Item COLD WAR 23/2 - Transcript of interview with Romanian citizen Doina Maria Zamfirescu, 1998

Typescript transcript of interview with Doina Maria Zamfirescu, Romanian citizen during the Romanian revolution, Dec 1989, relating to the hatred felt by the majority of the Romanian population for Nicolae Ceausescu, President of the Romanian Socialist Republic, 1967-1989; Zamfirescu's account of the Romanian revolution, Dec 1989; the massacre, by government forces, of civilian demonstrators in Timisoara, Transylvania, Romania, 16 Dec 1989; the capture, by members of the National Salvation Front, of the television station, Bucharest, Romania, 23 Dec 1989; Zamfirescu's reaction to the news of Ceausescu's escape by helicopter from the Central Committee building, Bucharest, 23 Dec 1989; the execution of Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, 25 Dec 1989; the public celebrations at the overthrow of Ceausescu, 23 Dec 1989; the arrival of weapons prior to the capture of the television station, Bucharest, 23 Dec 1989. 11pp