascunzanduse la bloc fara haine groase pe el.

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • pt ca cineva m-a intrebat prin mail cine e acel USLAS din Oradea am sa indic aici informatia respectiva:

    Nume: Filip Teodor.

    Carte/Articol: “secretele usla”

    Tiparit ca: ISBN 10: 9739778267 ISBN 13: 9789739778268

    Publicat de: Editura Obiectiv

    Scos pe piata: 1999

    Se gaseste pe internet mai peste tot. In special pe site-ul rapidshare unde are nr de file 24703033 si este de tip PDF

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • Intamplarea asta nu a fost cumva filmata ?? Am vazut in alta parte o galerie de vreo 5 poze pe care aparea un format de data tipic camerelor video de pe vremea aia.

    Bagacios 3 years ago
  • orice posibil. am vazut ca exista si alte poze din alte surse. considerand ca erau oameni la ora respectiva care se plimbau pe strazi. orice este posibil.

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • i wish i knew what you guys are sayin, i dont know how to speak romanian, but my

    ak-47 was made there : )

    treeisabeast 3 years ago
  • we’re just commenting pro and against our own thoughts. nothing really major. the movie is the major proof.

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • din surse sigure stiu ca O PARTE DIN USLA care detinea armament acasa permanent i-au fost retrase armele .asta a fost un semn dupa parerea celui care mi-a descris o parte din evenimente.ulterior ..parasind tara si facind anumite declaratii nu tocmai pe placul unora a scapat de la 2 atentate..politia locala si-a dat verdictul.. e calibrul .; preferat a l fostilor tai ‘angajatori’ ..

    fane5fast 3 years ago
  • orice se poate. exista un om care a scris un intreg articol – un USLAs din Oradea. Am pus link-ul in film asa ca poti sa da-i o fuga si sa-l citesti. E in Romaneste dar e cam lungusor. O sa-ti ia cam cateva ore bune. Dar e bun de citit. Omu nu minte. Dar ca oricine mai arunca si el cu cate o parere pe aici si pe acolo..asa ca nu 100% e adevarat.

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • Parerea mea e ca intreg teatrul asta grotesc de intamplari a fost orchestrat foarte bine de cateva figuri cheie ale asa zisei revolutii, care, spre nefericirea lor (si mai ales a noastra), s-au grabit sa puna mana pe putere si sa manipuleze in fel si chip informatii din cele mai bizare (ex. scenariilor cu terorirsti arabi) cu scopul de a se proteja sau a sterge urme compromitatoare (Stanculescu, Militaru, Gusa, si, cu voia dvs, ultimul pe lista, Ilies…)

    lucianghita 3 years ago
  • cu voia DVS fiind a cui? Poti sa vorbesti ca doar esti pe You TUbe. Cam ai dreptate zic eu dar nu uita ca a fost o lupta intre 3 forte: USLA, Iliescu+FSN, si mercenarii lui Ceausescu. Iliescu nu a planuit sa-i distruga pe USLAsi ci a avut nevoie de ei…dar datorita unor intorsaturi USLAsi au facut de capul lor si a lui Trosca. Ei au fost mai mult cu Ceausescu decat cu Iliescu. Ceausescu la acea ora era inca in viata. I-ti amintesti ?!

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • ce bah ti-e frica sa spui numele lu nenorocitu ala , comunist borat, iliescu baga-mi-as pula in masa si in tot neamu lui de gunoaie.el a planuit tot. sa ia locul lui ceausescu nu sa faca democratie.dar nu a iesit chiar cum a vrut…pe aproape. ce sa zic si de mineriade? l-as scuipa intre ochi daca as avea ocazia. mori in mortii matii odata ca la puscarie nu te baga astia ca sunt intr-o oala cu tine jegos nenorocit.mi se face greata cand il vad pe la TV. ION ILIESU MUIE!!

    keliosbox 3 years ago
  • Frumos, foarte frumos, nu as fi putut spune asta, mai bine decat tine!

    shockolanu 2 years ago
  • In comentariile mele de mai jos nu iau apararea nimanui. Sesizez doar penibilul unui “documentar” facut de un pustan care habar nu are in ce a fost implicat taica-sau (asta daca intr-adevar tatal lui e cine pretinde el ca e). E greu si ne-etic sa proiectezi vina celor intamplate in zilele de dupa 22 dec in corpore asupra undei singure institutii, fie aramata, fosta securitate sau mai stiu eu cine.

    lucianghita 3 years ago
  • Nimeni nu proiecteaza nici o vina…ci o realitate.Daca te supara faptul ca USLAsii au fost omorati – nu esti singurul. Daca te supara faptul ca USLAsii au incercat sa intre PRIN FORTA in unitate denota 2 adevaruri: asa erau ei (intrau si prin foc pt ca erau antrenati si capabili) si bineteles ca isi iubeau tara (nu Sovieticii) si vroiau sa distruga lagatura cu Moscova din MAPN. Imi pare rau ca ma numesti pustan. Dar eu nu ma supar. Iliescu m-a facut golan in 91. Eu imi voi iubii tara mereu!

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • Mie insa mi s-ar fi parut mult mai nimerit

    sa atace noaptea,prin surprindere. Aia erau profesionisti,nu amatori! Foarte dubioasa toata drama!!!!

    varain2 3 years ago
  • pai asa s-a intamplat. au atacat noaptea spre dimineata. era inca intuneric.

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • După film un tovarăş securist a luat cuvântul şi i-a asigurat pe cei prezenţi că “Mama Rusie” nu-i va uita niciodată.

    În acel moment am crezut că visez, refuzam să acept realitatea. Ulterior m-am convins pe propria piele de “profunzimea” vorbelor tovarăşului securist.

    securatu 3 years ago
  • Aşa cum au fost intoxicări în 1989, sunt intoxicări şi astăzi. Nu trebuie să puneţi botul chiar la toate… Adevărul este cunoscut doar de cei implicaţi direct în evenimente.

    Prin 2000 am văzut un film despre implicarea uslaşilor în revoluţie, conform căruia aceştia mai aveu puţin şi deveneau îngeraşi…

    securatu 3 years ago
  • mai “destituirea” uita te si tu la filmul Hartia Va Fi Albastra”. Ce a fost acolo ? Niste creteni au dat ordine ca sa vina USLA-si si amaratii de soldati nu stiu nici pe lume traiesc(nici unu nu cred ca trasese cu arma in toata armata lui)si daca nu au avut o convirmare de parola a iesit ce a iesit.Un colonel niciodata nu umbla in tanc,abi,tab(el este comandant de garnizoana,perimetru sau obiectiv)..

    mury1974 3 years ago
  • ce zici tu aici este tot ceea ce in acest filmulet cu exceptia ultimei propozitii. “Un colonel niciodata nu umbla in tanc,abi,tab(el este comandant de garnizoana,perimetru sau obiectiv)..” Din pacate un ex-colonel (facut colonel dupa moarte) a fost imbracat in haine de trening + militare si a avut ordin special. Din pacate…aste e realitatea.

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • O minciuna ordinara!Uslasii au fost chemati

    in ajutor si au fost macelariti.Nimeni nu ataca in plina zi,cu blindate usoare,o cladire aparata de tancuri si TAB-uri.Cretina idee,ca si cretinul care a pus clipul!

    varain2 3 years ago 3
  • imi pare rau ca esti suparat. dar iti raspund la cele afirmate: tatal meu a fost acolo.

    nu s-a tras in plina zi. evenimentul sa desfasurat in timpul noptii spre dimineata. Uslasii au fost chemati facandusi datoria ca USLASI: cred ca toata lumea stie asta. Ca au fost macelariti asta denota cauzei. Pe scurt: Au venit rapid langa tancuri crezand ca vor lua institutia pe de-antregul. Din pacate tancurile s-au intos si iau facut zob. Apoi a inceput tragerea. Have a nice day!

    destituirea 3 years ago
  • super tare!

    tovarasultau 3 years ago
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Crima ? [Adevarul, Cazul MApN 23-24 decembrie ’89 si sosirea uslasilor…] Maior Mihai Floca, Armata Poporului, 6 iunie 1990, p. 3

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on April 17, 2010

http://www.adevarul.ro/actualitate/eveniment/Ziaristii_Revolutiei-20_de_ani_fara_regrete_0_245375855.html

si totusi…

Faptul ca, de la Revolutie incoace, armata este tinta unor atacuri bine dirijate si din ce in ce mai insistente, il poate constata oricine.  Prea putini dintre ziaristii care isi pun semnatura sub articolele defaimatoare care apar in unele publicatii, mai sint interesati de aportul armatei la apararea Revolutiei, la victorie.  Jertfa celor 267 de ofiteri, maistri militari, subofiteri, elevi si soldati, nu mai are, acum, nico o importanta!  Tot ce-i preocupa pe respectivii “oameni de bine” este sa arate ca armata a contribuit la genocid, eventual sa demonstreze ca aceasta contributie a fost cit mai mare.

