4, 105

news agencies: 175, 181-182

newspapers: 53, 54, 104, 175, 176, 177-180, 182

Niculescu-Mizil, Paul: 140

Nixon, Richard M., president of the U.S.A.: 159, 170

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): 8, 161, 171, 218

nuclear free zone: 167, 171

nuclear power: 279

Official Bulletin of the Socialist Republic of Romania: 117

oil: ix, 29, 36, 47, 275-276, 288

Old Catholics: 72

Old Church Slavonic: 67, 103

Old Kingdom. _See_ Kingdom of Romania

Olt River: 31

Oltenia: 10, 11, 31, 95, 276

Oradea: 52

orchards and vineyards: 31, 32, 36, 254, 255, 257, 268

Ottoman Empire and the Turks: 9, 12, 13, 16, 32, 55, 63, 67, 72, 91

ownership (_see also_ private sector): 110, 113-114, 259, 260

PCR. _See_ Romanian Communist Party

Paciurea, Dimitrie: 98

painting (_see also_ arts and the artists): 95-98

Pana, Gheorghe: 140

Pann, Anton: 101

party politics (_see also_ individual parties): 14, 17, 20, 22, 175;
single party, 2, 5

pasture: 32, 33, 36, 254, 255, 257

Patrascanu, Lucretiu: 131, 134

Pauker, Ana: 22, 24, 25

peasantry (_see also_ folk culture, working class): 53, 58, 61, 62, 68,
74, 148, 153;
history, 12, 13;
revolt, 17

penal system: 201-202, 257;
code, 194, 205-206, 222;
institutions, 207-209

people's councils: 111, 114, 115, 116, 124, 125, 126, 196;
Commission, 117

People's Democratic Front: 24, 127, 135

People's Republic of China (_see also_ Sino-Soviet issue): 1, 27, 157,
158, 164, 167, 168, 250

periodicals: 53, 176, 180-181, 182;
library, 105, 107, 152

Peter, tsar of Russia: 2

petroleum: ix, 17, 20, 29, 37, 47, 276, 278

Petrosani: 276

Phanariots: 12-13, 15

Pioneers Organization: 77, 80, 198, 199, 201

pipelines: ix, 29, 47

Ploiesti: 37, 41, 44, 47, 216

Plowmans Front: 22, 23

Poland: xiv, 165, 172, 182, 224

police (_see also_ militia): ix, 24, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 203;
secret, 3, 25, 193, 197

pope: 14, 67, 68, 70, 71

Popescu-Gopo: 103

population: vii, 3, 30, 35, 38-41, 74

ports (_see also_ individual ports): ix, 17, 48, 196, 217

president, office and functions: 117, 118, 161, 214

Presidium: 110, 112

press: ix, 23, 93, 139, 176;
freedom, 16, 113, 153, 176

prices: 237-240, 249, 283

prime minister, office and functions: 110, 119, 120

private sector: 113-114, 230, 258, 268-269, 273, 280

professionals (