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Country:     Romania
Book:        Romania, A Country Study
Author:      Eugene K. Keefe
Affiliation: HQ, Department of the Army
Date:        1972

Glossary

     centrals-Industrial associations that group enterprises engaged in the
same or similar lines of production or enterprises at successive stages of
production as, for example, iron mines and steel mills.

     COMECON-Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Founded in 1949;
headquartered in Moscow. Members are Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany,
Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union. Purpose is to
further economic cooperation among members.

     judet (pl., judete)-Local administrative division corresponding to county
or district. There are thirty-nine such counties plus the municipality or
Bucharest, which is administered as a judet. There is no intermediate level
between the central government and the judet government.

     leu (pl., lei)-Standard unit of currency. Officially rated at the level
of 1 leu to us $0.18, the actual exchange rate varies according to specific
transactions, such as tourist exchange, foreign trade exchange, hard currency
purchase, or black-market transaction.

     PCR-Partidul Comunist Roman (Romanian Communist Party). Founded in 1921.
Declared illegal in 1924; operated underground until 1944. Known as Romanian
Workers' Party from 1948 until 1965.

     UGSR- Uniunea Generala a Sindicatelr din Romania (General Union of Trade
Unions). Official organization incorporating all labor unions of blue-and
white-collar workers. Estimated membership in 1972 was 4.6 million.

     UTC-Uniunea Tineretului Comunist (Union of Communist Youth). Official
organization that functions as the youth branch of the PCR (q.v.). Membership
open to young people between ages fifteen and twenty-six. Membership estimated
in early 1972 at 2.5 million.

     Warsaw Treaty Organization-Formal name for Warsaw Pact. Military alliance
of communist countries founded in 1955, with headquarters in Moscow. The
Soviet minister of defense is traditionally the supreme commander of Warsaw
Pact forces. Members are Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.