Iata, insa, ca, in ultima vreme, concertul dirijat impotriva ostirii si-a largit repertoriul.  Au aparut voci distincte–unele caracterizate prin tonalitatii foarte inalte.  Acum armata este acuzata, incriminata si pentru ce a facut dupa 22 decembrie.  In cadrul acestei orientari noi, in mod deosebit se remarca articolul “O crima ce trebuie neaparat dezvaluita” semnat de doamna Angela Bacescu in revista de actualitati si reportaje “ZIG-ZAG MAGAZIN” numarul 9, din 23-29 aprilie 1990.  Nu stim in ce redactie si-a facut doamna Bacescu ucenicia in ale scrisului.  Un gazetar oricit ar fi el de tinar, isi alege cu grija cuvintele, nu se joaca cu ele.  Or cuvintul “crima” — folosit cu atita nonsalanta, chiar in titlu, presupune si un subiect.  Pe cine acuza doamna ziarista, in ce directie trage?  Spre armata, bineinteles.  Insa autoarea merge mult mai departe cu insinuarile.  Acuza “populatia isterizata de pericolul terorist”,  sustine ca pe teroristi “nu-i vazuse nimeni…”.  “Daca acestia au fost”.  De unde este asa de bine (dez)informata?  Sau vrea sa strecoare subtil, ideea ca cei din sediul M.Ap.N. s-au luptat cu propriile inchipuiri, iar locatarii blocurilor din zona Orizont au fost bintuiti de halucinatii?  Numai ca toate argumentele pe care le aduce provin doar de la una din partile participante la ceea ce s-a intimplat in cumplita noapte de 23/24 decembrie.  Concret, aduce o singura marturie — a sergentului-major Stefan Soldea, unul dintre uslasii supravietuitori — restul informatiilor avind o provenienta dubioasa.  Ca doar n-a fost prezenta, in acea noapte, la sediul M.Ap.N.  (Eu, insa, am fost !)  Se pare ca dictonul latin “audeatur et altera pars” (asculta si partea cealalta) ii este strain.  Tocmai de aceea, in cele ce urmeaza, vom exprima punctul de vedere al militarilor care au urmarit sau au luat parte mijlocita la acel “macel stupid”  — ca o sa citam pe doamna Bacescu.  Am mai scris despre acest subiect.  De aceea m-am hotarit sa reiau firul evenimentelor.  N-am dreptul sa tac.

Au venit pe furis…

Capitan Victor Stoica:  Noi — cei care ne aflam in Centrul de Calcul al M.Ap.N. — au putut urmari in intregime, ca dintr-un amfiteatru, acel spectacol zguduitor.  Pina acum, nu am luat atitudine, desi eram la curent cu stradaniile unor ziaristi de a-i face eroi pe cei de la U.S.L.A.  Am tacut deoarece ne-am gindit ca in urma celor cazuti au ramas sotii, copii –care nu au nici o vina.  Dar acum–pentru ca am fost acuzati de crima, sin in nici unul din ziarele civile nu s-a prezentat punctul nostru de vedere–avem obligatia sa spunem ce am vazut.  Observatorii nostri au fost contrariati de faptul ca cele doua A.B.I.-uri, venind de pe strada Ho Si Min, au stins farurile cu 20-30 metri inainte de a vira la dreapta, pe Drumul Taberei.  Nici o masina blindata–tanc sau T.A.B.–nu procedase, pina atunci astfel.  Eram la etajul intii.  Am vazut clar cum cele doua autovehicule blindate, s-au furisat intre tancuri, unde au stationat, pret de 20-30 minute.  Nici vorba de steagul alb, pomenit de doamna ziarista!  Daca au venit cu ginduri curate, de ce s-au oprit intre tancuri si nu s-au indreptat spre poarta ministerului?  Probabil din cauza ca — asa cum s-a constatat dimineata — nici un uslas nu avea asupra sa documente de identitate –iata un raspuns care contine alta intrebare!  De ce nu au incercat sa ia legatura cu noi?  (In A.B.I.-uri, dimineata s-au gasit doua portavoce).  Dar sa continuam cu faptele.  Am fugit repede la postul meu de lupta, schimbul de focuri incepuse si am vazut, cu ochii mei, cum mitraliera de pe un A.B.I. tragea spre unul din blindatele noastre.  Pe unul din tancuri am vazut o umbra — mi s-a parut ca cineva incearca sa foloseasca mitraliera a.a.  !!  Pentru mine nu este clar nici cum au ajuns cei trei supravietuitori in blocul A.1.  Probabil ca ei debarcasera inainte — focul nostru era prea dens ca sa mai scape cineva.  Oricum, din felul cum au actionat cele doua echipaje, este clar ca nu au avut intentii prietenesti…Si inca ceva.  La aproximativ o ora dupa incetarea focului am vazut vreo zece indivizi care au iesit — cu mare dexteritate — pe unul din geamurile de la parterul blocului B.3…

Colonel Romulus Antonescu:  Si eu vazut, pe unul din tancuri — inainte de a trage A.B.I.-ul din fata lui — o umbra:  mi-era chiar teama sa nu fie lovita de tragatorii nostri.  Afirmatia din Zig-Zag — ca cei de las U.S.L.A. “n-au tras nici un foc” — nu este adevarata.  Pe toti ne-a mirat lumina alba de la teava mitralierei de pe A.B.I. (ei trageau fara trasoare):  dovada ca se tragea, din turela tancului sareau scintei asemeni artificiilor de la pomul de iarna.

Capitan Mihai Munteanu:  Este oare, intimplator ca din echipajele respective faceau parte doi fost ceisti?  De unul dintre acestia destul de dur le era frica multora dintre ofiteri armatei din Bucuresti…iar faptul ca in noaptea respectiva, aceeasi persoana purta uniforma de -a noastra –avind la manta epoletii de locotenent-colonel de geniu si la vestonul de fresco (!) epoleti de maior inginer — cum poate fi interpretat?

Locotonent-major Cristian Costache:  Ca ofiter de control si comanduire, asiguram traficul in sediul ministerului.  Era acalmie, liniste deplina.  Nu fusesem preveniti de sosirea A.B.I.-urilor.  Primul care le-a zarit — “doua mogildete” intre tancuri — a fost colegul meu Radu Dragos, capitan post-mortem.  A fost impuscat in seara de 24 decembrie…

Ce zic tanchistii?

–Domnule capitan Gheorge Tanase, sinteti comandantul companiei de tancuri care, in acea noapte ocupa dispozitiv de lupta in fata Centrului de Calcul.  Ce s-a intimplat, de fapt?

–In primul rind, am fost total surprinsi de venirea — la orele 0,10 — si stationarea celor doua A.B.I.-uri intre tancurile noastre.  Incepind cu noi — cei din linia intii — si terminind cu grupa centrala, care conducea actiunile in sediul M.Ap.N. Nu am fost in nici un fel avertizati, nu ni s-a comunicat semnele de recunoastere si cooperare.  N-am deschis focu de indata ce i-am remarcat — cumne acuza doamna ziarista.  Intre venirea lor si deschiderea focului a trecut aproape o jumatate de ceas!  Initial ni s-a ordonat sa asteptam pina se vor face cercetari.  Prin statie am auzit ca cei din A.B.I.-uri au raportat ca sint trimisi de un oarecare maior Roman de la F.G.M.S. (Din cite am inteles acest ofiter nu exista).  Ni s-a cerut sa vedem ce-i cu ele si, la nevoie sa procedam conform situatiei in care ne aflam, adica de lupta.  Nu a fost nici eroare, nici crima.  Noi am tras fiind convinsi ca nu avem de-a face cu prieteni…

–In afara de modul –interpretat ca suspect–, in care au patruns in dispozitivul dumneavoastra, ce dovezi mai aveti?

–Faptul ca, la teava unuia dintre tancuri, tabla de protectie a fost rupta in doua locuri, trei din pistoalele mitraliera pe care le-am “capturat” (cu teava scurta si incarcator de 20 cartuse)  aveau tevile afumate, turela tancului de comandat de locotenentul maior Vasile Barbu a fost blocata, iar dimineata plutonierul Butoi a gasit pe tancul sau un pistol mitraliera si o lanterna de semnalizare…Cit despre dotare, sa nu-mi zica mie cum am citit intr-un ziar de mare tiraj– ca era jalnica, in nivelul armatei.  A doua zi, am recuperat, din cele doua autoblindate, radiotelefoane Telefunken, veste antiglont, pistoale de 9 mm, pumnale, binoclu cu infrarosu — care pentru noi constituiau noutatii absolute.  Si, pentru ca tot am fost provocati, sa va mai spun ceva.  Dimineata, cind l-am intrebat “de ce ai tras, ma?” unul dintre cei trei supravietuitori, pe care i-am gasit in blocul de vizavi mi-a raspuns:  “Ce p. mati, si eu execut acelasi ordin ca si tine!!!”  E clar ca nu au venit ca prieteni!

