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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Romania Takes Ambiguous Stand in Conflict SUNDAY. JULY 28, 1963 (tailor f note: Hat ail wealthy Romania decided to cast her lot with Red China - and against Mos cow in the Soviet-Sino con flict? Chief UPI diplomatic correspondent Karol Thaler recently toured the Euro P e a n satellite countries. Here is his report.) By K. C. Thaler United Press International Romania, traditionally do cile member of the Moscow controlled bloc of European satellites, has taken an am biguous stand in the Sino Soviet conflict. She has her own reasons and they are not ideological. Unlike the other European satellites, Romania has steer ed clear of open commitment in the ideological dispute be tween Moscow and Peking. But she has made a number of friendly gestures toward Red China and heretic Al bania in recent months. Cou pled with the silence of Ro mania's strongman party chief, Gheorge Gheorgiu-dej, there has been speculation about the country's loyalty to the Kremlin. D e j's demonstrative ab sence from a summit meeting of satellite leaders with Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev in East Berlin this summer oc casioned additional surprise. Reason To Assume Nevertheless, there is little reason to assume that Ro mania is turning against Rus sia and switching to the Red Chinese camp. The signs are rather that Romania is playing a subtle poker game in an effort to get better terms from Moscow in the satellite camp. Romania, "liberated" by the Red armies at the end of World War II, was made to pay a high price to Moscow under the regime of Josef Stalin. Romanian oil and food were taken for Russia on a heavy scale and so called mixed companies, like the "Sovrom," exploited the country's resources. Of late, Romania, freed by Khrushchev from such extor tion, has embarked on a ma jor industrialization drive, based on her considerable re sources of oil and minerals. Alone among the satellites is Romania experiencing an economic boom. She has achieved the greatest relative degree of productivity in the whole of Europe, including the West. Counter-Running Policy Aware of this spectacular development, the regime in Bucharest has decided to push ahead with industrialization to balance the country's hith erto prevailingly agricultural economy. But this policy runs counter to the Soviet Bloc economic alignment of the satellites-COMECON - which wants Romania and Bulgaria - another of the satellites - - ' ' V 3 f i '", ' - 'ivV ; ')-;,. X-U id k to leave industrialization to Russia, Poland, Czechoslo vakia and East Germany. The drive for "specializa tion," or "socialist division of labor," pushed oy Moscow within COMECOM would title Romania's ambitious plans. She resents this policy and has been opposing it firmly in recent months. The move is basically Na tionalist and not in keeping with Marxist demands for Socialist division of labor. But the signs are that Romania, encouraged apparently by the more independent policies of Poland and Hungary, has taken things into her own hands and is holding out for a Romanian-type Communism Determine Own Structure She wants to determine her own economic structure. Be yond this, she wants to have freer hand in trading with the West as well as with the Communist East. -Trade with the West would help Romania to get basic machinery that she cannot get from her Com munist brethren who are ob viously in no hurry to help her along in the process of industrializing. This does not make Ro mania a pro-western nation. nor anti-Moscow. Her indus try is nationalized 100 per cent and her agriculture about 85 or 90 per cent Khrushchev sent one of his top men, Politbureau member Nikolai Podgorny, to Bucha rest last month to sway De but failed. Dei probably stay ed away from the East Berlin summit with Khrushchev to avoid a personal confrontation with the irate Kremlin chief. It is against this back ground that Romania's posi tion in the Sino-Soviet dispute should be viewed. Now Holding Out It seems as if Romania's Communist leadership is now holding out on Khrushchev to force a deal whereby Romania would formally back Khru shchev's line against Peking and Moscow would slop try ing to put brakes on Ro mania's self-seeking economic development plans. Basically, Ro m a n i a has nothing to gain by backing Red China. But by playing hard to get, she has made a few overtures toward Red China as a form of blackmail pressure on the Kremlin. A few weeks ago Romania signed a cultural agreement with Red China, after earlier concluding a new trade ac cord with Peking under which trade in 1963 Is to in crease by 10 per cent. Bucharest also sent an am bassador to Albania with whom Russia and other satel lites broke last year and re ceived an Albanian ambassa dor in Bucharest. WE'RE MOV m To our friends and customers we are delighted to announce that, effective July 29, we are moving our business to a new location. Your increased patronage has made it necessary for us to seek larger facilities. So, for your confidence in our service and your convenience, we are moving to the corner of Main and Front. We lo.ok forward to serving you now from our new location at 100 East Main. FREE PARKING - EASY TO FIND Glenn McCullough Don Day For your convenience, we are now mem bers of Park and Shop. You'll find the lot behind Robinson Brothers or the JCF M across the street handy to use. 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