Politica de cadre a lui Nicolae Ceauşescu în primul său an în fruntea P.C.R., 1965
The cadre policy of Nicolae Ceaușescu in his first year at the head of the Romanian Communist Party, 1965

Summary/Abstract: Nicolae Ceaușescu made full use of the grace period of 1965, his first year at the head of the Romanian Communist Party (RCP). He redefined both the party and the state, reorganized them at the level of leadership bodies, and set in motion the vast mechanism of cadre policy, which had become rigid during Gheorghiu-Dej’s rule. Although he had been installed in power in order to ensure continuity, he soon proved that he eagerly sought change: in terms of personnel, institutions, and approaches to both domestic and foreign policy.The measures adopted showed that he was prepared to take power. He had a project, even if it was not yet clearly defined. In order to implement it, throughout 1965 he acted gradually and decisively, though not brutally. In most cases, he carried out changes carefully, offered alternatives, and preserved old privileges or granted new ones.At the same time, Ceaușescu gave many members of the second echelon hope that they would be given the chance to rise higher, and he began the still hesitant rehabilitation of former activists who had been repressed or sanctioned under the Gheorghiu-Dej regime.

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