–In Zig-Zag, sub o poza, sta urmatoarea explicatie:  “A.B.I.-il dupa ce s-a tras in ei cu tunul”…

Locotenent Liviu Lita: Nu ma mai mira nimic, din moment ce o ziarista se amesteca in probleme de armament si munitie.  Noi o informam — daca vrea, intr-adevar, sa stie adevarul — ca greutatea unui proiectil nu este cu mult sub 20 kilograme, iar viteza cu care paraseste teava depaseste 800 pe secunda.  in asemenea conditii — avind in vedere si distanta mica de tragere — A.B.I.-ul ar fi fost facut praf.  Dar noi nu am folosit tunul pentru ca, la citiva pasi, erau blocul de locuinte…La fel de gogonata este si minciuna ca am fi tras cu mitraliera de 12,7 mm.  Folosirea acesteia presupune ridicarea deasupra turelei, ori nimeni nu era nebun sa puna in pericol viata servantiilor, atita vreme cit teroristii misunau prin blocurile de peste drum!

Partea civila

Trei din membrii celor doua echipaje, ramasi in viata s-au refugiat in blocul A.1., la scara B.  Redam mai jos ce ne-au declarat doua dintre locaterele imobilului:

Maria Sincai (apart. 34):  In jurul orei 02,00 am auzit ca in usa a batut cineva, nu tare, tare.  Apoi a sunat.  nu am raspuns.  Jos se tragea.  Numai cind a inceput sa piriieyala am deschis.  Pe prag — lac de singe:  erau trei oameni in niste uniforme mai deosebite, un fel de combinezoane kaki, unul singera la stomac si picior.  Am aflat ca a mai ramas unul ranit in mijlocul strazii, si carea ajutor, dar fiind mai corpolent, nu l-au putut trage.  Ne-au rugat sa stergem singele de pe scare spunind:  “astia de jos stiu ca sintem aici si ne iau ca din oala.”  Am intrebat daca exista posibilitati — pe la subsol sau prin pod — ca sa poata parasi blocul pe partea cealalta.  Nu stiu cind au ascuns pistolul sub covor.  Baiatului meu i-au cerut haine civile.  Unul din ei, Romica a telefonat de vreo doua ori, la seful lor, probabil.  Au si primit un telefon.  La un moment dat, spre dimineata, spune cam asa:  “Ce faceti, domnule, cum ne scoateti de aici, ca ne fac praf?  Ei ne-au luat drept altii”…  “Sa stit ca sint foarte bine pregatiti.  De la Favorit la poarta de intrare sint tancuri pe amindoua partile.  Ne-au facut zob”…

Stela Baila (apart. 25):  Dimineata, eu am cules doua pistoale de pe scari si le-am predat tanchistilor.  Cind baiatul doamnei Sincai a coborit (in pijama), eu am anuntat armata ca avem “oaspeti”.  Apoi, au venit militarii, i-au ridicat.  unul din cei trei ne-a zis rizind:  “O sa vedeti, sintem armata, sintem romani, nu teroristi.”

In loc de concluziile, sa redam si opinia unui alt martor ocular, locontenent-colonelul Vasile Tintas:  Stim acum, ca U.S.L.A. era o unitate formata in principal din cadre din foarte buni profesionisti.  Ei trebuiau sa-si dea seama ca aici vor intilni tot profesionisti.  Or, prin modul in care s-au comportat, chiar in varianta ca au fost chemati — si au facut dovada celui mai pur amatorism, daca nu este vorba de altceva.  Pentru ca toata conduita lor — incepind cu parasirea cazarmii de catre seful de stat major intr-un moment in care comandantul unitatii lipsea, apoi stingerea farurilor etc. –  a contrazis modul firesc de actiune.  Asa ca in nici un caz accidental nu a fost generat de trupele aflate in dispozitiv.

Deci lucrurile nu stau asa de simplu, pe cit incearca sa le prezinte doamna Bacescu.  Declaratiile redate mai sus isca o multime de intrebari.  Cei patru uslasi care au supravietuit — locotenent-major Romulus Girz, plutonierul Petre Gainescu, sergentii-majorit Stefan Soldea si Ionel Paduraru — speram sa ne fie in curind interlocutori.

Maior MIHAI FLOCA

“Crima?!” Armata Poporului, nr. 23 (6 iunie 1990), p. 3.

Romania 1989: Unde sint teroristii? PE STRADA, PRINTRE NOI (I) 13 iunie 1990

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on March 30, 2010

Ziarul armatei–deci al unei institutii situate, gratie Revolutiei din Decembrie, in afara politicii–nu este, in mod deliberat, o publicatie polemica. Asa cum este si organismul din care faceum parte, noi, ziaristii militari, am optat pentru o atitudine sobra, echilibrata, pe cit posibil obiectiva, constienti de faptul ca, prin lispa materialelor sezationale, de scandal vom avea, pentru inceput, o audienta mai redusa in rindul cititorilor. Fericiti ca, in sfirsit, ne putem vedea de treburile noastre–ca si armata in ansamblul el, de altfel–noi nu ne-am propus deci, in mod programatic, sa ne luam la harta cu diverse organe de presa din tari, nici vorba de cele din strainatate. Iata, insa, ca saptaminal independent “Expres”–nr. 18, mai 1990–ne pune la curent cu dezvaluirile senzationale ale revistei franceze “LE POINT”, din 21 mai 1990. Initial, ne-am gindit ca-i treaba politicienilor sa dezamorseze, sa combata continuntul incitantului articol, intitulat “In Romania, complotul iese la iveala.” Dar cind am aflat, de la niste ziaristi straini, ca armata noastra “a tras si asupra propriilor rinduri, astfel ca, in confuzia generala, au murit aproape la fel de multi ostasi si civili,” nu am putut ramine in expectativa. Pentru ca este vorba de o incalificabila ofensa adusa eroilor pe care armata i-a jertfit pe altarul Revolutiei. Noi nu cunoastem meseria armelor din carti, ci am deprins-o in poligoane, pe cimpurile de instructie. Daca accidentele se pot produce si pe timp de pace–lucru de care ne-au convins viata, practica militara pe care am trait-o, vreme de peste doua decenii–acestea au fost pe deplin posibile, si chiar s-au produs, si pe timpul Revolutiei, cind inamicul era peste tot si nicaieri. Dar de aici si pina a afirma ca cei 267 de morti si 674 raniti ai armatei s-au impuscat intre ei e o cale atit de lunga, pe care nici un om cu buna credinta n-ar face-o. Nu punem la indoiala buna credinta a jurnalistilor francezi, desi ideea promovata de ei convine de minune celor care se dau de ceasul mortii sa ne demonstreaza ca, de fapt, teroristii n-au existat. Fie-ne, insa, permis sa aratam ca documentarea celor de la “Le point” a fost, cel putin, incompleta. O spunem noi, care am fost tot timpul aici, reporteri printre gloante, in punctele fierbinti ale Revolutiei. O spunem si o argumentam, pentru inceput, cu fapte petrecute in zona sediului Ministerului Apararii Nationale.

DIVERSIUNE SI INTIMIDARE.

Nu ne vine sa credem! Desi a trecut peste o jumatate de an de la consumarea
evenimentelor, oamenii sint speriati. Este vorba de locatarii celor trei
blocuri–A1, A2, B3–dispuse in fata Centrul de Calcul al M.Ap.N. In urma cu
citeva saptamini, erau deschisi, raspundeau la orice intrebare, relatau faptele,
imprejurarile extrem de grele prin care au trecut, iar acum sint prudenti, retinuti, tematori. Mai mult, o doamna–cu mina pe inima si vocea tremurinda–ne
sfatuieste sa o lasam balta, ca riscam prea mult…

Ce s-a intimplat de fapt? In ultima vreme, pe la usile unor apartamente, au
batut citeva…persoane de bine, care, cu destula discretie–si
subtitlitate–s-au straduit sa le explice oamenilor cum s-au petrecut, cu
adevarat, lucrurile in perioada 22-25 decembrie 1989. De exemplu, in blocul A.1,
apartamentul 27, o doamna–banuitaj de a fi avut, in trecut, relatii cu
securitatea de trist renume–le a sugerat gazdelor cum sa interpreteze ,corect’
incidentul cu cele doua A.B.I.-uri din noaptea de 23/24 decembrie.

