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	HU OSA 300-60-3
Fonds 300:	Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute
Subfonds 60:	Romanian Unit
Series 3:	Records Relating to Romanian Opposition and Protest Movement

Date(s) 1977-1991

Extent and medium 21 Archival boxes, 3 linear meters

Scope and content

The materials include press clippings from both Romanian and foreign newspapers, news agency releases, transcripts of radio broadcasts, and manuscripts.

This series offers a wide spectrum of information on the Romanian anticommunist opposition and dissident movement, and on the events preceding the Romanian Revolution of December 1989. Of special interest are the letters and appeals from Romania sent by listeners directly to the Romanian Broadcasting Department, which were in their turn rebroadcast to the Romanian audience. There are extensive files on human rights issues and social discontent, and also bigraphical files on prominent Romanian dissidents, such as Mihai Botez, Doina Cornea, Mircea Dinescu, and many others.

A unique, though small part of the series deals with Romanian samizdat.

System of arrangement

• Arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically

Language/scripts of material

English, French, German, Romanian

Finding aids

• 21 containers
• Related OSA Reference Information Paper available.

Related units of description

• HU OSA 300-60-1 Subject Files, 1946-1992
• HU OSA 300-60-2 RFE Confidential Reports on Romania, 1971-1975

Date(s) of descriptions

Processed and described by Csaba Szilagyi on October 7, 1998 ; revised by Csaba Szilagyi on April 10, 2002.
Online version updated 6 January 2012