#1; Reagan's election pleased Bucharest, as both Republican presidents Nixon and Ford visited Romania, Carter did not. But R. Reagan and G. Bush proved little predisposition to compromise. As an irony, when Democrats got the power by Clinton's election, Bucharest politicians were pleased because maybe democrats would like them more than Republicans....

#2; White, op. cit., 340-1

#3; idem, p. 340-1

#4; Harrington Joseph, Courtney Bruce J., op. cit., p. 522-3

#5; idem, p. 523

#6; idem, pp. 502-3

#7; idem, p. 496

#8; idem, p. 610