Alti vizitatori n-au avut nici macar inspiratia de a-si disimula identitatea
(sau poate ca chiar asta au facut). Domnilor, mie sa nu-mi dati numele la ziar,
ne roaga alt locatar. Am avut destule necazuri cu securitatea. In 21 mai, a fost
la mine un maior de politie, Popescu zicea ca-l cheama. S-a interesat despre
teroristii care au tras din blocul nostru. I-am spus ca, daca vrea sa loveasca in armata, nu are nici o sansa: au tot adevarul ii voi
spune. In final mi-a adresat o rugaminte: sa nu stie cei de la armata de vizita
lui… A revenit peste 2-3 zile, dar mi-a fost frica sa-i mai deschid…”

Cine-o fi misteriosul maior si de ce pastreaza atita discretie? Se pare insa ca
persoanele cu pricina manifesta un mare interes pentru blocul B.3. Domnul Stancu
Varzan are mai mult curaj.

–Dumneavoastra nu stiti ce nopti de cosmar am trait noi: se tragea si din fata
si din spate, de la gunoaie. Totul a inceput in 22 decembrie, pe la orele 22.00:
la inceput sa auzeau focuri izolate. Apoi–ca la razboi. Numai in baie ne
simteam oarecum in siguranta. La un moment dat, am si ris. Fata mea a plecat
pina la bucatarie si, cind s-a intors, ne-a spus sa fim linistiti ca, de sus, de
pe bloc, trage o mitraliera si ne apara! Era vorba, de fapt, de o
pusca-mitraliera, care executa foc spre Centrul de Calcul…Si de pe casa
scarilor s-a tras, in aceasi directie. Teroristii au incercat sa intre la mine in apartament, dar noi avuseseram grija sa blocam usa cu un cuier
greu. Sint bolnavi astia care vor sa ne convinga ca a tras armata in noi si ca,
de fapt, nici nu au existat teroristi. Dar i-am auzit discutind precipitat,
tropaind: in jurul blocului, pe scari, pe acoperis.

In acelasi bloc, stam de vorba si cu sotii Florica si Gheorghe Petrut. Sint
revoltati.

–Au fost la noi doi civili, spune doamna. Ne-au fluturat pe sub nas niste
legitimatii, din care am retinut ca sint de la militia din Turnu-Severin. Cind
noi am intrebat cine a tras, ei ne-au informat: “armata a tras.” Bine, dar in
armata cine a tras?–am continuat noi–doar in parcul din fata blocului au fost
impuscati studenti militari. “Au tras unii in altii”–ni s-a raspuns.

Si in incheiere, gazdele noastre ne avertizeaza:

–Fiti cu mare bagare de seama, domnilor ofiteri. Astia au tot interesul sa va
compromita!!!

Deci ,baietii’ lucreaza. Fara voie ne gindim la povestea cu lupul care se
intoarce la locul unde a mincat o oaie. Si a criminalului care se intoarce la locul faptei…

(Maior Mihai Floca si Capitan Victor Stoica, Armata Poporului, 13 iunie 1990, p. 3)

Unde sint teroristii? PE STRADA, PRINTRE NOI (II) (Romania, decembrie 1989)

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on March 30, 2010

Armata Poporului, nr. 26, 27 iunie 1990

Mult incercatul bloc A1

Prinsi intre focuri–ale teroristilor, dintr-o parte, si cele ale militarilor aflati in dispozitivul de aparare al M.Ap.N., din cealalta parte–locatarii blocului A1 (Drumul Taberei, 16) au trait, in zilele Revolutiei din Decembrie, nopti de groaza.  Sa-i ascultam.

–Eu, pur si simplu, nu inteleg domnilor, cum unii ziaristi pot fi asa de rai si palavragii.  Distrug omul, nu alta!  S-au scris in presa fel de fel de minciuni despre ce s-a intimplat aici, in zilele si noptile ce au urmat fugii lui Ceausescu.  Unii s-au apucat sa arate–culmea nerusinarii!–ca nici n-au fost teroristi.  Pe noi, insa, nu ne-a intrebat nimeni:  ce am trait, ce am simtit atunci, cum am supravietuit…

Si spre a fi mai convingatoare, doamna Stela Baila (scara B, apart. 26) ne arata o cutie cu…gloante (18 la numar), pe care le-a strins din camere.

–Cum a inceput lupta?

–Era pe 22 decembrie.  In jurul orei 21,00 am vazut, aproape de poarta Centrului de Calcul, un TIR mare, un fel de sa lunga.  Soldatii nici nu apucasera sa ia pozitie de lupta.  De sub masina s-a deschis focul:  atit spre Ministerul Apararii Nationale, cit si spre noi.  Tirul era foarte intens, cred ca de sub masina trageau peste 20 de indivizi.  Un glont mi-a trecut pe deasupra capului si s-a infipt, uitati-i urma, sub tavan.  Ce a urmat, nu va mai spun.  Ne-am refugiat in camera din spate, dar nici acolo n-am avut parte de liniste:  din parculet, se auzeau multe strigate, apoi a inceput rapaiala.  De pe toate blocurile se tragea!  Tocmai umblam la televizor, il reglam, cind un glont a lovit in perete, deasupra televizorului, la citeva zeci de centimetri de capul meu.  M-am ales doar cu o rana la mina stinga.  Dupa ce teroristii ne-au mai “onorat” cu un glont, am fugit in baie.  Dimineata, geamurile erau faramitate.

Din aceeasi directie, dinspre blocul B4, s-a tras si in apartamentul vecin.  Gaura din geam se afla la aceeasi inaltime cu cea de pe perete:  1,45 m.  Dat fiind ca apartamentul se gaseste la etajul 1, este evident ca teroristul a deschis foc dintr-un loc situat la aceeasi inaltime.  De la locatarii acestui apartament (27), aflam ca teroristii erau imbracati intr-un fel de salopete, probabil de culoare gri.

–Da, i-am vazut cu ochii nostri.  Alergau ca niste speriati prin parculet, de la un bloc la altul, isi aminteste doamna Maria Cotofana.  Dupa miezul noptii, in careul format din cele trei blocuri a avut locu un violent schimb de focuri.  Apoi, am auzit batai puternice in usa.  “Deschideti, sintem armata, avem raniti!”–auzeam de pe scari.  Am primit si noi un ranit–il cheama Cristian Popescu si niste student la Academia Tehnica Militara–impreuna cu un coleg.  Imedia cei doi tineri s-au repezit la balcon, sa traga in teroristii care le-au ucis colegii.  Foarte greu i-am determinat sa renunte, le-am explicat ca teroristii ne “avertizasera” deja si ne vor face zob apartamentul.  Ii vedeam cum se chinuiesc privind neputinciosi cum banditii scuipau moarte si foc de pe blocul B3…

“Au tras din blocul meu!!!”

Exista locatari care i-au vazut foarte de aproape pe teroristi, au discutat cu ei. Unul din acesti oameni a acceptat sa ne povesteasca patania sa, dar cu conditia sa nu-i precizam identitatea. Intimplarea a avut loc in aceeasi noapte: 22/23 decembrie 1989.

–Sa tot fi fost 12,30-1,00, cind am auzit “poc, poc, poc”–cineva umbla pe balcon. Fiindca am instalatie electrica acolo, am aprins lumina. Am deschis prima usa ce dadea spre balcon si am vazut un tinar de 24-25 de ani: brunetel, creol, cu parul andulat, slabut. Purta of gluga bej, iar pe deasupra un fel de veston kaki. Inapoi lui, pe lada mai era unul. Grozav m-am speriat: “Deschideti, deschideti”–mi-a strigat brunetul. Am raspuns instantaneu: “Nu se poate, e militia la mine, e militia la mine!” si am inchis usa la loc. El a scos ceva din buzunar–un corp rotund–si a spart geamul usii din exterior. Am fugit, iar in urma mea au rasunat focuri de arma.

Intr-adevar, pe peretele opus balconului sint citeva gauri: acestea nu puteau fi provocate decit de gloante trase din balcon. Din acest balcon–asa cum ne-a relatat locotenentul Marius Mitrofan–s-a tras si asupra studentilor de la Academia Tehnica Militara.

–L-ati recunoaste pe cel care a tras?

–L-am si recunoscut! Dar ma opresc aici, ca si asa am spus prea multe!

Sa mai adaugum ca, pe 23 decembrie, cind gazda noastra a povestit scena cu balconul, un vecin, “binevoitor,” i-a spus: “ti s-a nazarit.”

Foc concentrat asupra Centrului de calcul!

