PT Jan-67 - Herbert W. Armstrong Library and Archives

Romonia
Romania builds up its synthetic rubber industry.
signs - red signs - of the new revolution.
In other satellite countries the
Reds emphasize the "People's Communism."
Not so in Roman ia. Here the
slogan emphasizes the Romanian IPorkers
Communist Party.
The highly nationalistic signs are
visible over publ ic buildings throughout
the cities. In towns and villages
the signs are even more conspicuous.
They are posted along the main roads,
often every block and even between
blocks.
Most Westerners who have visited
Romania have failed to understand
what is occurring here. They are looking
for individual freedom in the
Western sense. What they have overlooked
is the new freedom slowly be-
ing acquired by the Romanian Communist
Party.
The new revolution sweeping Romania
began in 1963. It aims at the
independence of the Romanian Communist
Party. Tts aim is Romanian
National Communism, as opposed to
International Communism from Moscow.
And the Romanians are succeeding!
National Communism is a new middle
road between International Communism
and Fascism. That is what
worries Moscow.
Romania -
Land of Contrasts
More than any other satellite country,
Romania is a land of contrasts. We
entered the country from Hungary.
To encourage tourism and hard currencies
from Western nations, Romania
freely issues visas at the border. Our
luggage was casually examined. We
were asked to show our cameras and a
tape recorder. The border officials had
never seen a tape recorder before. They
asked us to play it for them. We did.
for nearly ten minutes they listened
to the music we had recorded in
Prague's Hotel Aleron. They were delighted,
but assured us Romanian music
was far better!
Once across the border the striking
contrasts began. No tractors in sight.
The land in the northwest of the
country around Cluj reminded us of the
poorer areas in the American Southwest.
Along the roadside the elderly