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	HU OSA 300-60
Fonds 300:	Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute
Subfonds 60:	Romanian Unit

Date(s) 1946-1995 (predominant 1951-1991)

Extent and medium 1076 Archival boxes, 135 linear meters

Name of creator(s)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: Information Resources Department: East European Archives: Romanian Unit

Administrative/Biographical history

• HU OSA 300-60C Romanian Unit

Scope and content

Materials in this subfonds include press clippings, news agency releases, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty research papers and background analyses, information items, transcripts of radio broadcasts, émigré publications, and letters.

The records of the Romanian Unit give a broad picture of Romanian political life, economics, culture and arts, religions, media, social and military issues. Two series of this subfonds are of outstanding interest: the Records Relating to Romanian Opposition and Protest Movement offer an encompassing and detailed overview on the history of the Romanian anticommunist opposition, dissent and dissenters; the RFE Confidential Reports on Romania consists of confidential reports from (often) anonymized, but usually reliable sources on various Romanian issues.

The impressive quantity of documents on Romania’s foreign and inter-party relations, as well as those on communist propaganda included in the series Subject Files are also of great interest.

Accruals Not expected

System of arrangement

• HU OSA 300-60-1 Subject Files, 1946-1992
• HU OSA 300-60-2 RFE Confidential Reports on Romania, 1971-1975
• HU OSA 300-60-3 Records Relating to Romanian Opposition and Protest Movement, 1977-1991
• HU OSA 300-60-4 Romanian Monitoring, 1976-1995
• HU OSA 300-60-5 Romanian Press Survey, 1971-1994
• HU OSA 300-60-6 Romanian Press Survey in English, 1957-1975
• HU OSA 300-60-7 Foreign Press Survey on Romania, 1974-1989

Language/scripts of material

English, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian (Principally Romanian and English)

Finding aids

• Inventory with container list

Related units of description

• HU OSA 300-8 Records of RFE/RL Research Institute: Publications Department; HU OSA 205-60 Records of the Open Media Research Institute: Romanian Unit; HU OSA 300-5-20 Files of Analyst Vladimir Socor; HU OSA 333 Collection of Dan Ionescu Relating to Romania and Moldova

Date(s) of descriptions

Preliminary description prepared by Csaba Szilagyi on October 15, 1998; revised by Csaba Szilagyi on April 10, 2002.
Online version updated 19 April 2012