Spre Centrul de Calcul al M.Ap.N. teroristii si-au indreptat cu predilectie armele. Oricine poate constata asta. Daca s-ar fi inarmat cu putina rabdare, gazetarii revistei “Le Point” ar fi putut numara, in peretele frontul al cladirii, circa 300 urme de gloante.  La care trebuie adaugate si gaurile care se mai vad, inca, in geamuri.  Sigur, geamurile ciuruite au fost schimbate, dar,–prevazatori si rigurosi–, cei din Centrul de Calcul, au avut grija sa le fotografieze.  Avem, la redactie, cliseele respective si le putem pune la dispozitia oricui.  Ne este imposibil sa credem ipoteza cu “confuzia generala” a confratilor francezi.  Pentru ca aici nu este vorba de doua, trei focuri–scapate, la un moment dat, intr-o directie gresita–, ci de sute de gloante trimise cu buna stiinta, nopti de-a rindul, asupra unui obiectiv militar.  Si vizind cu prioritate birourile cadrelor cu functii de raspundere.

S-a tras nu numai din strada, ci, in special, de la etajele superioare ale cladirilor de peste drum.

–Noi nu avem caderea sa acuzam pe nimeni–arata colonelul Marcel Dumitru.  Dar nu ne putem mira indeajuns de faptul ca nimeni din cei in drept nu a initiat pina acum o cercetare.  Nu stim cine a tras, dar stim, cu destula precizie, de unde s-a tras in noi.  Cind copacii erau desfunziti, privind prin gaurile produse de gloante in geamurile noastre–avem geamuri duble–vizam tocmai acoperisul, balconul, fereasta de unde s-a tras?

De altfel, cu pricepere de artilerist, pe baza observatiilor facute in acele vile de decembrie, maiorul Vasile Savu a intocmit o schema cu locurile de unde s-a tras asupra Centrului de Calcul.  Numaram pe schema peste 25 puncte de foc, citeva din acestea coincid cu cele indicate de studentii Academiei Tehnice Militare.  In “Le Point” se arata:  “Desigur, citiva securisti, infierbintati, au tras pe strada, de pe acoperisuri.  Dar nu era decit o mina de oameni, cei multi fiind falsii “teroristi”…armata a amplificat roulu securistilor si a plasat ea insasi falsi teroristi in diferite cartiere ale capitalei.”  Ce om cu mintea intreaga poate accepta ideea ca armata a ordonat unor membri ai ei sa traga asupra proprilului minister?!!

Centrul de Calcul este doar una din cladirile aflate in localul M.Ap.N.  Nu vom sti niciodata, cu exactitate cite gloante s-au tras asupra integrului complex.  Oricum, in comparatie cu cele ce au tintit Centrul de Calcul, acestea sint mult mai multe, ele producind victime mai ales in rindurile personalului neadapostit.

Sa mai amintim ca in 22/23 decembrie, tot inainte de a intra in sediul M.Ap.N.–deci in aceleasi conditii, ca si cei cinci studenti–au cazut un ofiter, un subofiter, si doi soldati dint-o unitate de parasutisti.  Tot aici Regimentul de Garda a avut 9 mortii–doi ofiteri si sapte soldati–toti impuscate dupa ce intrasera in dispozitivul de aparare constituit in curtea ministerului.  Deci au cazut, in total, 18 eroi.  Vom afla, vreodata, cine-i are pe constiinta?

(Maior Mihai Floca si Capitan Victor Stoica, “Unde sint teroristii?  PE STRADA, PRINTRE NOI (II), Armata Poporului, 27 iunie 1990, p. 3)

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cateva articole mai vechi de catre Mihai Floca:

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Mihai Floca’s credibility on the issue of what happened on the night of 23-24 December with the USLA units at the Defense Ministry, what happened on the other nights of the period of the Revolution in the same location, and on the claims of residents of these blocs—as noted, witness accounts that other publications simply ignored—is enhanced by the fact that his articles from late December 1989 through 1990 clearly do not show someone out “to get” the USLA or tarnish their reputation.

What is particularly notable is that after writing the (in)famous 26 December 1989 Romania Libera article (“Ucigasii de meserie al teroristului nr. 1,” p. 3) claiming that these USLA personnel in the Defense Ministry incident were “terrorists,” Floca wrote articles demonstrating how the USLA collaborated with the Army in certain actions during December 1989, at the CC building (“Actiune concertata impotriva pericolului,” Romania Libera 29 December 1989, p. 4) and at the Television Station (“Reportaj la U.S.L.A.,” Tineretul Liber, 5 January 1990, p.4).  Only in June 1990, did he begin publishing interviews with the Army soldiers involved in the 23-24 December incident with the USLA at the Defense Ministry and with the residents of the surrounding blocs.  These articles were as he noted prompted by two developments:  the articles in the opposition publication Zig-Zag rehabilitating the USLA and claiming they were innocent victims in the Defense Ministry incident (authored by the Securitate’s number one cheerleader, Angela Bacescu), and articles in the French press arguing that the “terrorists” had not existed.

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I.  Suspecting/Blaming the USLA:  Cloaking a Coup, Creating a Revolutionary Halo for a Bloodstained Army, or Accidental?

a) Where could the idea that the USLA was hostile to the Revolution have possibly come from?

To believe the revisionists, the idea that during the December events there existed “terrorists” and that the Securitate’s anti-terrorist special unit was behind the “terrorism” originated in the minds and announcements of Romanian Television reporters Teodor Brates and Alexandru Stark, General Nicolae Tudor and other military officials at the Television station, and/or General Nicolae Militaru, Silviu Brucan, Ion Iliescu and other members of the National Salvation Front.  A popular belief among revisionists is that they were all in on this deception, the new political officials and televsion personalities.  At their most charitable, revisionists will argue that the suspicion regarding the existence of “terrorists” and of the USLA specifically was based in an understandable and rational fear regarding the Ceausescu regime—but that ultimately these fears were misplaced, and that the suspicion of the USLA actually played a large role in contributing to needless bloodshed after Ceausescu fled.  As in so many controversies surrounding the Revolution, little effort has been made in “process tracing,” working backwards to find the roots of claims and ideas.

It is significant that in 1990, the infamous Securitate cheerleader, Angela Bacescu, blamed all of the above personalities for creating “imaginary terrorists,” but also added another culprit.

“Among those [who showed up at Television on the afternoon of 22 December after Ceausescu fled] was this Cirjan, an ordinary thief, who entered with a false ID.  He had been thrown out of the USLA, several years earlier, because he was stealing from passengers’ baggage, was dealing on the black market, and other such things, and [here] he is from the first moment shouting ‘Death to the Securitate’ and ‘The USLA are coming to shoot us’.” (Bacescu, “Romania Mare” 7 September 1990, p. 5a; see also her allegations against Cirjan in the 21 August 1990 edition)

A “Constantin Cirjan” appears on the list of the 38 “founding” members of the National Salvation Front read out on Television by Ion Iliescu.  And, although I cannot verify that they are one and the same, it is possible that this Constantin Cirjan is the same as a Captain Constantin Cirjan of Romania’s special “mountain hunter” forces, whose recent training exercises are discussed on a web page (see geocities.com/romanianspecialforces/vanatoridemunte).  It would certainly make sense, given that the “mountain hunter” forces were affiliated with the Securitate before the Revolution, and USLA training would likely have had many similarities with the current training of these “mountain hunter” forces.

This is signficant.  In other words, the point that so many revisionists highlight—how was it that even before the “terrorists” appeared, Television was warning about their appearance?—appears to have an explanation.  We must ask:  what would lead Cirjan to suspect this?  From where would he have such information?  Even if we assume for a minute that Bacescu has made up this episode, the question is why?  Afterall, she already targets Brates, Stark, etc. for this allegedly false, intentional “rumor” about the existence of “terrorists” and the USLA’s contribution to them.  True, Bacescu could be wrong, misinformed, or determined to find a scapegoat or settle scores with this individual.  But the point is that she identifies the source of the USLA rumor as a former member of the USLA—in other words, someone with access to such knowledge.  In other words, the “USLA rumor” appears to have originated not with Brates, Stark, or others, but from a former USLA member.

b) But what evidence exists to believe that Front officials at the time suspected the USLA?  Were the public statements that the USLA were involved merely for public consumption, and did not reflect their actual beliefs—particularly in the event that they were lying to begin with and knew the USLA was innocent?

Despite expressions of suspicion of the USLA on TV and elsewhere, regime forces followed the so-called “Special Action Plan” that called for the combined participation of Army units alongside USLA and other Securitate units.  In Bucharest and elsewhere, the USLA were sent out on patrol in pursuit of the “terrorists” (for example, Buzau and Arad, see Armata Romana in Revolutia din Decembrie 1989, p. 192, 209).  With USLA Commander Ardeleanu having “joined” the Revolution from early on, and with the appearance of USLA cooperation, Front officials found it hard to believe that the USLA were the “terrorists.”

