Item COLD WAR 23/1 - Transcript of interview with dissident and poet Mircea Dinescu, 1998

Typescript transcript of interview with Mircea Dinescu, Romanian dissident and poet, relating to the conditions in Romania during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu, President of the Romanian Socialist Republic, 1967-1989; Dinescu's background as a well known dissident in Romania, [1980]-1989; the non-existence of an organised resistance movement in Romania against Ceausescu's regime, 1989;the release of Dinescu from custody, [1989]; Dinescu's appearance on Romanian television to announce the Romanian revolution, [23] Dec 1989; the public celebrations at the overthrow of Ceausescu, and the subsequent outbreak of violence, Bucharest, Romania, 23-24 Dec 1989; the rapid rise to power of Ion Iliescu, leader of the National Salvation Front, Dec 1989; the execution of Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, 25 Dec 1989; the violence between the Romanian public and the secret police, the Securitate, Dec 1989; the role of television as a provider of information on the Romanian revolution to the population, Dec 1989; Ceausescu's escape by helicopter from the Central Committee building, Bucharest, and capture by members of the National Salvation Front, 23 Dec 1989. 17pp