HThe Soviet Counsellors and the Activity of the Romanian Political Police Between 1944-1964

Abstract

In this paper, we have tried to provide a plausible explanation, in our paper, of the decision to call for Soviet support in the secret services area and, in doing so, we are supported by data from archive documents and diaries. Studying various sources of information, we came to the conclusion that the main concern, which stood at the bottom of these, was a political task: the need to improve the activity of the Securitate and to build a redoubtable weapon for the aims of the Communist Party. In other words, we believe that the reasons for the incoming of the Soviet counsellors in Romania answer to a real necessity and they were welcomed as long as they were indispensable. After the consolidation of the regime, especially after 1958, the Romanian leaders initiated a slow process to dismiss this kind of Soviet advisers.,