Yet they kept on getting reports that something was not right.*  At the very least, Securitate Director General Vlad and USLA Commander Ardeleanu were not putting all their cards on the table, unwilling or “unable” to fulfill requests for maps of Securitate safehouses and architectural plans of key buildings that might have clarified from where the shooting was coming and what exactly was going on (Ardeleanu himself seems to have admitted this obliquely in a document drafted on 8 January 1990, see its reproduction in Dan Badea, “Cine au fost teroristii?,” “Expres,” 15-21 October 1991, p. 15).  In theory, the USLA had either surrendered their registered arms on the 22nd, and/or were performing joint missions with the Army to root out the “terrorists.”  The straw that appeared to break the camel’s back was the arrest of an armed USLA sergeant, Ion Popa Stefan, in the neighborhood of the Defense Ministry—he claimed he was on his way to the Defense Ministry to “surrender”.  Commander Ardeleanu is said to have played dumb upon being confronted with the news:  “I think it’s the hand of my chief of staff Trosca, he’s done this to me” (Lt. Col. Mihai Floca and a group of Army officers, “Eroi, victime sau teroristi?” “Adevarul,” 29 August 1990).  Senior Army officers and Front leaders had had enough.  They would try to call Ardeleanu’s bluff and give them a “loyalty test” of sorts.

One important admission from Commander Ardeleanu—one that has little alternative explanation given his accusations toward Army General Nicolae Militaru who instructed Ardeleanu to order USLA units to the building—severely undermines much that underlies revisionist accounts that Trosca and his men were intentionally lured into a diabolical ambush:

“…When I reported at the Defense Ministry [during the late evening of 23 December], I was asked to give details regarding the organization of the unit, its subdivisions, responsibilities, and attributes.  After this, I was told that the Defense Ministry was being attacked from all around…Then, General Militaru announced that in the “Orizont” building terrorists had barricaded themselves and were firing on the Defense Ministry, ordering me to transmit to my unit an order that 3 intervention groups come to annihilate the terrorists.  He warned me that the order I would transmit would be recorded and that I should proceed with this in mind. I transmitted the order to Colonel B.I. [Ion Bleort] who reported to me that by his side was Colonel Gheorghe Trosca, the unit’s chief of staff, who would take measures to execute the order.  Keeping in mind the importance of the mission I gave the order.  I know that I pronounced the name of Colonel Trosca, and therefore those present knew that he would lead the group.”  [interview from 1991, in Bacescu 1994, p. 116]

This passage is critical for two reasons in terms of the revisionist accounts:  a) it was Ardeleanu, not Militaru or anyone else, who chose Col. Trosca, and b) it was known that the USLA transmissions would be recorded.  Furthermore, the passage testifies to the suspicion of Front leaders:  why all the questions to Ardeleanu about the composition and activities of his unit?

The understanding of what followed, the famous so-called “Defense Ministry incident,” in which seven USLA members lost their lives after Army units out front of the building opened fire upon them, became even more confused after exchanges from the tape of USLA transmissions appeared in the press in early 1993 (Ioan Itu, “Armata Trage in Propriul Minister,” “Tinerama” 8-14 January 1993, p. 7—pretty much the entire article and discussion of this important incident shows up in Deletant, pp. 360-362).  Those exchanges show Trosca communicating to an uncomprehending Bleort back at USLA headquarters—Trosca repeated himself several times—that “a column of six-seven TABs, two trucks with soldiers and two ARO, fired for ten minutes on the Ministry and then stopped.”  In other words, Army units were firing on their own ministry.  A few minutes after Trosca’s announcement to headquarters, Trosca reported that Army tanks guarding the ministry had opened up fire on his USLA team’s armored personnel carriers (ABI).  The impression one gets after that is that the USLA personnel became tank fodder and that they never event fired a shot in response.  The journalist Ioan Itu concluded from this, and Deletant appears to accept, that the USLA detachment had been attacked “because they had to disappear, having accidentally witnessed one part of the Army at war with another part of the Army.”

Of course, there is more to this story.  It was not just a few minutes between the arrival of the USLA detachment at the scene, their report of what was going on, and their coming under attack.  Instead, they had stationed themselves in between tanks—as they had been instructed—for almost a half hour, without making contact with anyone among the Army personnel out front of the Ministry, a fact which caused obvious suspicion for those personnel.  Moreover, according to officers interviewed in spring 1990, they witnessed gunfire from the guns on the USLA vehicles, three of the machine guns recovered from the USLA vehicles showed signs of having been fired, the gunbarrell of one the tanks had been blocked, and on the top of another tank a machine gun and signal lantern were found (Major Mihai Floca, “Crima?” “Armata Poporului” 6 June 1990, p. 3).

What is amazing, of course, if we take Trosca’s transmission about the Army forces firing on their own ministry at face value, is that somehow this occurred “for ten minutes” and yet there is no report that the USLA detachment or the Army units defending the Ministry were hit or returned fire.  And when the USLA detachment is attacked it is from the units guarding the Ministry…because they are embarrassed ?, afraid ? that the USLA personnel witnessed something they should not have seen?  And why or how did these rebel Army units stop attacking the Ministry and what became of them? Furthermore, as Army General Tiberiu Udrareanu relates:

“Personally, I have serious doubts regarding the use of  ‘7-8 TAB-uri, two trucks of soldiers (two platoons) and two AROs’ in a mission of this type, to be able to operate in the center of the Capital and to not be seen by a single person.  And the survivors, because we are talking about hundreds of people, have kept this secret so tightly for over seven years?” (Udrareanu 1996, p. 143).

Indeed, the latter point is significant, as one could imagine how once the content of the tapes were made public, that some lips might have loosened.  And I ask the reader:  which is more plausible, that Trosca—knowing his words were being listened to—was lying or trying to communicate something in code to his headquarters, or that hundreds of soldiers—including draftees and students at the military academy—could or would keep quiet about Army units intentionally attacking their own Ministry?

What happened after the firefight is even more intriguing as evidence of the genuine suspicion of the USLA on the part of Front leaders.  USLA Lieutenant Stefan Soldea who survived the firefight outside the Defense Ministry relates what happened when he was taken to the building.  Remember, here is an USLA officer, who participated in this key incident and his clearly defending his own actions and those of his unit, talking about his experiences in the pages of the Securitate mouthpiece “Europa,” so hardly in a position to, as is soften alleged, be somehow serving the Front leadership:

“A civilian, Gelu Voican Voiculescu, was in the office surrounded by the other generals [Army General Nicolae Militaru, Militia General Cimpeanu, Securitate General Iulian Vlad, and Securitate Fifth Directorate General Neagoe]…he began to interrogate me, ordering that my USLA commander, Colonel Ardeleanu go outside.  He demanded information about the organization, make-up, and functioning of  the unit, its address, what the unit’s members were doing at that moment, my personal information, after which he confronted me with Colonel Ardeleanu and asked me to identify who he was…”(“Crime care nu se prescriu,” interview with Angela Bacescu, “Europa” 28 July-5 August 1992).

Among the many interesting details that come out of Soldea’s interview is his complaint that the next day of his detention he “was forced to take a urinalysis test to see if I was drugged.”  What does all this tell us?  At the very least, it tells us that Voiculescu and other Front officials suspected that the USLA were the terrorists and suspected that—as the rumor circulated at the time (it turned out to be correct, but that is an issue for a different discussion)—they were drugged.**

This was an incredible and inexplicable charade to go through at the time if Voiculescu, who is always portrayed as one of those at the center of the alleged Front “staged war,” was attempting to stage such a confrontation.  If the Front “controlled” the “terrorists,” why do this?  Who exactly were Front leaders trying to impress/convince with this incident?  Moreover, if this truly was a charade—such as is alleged of the Ceausescus’ trial and execution—why is there no record/tape of it?  Would not this have been a great bit of counter-propaganda to the revisionists that could have been given to the media to protect their reputations and credibility?

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Dupa 20 de ani: Adevarul vinde…minciuni…fabricate de catre fosta securitate (Angela Bacescu, aprilie 1990)

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on March 30, 2010

Cazul Angela Bacescu

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25 for 2014: 25 Things You Should Know about the Romanian Revolution on the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of Nicolae Ceausescu’s Communist Regime: #1 The Securitate Deny Foreign Instigation of the Timisoara Uprising

Posted by romanianrevolutionofdecember1989 on February 2, 2014

(Purely personal views as always, based on over two decades of research and publications inside and outside Romania)

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[UPDATE 2.  A Response to Watts: The Pitfalls of Not Having Any Evidence

https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/a-response-to-watts-the-pitfalls-of-not-having-any-evidence/

UPDATE I.  Related of relevance:  https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/all-the-soviet-tourists-where-do-they-all-come-from/

What do previous studies tell us about the Soviets sending in agents posing as “tourists” prior to or during a military action or invasion against another country?

