Dennis Deletant on the secret service in Romania

British historian Dennis Deletant, who after writing critical works on communism in Romania was declared a persona non grata by Nicolae Ceausescu in 1988, talks in an interview with Cristian Patrasconiu about the communist secret service. "In a way one could say that Securitate has won in Romania, as in Poland and Bulgaria. When we compare those who have come out on top economically, there's little difference with Poland. In both countries people had access to leading positions in the economy, and they took advantage of this in 1989. The West, too, has benefited from these relations. The West has not expressly called for 'lustration'. There are ties between the secret services of the West and those of the East that developed in the 1980s and are still maintained today. It would no doubt be uncomfortable for the West if the files brought more 'truth' to light."

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