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“It's expensive to keep communism alive today. I've already got a huge foreign debt staring me in the face, and I can't reduce it by exporting tomatoes or toilet paper. We should be making dollars any way we can. And we should be exporting arms any way and every way, openly and secretly, legally or by smuggling, I don't care how.”

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Nicolae Ceausescu

Nicolae Ceausescu (January 26, 1918 – December 25, 1989) was a Romanian communist politician and former President of Romania. He served as General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, establishing a cult of personality and repressive regime. His rule led to economic decline and widespread hardship. He was overthrown during the 1989 Romanian Revolution, tried, and executed. more

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