Mark Kramer has detailed Soviet use of “tourist” cover in the following CWIHP Bulletin article (Fall 1993, “The Prague Spring and the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia:  New Interpretations (Second of two parts),.  What is important to take away from this?  The Soviets posed as WESTERN tourists.  They did not pose as…”Soviet tourists”!!!…

Indeed, what Larry Watts seems to miss in his exposition of claimed incidents of Soviet use of “tourist” cover in the context of planned/actual invasion is that in none of the examples do Soviet agents pose as…”Soviet tourists”…Why?  Because it is a relatively poor cover story that doesn’t give much deniability that they were Soviets.  If you are trying to conceal your Soviet links, you would most likely pose as some kind of other tourist, not as a Soviet tourist…

Why then, in December 1989, in Romania, are we to believe, that the Soviets would have abandoned precedent and posed as…”Soviet tourists”…driving around in Soviet automobiles (more easily identifiable in Romania than other Soviet bloc states because of the domestic production of and dominance of the market by Dacia vehicles) with Soviet tags/license plates, and apparently carrying Soviet passports?  Doesn’t sound particularly intelligent, does it?  Instead, such things would draw attention to you and would mint you as…Soviets!

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2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe–Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania.  This (likely aperiodic) series looks at 25 things I have learned about the events of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989.  The numbering is not designed to assign importance, but rather–to the extent possible–to progress chronologically through those events.

Significance:  Until the documents below were made publicly available and I unearthed the following, we had to rely primarily on arguments emphasizing the Securitate roots of these claims and/or about the implausibility and often absurdity of these claims.  We now have documentary evidence that in the immediate wake of December 1989 not even the Securitate believed in the claims they would make so frequently later on.

The Timisoara files about December 1989 are now publicly available (when the link works!) on the Internet at http://dosarelerevolutiei.ro/.  What they show is that Securitate, Militia, and other regime officials from Timis County were asked by Bucharest–communicated via the person of Securitate Director, General Iulian Vlad–to investigate the role of foreign elements, specifically tourists, in the Timisoara protests of mid-December 1989.  But they were not the only ones.  General Vlad tasked senior Securitate officials from Bucharest sent to Timisoara to report back to him on this very topic alleging external involvement and manipulation of the Timisoara demonstrations.  What remains unclear is how much of this tasking was General Vlad communicating his own “hypothesis” or how much of it was he relaying Nicolae Ceausescu’s “theory” about what was going on.  This much is clear:  neither those stationed in Timis County, nor those officials sent from Bucharest could find evidence of a foreign hand in the Timisoara uprising, despite being asked to investigate exactly this aspect.  How do we know this?  From their own written confessions immediately after the December 1989 events.  (Below are four of them:  Nicolae Mavru, Liviu Dinulescu, Emil Macri, and Filip Teodorescu.)

Niculae Mavru, fost sef al sectiei ‘Filaj si investigatie’ de la Securitatea Timis, declaratia din 13 ianuarie 1990:  …la ordinul col. Sima Traian, am primit…misiuni de a observa si sesiza aspecte din masa manifestantilor, din diferite zone ale orasului in sensul de a raporta daca sint straini (ceea ce nu prea au fost) care incita la dezordine, acte de violenta sau altfel de acte… 0331 25 iunie 1991 “Desi ne-am straduit nu am putut raporta col. Sima implicarea completa a vreunui cetatean strain in evolutia demonstratiilor cit si fenomenlor care au avut loc la Timisoara,..”

0173

“Sarcina primordiala pe care am primit-o de la col. Sima a fost daca in evenimentele declansate la Timisoara erau implicate elemente straine din afara tarii.  Cu toate eforturile facute nu a rezultat lucru pe linia mea de munca.” 0174

26 iunie 1991, Declaratia lui Liviu Dinulescu, cpt. la Serviciul de Pasapoarte al jud. Timis (in decembrie 1989, lt. maj. ofiter operativ Securitate judetean la Serv. III, care se ocupa de contraspionaj)

“Precizez ca anterior declansarii evenimentelor de la Timisoara din datele ce le detineam serviciul nostru nu rezulta vreun amestec din exterior in zona judetului Timis.”

0197

Generalul Emil Macri (seful Dir. II-a Securitatii, Contrainformatii Economice),

Declaratie 2 ianuarie 1990:

“Rezumind sintetic informatiile obtinute ele nu au pus in evidenta nici lideri si nici amestecul vreunei puteri straine in producerea evenimentelor de la Timisoara.  Raportarea acestor date la esalonul superior respectivi generalului I. Vlad a produs iritare si chiar suparare…”

IMG_1219 IMG_1215 Filip Teodorescu (adj. sef. Dir III Contraspionaj D.S.S.), Declaratie, 12 ianaurie 1990:  Seara [luni, 18 decembrie 1989], dupa 23:00, responsabili (anumiti ?) de generalul-maior Macri Emil pe diferitele linii de munca au inceput sa vina sa-i raporteze informatiile obtinute.  Au fost destul de neconcludente si cu mare dificultate am redat o informare pe care generalul-maior Macri Emil a acceptat-o si am expediat-o prin telex in jurul orei 01:00 [marti, 19 decembrie 1989.  In esenta se refera la: –nu sint date ca ar exista instigatori sau conducatori anume veniti din strainatate… IMG_1453 IMG_1438 https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2013/04/29/high-time-to-unpack-already-why-the-restless-journey-of-the-soviet-tourists-of-the-romanian-revolution-should-come-to-an-end/

Mai jos, declaratiile lui Petre Pele, Tudor Postelnicu, Gheorghe Diaconescu, si Iulian Vlad Excerpt from Chapter 5 of my Ph.D. Dissertation at Indiana University: Richard Andrew Hall, Rewriting the Revolution: Authoritarian Regime-State Relations and the Triumph of Securitate Revisionism in Post-Ceausescu Romania (defended 16 December 1996). This is the original chapter as it appeared then and thus have not been revised in any form. https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/rewriting-the-revolution-1997/

