tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522279508458578400.post6653192622975051594..comments2024-02-24T00:52:16.354-08:00Comments on On Romania: Pacepa, The Great and Powerful I: “Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain” - 08/03/2013Larry L. Wattshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15928263952261463735noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522279508458578400.post-84244263381076832252014-02-02T06:59:24.111-08:002014-02-02T06:59:24.111-08:00Saint Germain,
Apparently you have not read the ...Saint Germain, <br /><br />Apparently you have not read the posting to which you commenting, in which I describe not only what I was doing but on whose coin I was doing it. As to what I accomplished during my various pre-1989 visits, that research formed the bulk of my Master's Thesis at the University of Washington in Seattle (1985) and my book -"Romanian Cassandra" (1993), as well as a significant portion of the documentary evidence regarding Romania my doctoral dissertation at Umea University in Sweden "Incompatible Allies" (1998), and the basis of several articles published in Europe and the United States. My stays in Romania also informed my work at Radio Free Europe in Munich at various times during 1983-1988.<br /><br />You have written your rather imaginative comment on February 1, 2014. To what "repressive Securitate (secret service) apparatus" do you believe me to be now "well integrated"? The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI)? The Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE)? <br /><br />I have in the past worked with both on general questions of reform, democratic control, integrity systems and the training of analysts. I am proud to have done so and will do so gladly in the future if the opportunity presents itself. Both organizations are highly - indeed, very highly - considered within NATO and in the United States. The only parties seeking to assimilate them to a "repressive apparatus" are outside of NATO - in mentality, if not in fact.Larry L. Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928263952261463735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522279508458578400.post-10230478910666778292014-02-01T12:20:20.038-08:002014-02-01T12:20:20.038-08:00What about the time you spent in communist Romania...What about the time you spent in communist Romania? You are just an acolyte of the Securitate. Your are not just any ordinary foreigner. You claimed asylum in Romania, during Ceausescu’s communist dictatorship, and since then it seems that you have been well integrated in the repressive Securitate (secret service) apparatus. <br />You are liar as Woolsey, the former CIA chief put.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704027483806466196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522279508458578400.post-1458152045615264442013-08-22T06:58:51.460-07:002013-08-22T06:58:51.460-07:00Thanks Cristi.
The reproduction substituted my b...Thanks Cristi. <br /><br />The reproduction substituted my brackets "[]" in the original English version with parantheses "()" - thus the error.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Larry Watts Larry L. Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928263952261463735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522279508458578400.post-9309686484005482582013-08-21T16:53:35.791-07:002013-08-21T16:53:35.791-07:00Stimate domnule Larry Watts,
In primul rand, perm...Stimate domnule Larry Watts,<br /><br />In primul rand, permiteti-mi sa va adresez sincere felicitari pentru demersul exceptional de restabilire a adevarului istoric. Am citit cu mare atentie cele doua carti publicate pe tema relatiilor externe ale Romaniei in ultimul secol si pot sa afirm, fara teama de a gresi, ca cele doua lucrari sunt de-a dreptul extraordinare.<br /><br />In privinta capitolului The Clash of 1978 (postat pe site-ul ziaristionline.ro), cred ca este o mica scapare de traducere din lb. romana in lb. engleza, care distorsioneaza sensul real: <br />"The Kremlin chief complained to Honecker that the Sino-Soviet rapprochement (facilitated by the Romanians) was a rapprochement on an anti-Soviet, anti-Socialist basis,and that Washington and Beijing continued to employ the differentiated approach towards Eastern Europe to bring them into confrontation with the Soviet Union"<br /> cred ca este, de fapt vorba de <br />"The Kremlin chief complained to Honecker that the Sino-American rapprochement ...".<br /><br />In final, inca o data va adresez sincere felicitari.<br /><br />Cu deosebit respect,<br />CristiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522279508458578400.post-91319070623022354832013-08-21T16:45:10.307-07:002013-08-21T16:45:10.307-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com