The Soviet stance on Ceaușescu’s developing countries policy: the turning point of 1975
The Soviet stance on Ceaușescu’s developing countries policy: the turning point of 1975

Summary/Abstract: The article is based on earlier unknown archival sources and the writer sought to define most important Soviet assessments of the turning point of N. Ceausescu’s Third World policy in 1975. The author provides the reader with particular data of the Soviet diplomats’ attitude towards Romania’s special course aimed at getting support among developing countries and conclusions on the Soviet part on combination of political, ideological and economical aspects of that policy. As follows from these documents, the Soviets were extremely suspicious of strengthening Romanian positions among the Third World nations since it could build obstacles to the Soviet plans there. The Soviet diplomats’ assessments which they shared with the Foreign Ministry gave wide range of concern to Moscow on this issue.

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