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The Tămădău Affair ((ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():Afacerea Tămădău), ''Înscenarea de la Tămădău'' - "the Tămădău frameup" - or ''Fuga de la Tămădău'' - "the Tămădău flight") was an incident that took place in Romania in the summer of 1947, the source of a political scandal and show trial. It was provoked when an important number of National Peasants' Party (PNŢ) leaders, including party vice president Ion Mihalache, had been offered a chance to flee Romania, where the Communist Party (PCR), the main force inside the Petru Groza government, already had a tight grip on power with backing from the Soviet Union (''see Soviet occupation of Romania''). The affair signalled some of the first official measures taken against opposition parties, as a step leading to the proclamation of a People's Republic at the end of the same year (''see Communist Romania''). ==Background== The PCR victory in the 1946 general election, achieved through widespread electoral fraud,〔Frunză, p.287-292, 297〕 was followed by the first attempts at anti-Communist resistance (including large rallies, and the creation of a "military circle" led by Mihalache).〔Frunză, p.292-293, 295〕 As the main adversary of Stalinism and committed supporter of the Western Allies, the PNŢ was the main target for PCR hostility. PNŢ party president Iuliu Maniu was already targeted for having backed attempts (during World War II) by the ''Conducător'' Marshal Ion Antonescu to sign a separate peace with the United Kingdom and the United States (''see Romania during World War II'').〔Frunză, p.293-295〕 In late October 1946, the PNŢ entered into open conflict with the authorities; the first volley was to send a ''Report'' to the United Nations, heavily critical of Soviet policies (the text was subject to censorship inside Romania).〔Frunză, p.297-298〕 The Communist press alleged that the National Peasants' Party had been organizing a wide network of armed resistance (groups cited in that context may have indeed existed as early as 1947, and probably merged into the resistance movement of the 1950s).〔Frunză, p.296〕 At the same time, the Communists approached several PNŢ politicians with offers to join the Communists in administrative positions. Similar offers were made to other parties: the PCR obtained the cooperation of Mihai Ralea, who led the Socialist Peasants' Party, as well as Anton Alexandrescu, Nicolae L. Lupu, and Victor Eftimiu.〔Frunză, p.299〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tămădău Affair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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