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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
During the August 2, 1969, discussion between Nixon and Ceausescu in Bucharest, the U.S. president's interest in gauging the exact latitude the Romanians had was apparent. Several times Nixon reiterated U.S. interest in maintaining Romania's independent position within the Soviet bloc and voiced concern that the close U.S.-Romanian relations could cause Moscow to place undue pressure on Bucharest. Ceausescu and Prime Minister Ion Gheorghe Maurer, however, dismissed Nixon's concern, confident that they would be able to continue the balancing act between signaling their differences with Moscow and stressing their similarities.
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