Former Acting Editor of "Scinteia." Mr. Chairman. the latest assault on individual rights in Romania is Ceausescus systematization programa bizarre program with the goal of destroying up to half of Romanias approximately 13.000 villages and forcibly resettling their population into concreteblock "agroindustrial centers." Because of government repression some 20.000 Romanian citizens have taken refuge in neighboring Hungary. A grave humanitarian problem has arisen in connection with these refugees: Many have left close family membersspouses. children. and parentsbehind in Romania with little hope of family reunification in the near future. Other Romanian citizens have fled at great personal risk to Yugoslavia. Romanian authorities have recently constructed a barbedwire fence. fortified by deep ditches and a restricted border zone. on the border with Hungary. in an attempt to stem the tide of desperate refugees fleeing their homeland. In a highly unusual and welcome move. Soviet officials condemned the Romanians construction of the fence last Friday.
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