In effect, though, the party has already collapsed with President Ceausescu's ouster and Dec. 25 execution.

Does President Ceausescu know that these riff-raff pass across his borders without so much as a by your leave?

President Ceausescu and senior Party officials used to come here to hunt wild boar and deer.

There was no official comment from China which has had close relations with Romania's President Ceausescu.

An area of consistency has been President Ceausescu's obsession with Romania's sovereignty.

President Ceausescu now argues that it is 'inconceivable' that production units should be autonomous.

Throughout the 1980's, President Ceausescu pursued a harsh austerity program to eliminate the country's foreign debt, which once stood at $11 billion.

For over two decades, President Ceausescu sought to increase the population by barring abortions and contraceptives.

President Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed on Dec. 25.

The Ambassador had responded that he would go to the top and make representations to President Ceauŝescu himself.