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

Romania's economic strength lies in
food production and oil. Above is
community farm - note uncongested
highway! Right, one of many
oil refineries at Ploesti.
wrong place," she commented. "These
are the confidential files of the Communist
Party, available only for our own
government pubJ ications! TIley are not
for sale!"
"But they are of just the 9uality and
the subject matter we need," we answered.
"But I would not know what price
to sell them for," she answered. "No
one from abroad has ever had access
to these pictures before."
After some encouragement from us,
she telephoned Cartimex, the Export
Bureau of the Government, received permission,
and sent us to the Cartimex
office to conclude the sale. Everyone
was pleased - we had just the pictures
we needed (some of which you see in
this issue) and the Romanians received
badly needed West German currency.
It was quite an experience!
Next month will cover the story of
our trip through Western Romania,
Hungary and Czechoslovakia en route
to Poland.