Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 300-60-2

Title

RFE Confidential Reports on Romania

Date(s)

1971 - 1975

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

3 Archival boxes, 0.38 linear meters

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

This series consists of limited distribution reports (analyses, studies, and interpretations), some of which were at that time considered strictly confidential and thus exclusively sent to the Director of the Romanian Broadcasting Department (RBD). Most of them originate from anonymized sources, but occasionally they had been produced by RFE’s regional News Bureaus (Paris, Vienna). The reports are part of the heritage of Noel Bernard, long-time director of the RBD; he had used them for policy making purposes and giving guidelines for broadcasters.

The topics reflected on in the reports are abundantly economic ones: five-year plans, fiscal policy, industrial branches, (especially Franco-Romanian) foreign trade. Occasionally, more sensitive issues are described: (re)defection, surveillance of foreign visitors, general state of spirit and morale in Romania.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Arranged chronologically

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Languages

Romany

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Csaba Szilagyi, October 19, 1998; revised by Csaba Szilagyi, April 10, 2002.