The Communist authorities in Rumania are now setting the stage for a great propaganda trial of a number of former political leaders and Zionists, according to information brought here by recent immigrants from Rumania.
A number of former Communist officials, including Vesila Luka, ex-secretary of the Rumanian Communist Party, will be tried for “Titoism.” Former Foreign Minister George Tatarescu will face the court on charges of handing over secret information to the Western powers. The Zionists, arrested in roundups in recent months, will be charged as conspirators and “cosmopolites” and will be accused of establishing contacts with the Western powers.
The new arrivals reported that mass deportation from Rumanian metropolitan centers is continuing. The deportees are described by the Rumanian authorities as “non-productive elements.” Many Jews and others have been deported from Praslov, an armaments center, and from points along the Yugoslav frontier.
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