A Review of the Evidence

Although at first glance the regime’s treatment of Pastor Tokes seems strange and even illogical, within the context of the workings of the Ceausescu regime and the regime’s strategy for dealing with dissent it makes perfect sense. There is simply no convincing evidence to believe that the Securitate–or a faction within it–purposely dragged its feet in enforcing Pastor Tokes’ eviction, or was attempting to spark a demonstration in the hopes of precipitating Ceausescu’s fall. The regime’s decision to evict Tokes was not a last-minute decision. Moreover, the regime exerted tremendous and sometimes brutal pressure to silence Tokes in the months preceding this deadline. Interestingly, according to high-ranking members of the former Securitate, Nicolae Ceausescu’s unwillingness to approve the more definitive measures requested by the Securitate allowed the Tokes case to drag on without resolution (see below). The Tokes case suggests the bureaucratic and byzantine mentalities of the Ceausescu regime, and the clash between a dictator’s instructions and how the institutions charged with defending him interpret their mission. … The suggestion that the Securitate treated Tokes gently prior to his eviction is simply incorrect. On 2 November 1989, four masked men burst through the locked doors of the parochial residence, wielding knives and screaming in a fury. Tokes was slashed on the forehead before his church bodyguards could come to his rescue, causing the four to flee. The numerous Securitate men posted out front of the building had done nothing to intervene in spite of calls for help. Puspoki suggests that these “Mafia-like thugs,” who attacked as if from “an Incan tribe,” were some of Colonel Sima’s “gorillas,” sent to deliver a clear message to Tokes that he should leave immediately.[40] The view of the former Securitate–as expounded by Colonel Sima’s senior deputy, Major Radu Tinu–insinuates a “tourist”-like scenario. According to Tinu, the incident was clearly a “set-up” designed to draw sympathy to Tokes’ cause since the assailants fled away in a car with West German tags.[41] Not for the last time, the Securitate thus appears to attempt to attribute its own actions to foreign agents. A week after the mysterious attack by the masked intruders, all of the windows of the parochial residence and nearby buildings were smashed. Interestingly, the report drawn up for Bucharest by the Timisoara Securitate attempted to argue that “workers” from the Timisoara Mechanical Enterprise, offended by pastor Tokes’ behavior, had broken the windows. According to Puspoki, the use of a propaganda-like description was not accidental: the local Securitate was trying to present the incident as evidence of “the dissatisfaction of the working people of Timisoara” in the hope that it would finally prompt Ceausescu into approving definitive measures against Tokes.[42] Was Ceausescu responsible for the fact that the Tokes case dragged on without resolution? Support for such a conclusion comes from the comments of Securitate officers Colonel Filip Teodorescu and Major Radu Tinu. Teodorescu was dispatched to Timisoara with sixty other Securitate information officers in order to “verify” the request of the local Securitate that proceedings for treason be initiated against Tokes.[43] Teodorescu laments: Unfortunately, as in other situations…Nicolae Ceausescu did not agree because he didn’t want to further muddy relations with Hungary. Moreover, groundlessly, he hoped to avoid the criticisms of “Western democracies” by taking administrative measures against the pastor through the Reformed Church to which [Tokes] belonged.[44] Major Radu Tinu suggests that Ceausescu’s approval was necessary in the case of Securitate arrests and that the local Securitate remained “stupefied” that after having worked so long and hard in gathering information with which to charge Tokes with the crime of treason, Ceausescu rejected the request.[45] Tinu speculates that Ceausescu “did not want to create problems at the international level.” Because former Securitate officers rarely pass up the opportunity to absolve themselves of blame, and it would appear both easier and more advantageous to blame the deceased Ceausescu for being too unyielding in the Tokes affair, these allegations seem plausible. Thus, it would appear that because Nicolae Ceausescu was skittish of further damaging Romania’s already deteriorating relations with the international community, and the Tokes case was a high-profile one, he refrained from approving visible, definitive action against the pastor. The Securitate‘s attempt to goad Ceausescu to bolder action would appear to confirm Ghita Ionescu’s suggestion that where the security apparatus comes to dominate regime affairs it attempts to impose its institutional prerogatives upon political superiors. Ceausescu and the Securitate appear then to have had sometimes conflicting views over how to resolve the Tokes affair in the quickest and most efficient fashion. By December 1989, a huge group of Securitate officers were working on the Tokes case: the entire branch of the First Directorate for Timis county, the special division charged with combatting Hungarian espionage, high-ranking members of the First Directorate and Independent Service “D” (responsible for disinformation) from Bucharest, and members of the division charged with “Surveillance and Investigation.”[46] Puspoki describes Timisoara at this late hour as follows: Day and night, the telex machines on the top floor of the [County Militia] “Inspectorate” incessantly banged out communications, while the telephones never stopped ringing. Minister Postelnicu yelled on the phone, Colonel Sima yelled through the offices and the hallways. The officers ran, as if out of their minds, after information, besieged neighbors of the pastor, and dispatched in his direction–what they call–”informers with possibilities.”[47] Yet the case lingered on. On Sunday, 10 December 1989, Pastor Tokes announced to his congregation that he had received a rejection of his most recent appeal: the regime would make good on its threat to evict him on Friday, 15 December. He termed this an “illegal act” and suggested that the authorities would probably use force since he would not go willingly. He appealed for people to come and attend as “peaceful witnesses.”[48] They came.

[40].. Puspoki, “Piramida Umbrelor (III),” Orizont, no. 11 (16 March 1990), 4.

[41].. Bacescu, Din Nou in Calea, 78.
[42].. Puspoki, “Piramida Umbrelor (III).”
[43].. Teodorescu, Un Risc Asumat, 45-46.
[44].. Ibid., 90.
[45].. Bacescu, Din Nou in Calea, 78.
[46].. Puspoki, “Piramida Umbrelor (II).”
[47].. Ibid.
[48].. Tokes, With God, for the People, 1-4. ————————————————————————————————

Tudor Postelnicu:  “Ceausescu Nicolae facuse o psihoza, mai ales dupa ce s-a intors de la sedinta de la Moscova in toamna lui ’89.  Era convins ca se planuieste si de cei de pe plan extern caderea sa, era convins ca toti sint spioni…” 0160 Petru Pele (Dir I, DSS). Declaratie, 16 ianuarie 1990:  “Printre sarciniile mai importante efectuate de catre acestia in  perioada 17-22.12.1989 s-a numerat (?) constituierea (?) listelor celor retinuti de organele militie cu listele celor predati sau reintorsi din Ungaria, intrucit s-a emis ipoteza ca evenimentele de la Timisoara au fost puse la cale in tara vecina…” 0299 0291 Gheorghe Diaconescu, Declaratie 31 decembrie 1989 “Luni 18 decembrie gl. col.  VLAD IULIAN a avut o convorbire cu colegul meu (local?) RADULESCU EMIL … 0476 Vlad Iulian (continuarea, declaratia lui Gheorghe Diaconescu) “?… foarte dur (?) ca nu (?) ca ‘un grup de turisti isi fac de cap in Timisoara’” 0477 0472 Tocmai Iulian Vlad, el insusi, recunoaste ne-implicarea strainilor in evenimentele de la Timisoara, aici… 0289 0290 Incepind cu noaptea de 16/17 dec. si in continuare pina in data de 20 dec. 1989 organul de securitate local col. Sima cit si gl. Macri si in lipsa lui col. Teodorescu imi comunicau date din care rezulta ca sute de elemente turbulente au devastat orasul, si ca elementul strain nu rezulta a se fi implicate in continuarea fenomenului.” 0291 “Mai exact, cei trimis de mine la Timisoara mi-au raportat ca nu au elemente din care sa rezulte vreum amestec al strainatatii in producerea evenimentelor de la Timisoara.” https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2013/03/17/o-indicatie-pretioasa-de-pe-malurile-dimbovitei-implicarea-strainilor-in-evenimentele-de-la-timisoara-paranoia-lui-nicolae-ceausescu-sau-confirmarea-lui-iulian-vlad/0292

All this is important to keep in mind when coming across claims about the alleged role of these tourists in the overthrow of the communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu:  none of the authors purporting such claims have addressed the documents above.  Among the authors who allege such a role and whose work is available on the Internet are the following:

James F. Burke (citing Grigore Corpacescu, General Iulian Vlad, and a well-known article from September 1990 in Democratia) http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/revolution/december_revolt_moscow.htm (I have dealt with these allegations here https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2010/12/29/presa-din-1990-despre-turistii-rusi-din-decembrie-1989/, and  https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2010/09/22/the-1989-romanian-revolution-as-geopolitical-parlor-game-brandstatter%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ccheckmate%E2%80%9D-documentary-and-the-latest-wave-in-a-sea-of-revisionism-part-iii/)

Catherine Durandin (citing Radu Portocala) http://www.diploweb.com/english/romania/durandin1.htm  (I have addressed this allegation here https://romanianrevolutionofdecember1989.com/2010/09/24/the-1989-romanian-revolution-as-geopolitical-parlor-game-brandstatter%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Ccheckmate%E2%80%9D-documentary-and-the-latest-wave-in-a-sea-of-revisionism-part-four/)

Alexander Ghaleb (fn. 9, citing “police sources”) http://www.sferapoliticii.ro/sfera/165/art03-Ghaleb.php

Jacques Levesque (citing a 1992 book by Filip Teodorescu) http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft4q2nb3h6&chunk.id=d0e6746&toc.id=d0e6638&brand=ucpress

John Simpson (citing Virgil Magureanu and the SRI) http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ten-days-that-fooled-the-world-1387659.html

Alex Mihai Stoenescu (p. 186 of 340, Petre Roman citing Mihai Caraman) http://www.scribd.com/doc/105257958/Alex-Mihai-Stoenescu-Istoria-Loviturilor-de-Stat-Din-Romania-Vol-4-1

Larry Watts (fn. 90 p. 26, Petre Roman citing Mihai Caraman) http://www.larrylwatts.com/excerpts/with_friends_like_these_excerpts.pdf  (Roman ironically himself undermined such a claim here:  http://adevarul.ro/news/eveniment/petre-roman-ceausescu-acceptat-controlul-psihiatric-proces-putea-scape-1_50ad124a7c42d5a6638e48ab/index.html , Watts’ claim has been televised in the series “Mostenirea Clandestina,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAPOEu0ebwI start at about 46:10 to 46:60 and then assisted by Cristian Troncota, who discusses the “Soviet tourists,” including Watts’ claim, from 47:05 to 49:50…conveniently not mentioned here or anywhere else where Troncota appears (for example with Grigore Cartianu in Adevarul), Cristian Troncota was a Lt. Maj. in the Securitate:  see the index here from a 1987 issue of the Securitate‘s “strict secret” journal, (page 4 of 46 on the pdf) with a historical article beginning on page 78:  http://www.cnsas.ro/documente/periodicul_securitatea/Securitatea%201987-4-80.pdf  (vol. 80 from 1987).

 

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