lbo-talk-digest V1 #7335

[ChrisD(RJ)]

Yeah, Romania, Hungary. Sorry about that. Anyway Ceaucescu was much, much
more repressive (and demented) than most leaders of the USSR. A
clarification on my earlier point: under his government, you could own a
typewriter, but you had to register it with the police. Nice. I find
numerous references to this law, here are a few links (beloe)

http://www.childhopeuk.org/projects/centralandeasterneurope/romania.htm
http://cnmb.rdsct.ro/romeng.html

Liza
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In his published collection of interviews, Putin says he was shocked when he
moved to the DDR by the repression. "In 1984!"