Convention between Romania and the Great Powers on the 12th of September 1944.docVIP

?CONOMICA TRUCE OR DICTATORSHIP? ON SIGNING THE TRUCE CONVENTION BETWEEN ROMANIA AND THE GREAT POWERS ON THE 12TH OF SEPTEMBER 1944 Senior Lecturer ?tefan GHEORGHE, PhD “Danubius” University from Galati Abstract: The formula for the “unconditional surrender” adopted in th Casablanca on the 24 of January 1943 was meant to acquaint the governments of the states at war with the United Nations with the treatment and the terms of their countries would have to take, no matter when or why they might withdraw. As far as Romania was concerned, the terms of surrender included, among others, demobilisation and disarmament, handing over war materials, amends etc, all of which were to be imposed on by the three great powers and had been thought mainly to secure safety and to carrying on the warfare against Germany. These objectives were considered to have deep political implications. Keywords: surrender, unconditional surrender, Romanian delegation Jel Classification: N - Economic History N9 - Regional and Urban History, N90 - General, International or Comparative The Truce Convention concluded by Romania, on the one hand, and the United Nations, on the other hand, was not the document that the Romanian opposition and the authorities had been waiting for during the secret negotiation in Cairo, Ankara or Stockholm. The formula for “unconditional surrender” adopted in Casablanca on the 24 of January 1943 was meant to acquaint the governments of th the states at war with the United Nations with the treatment and the terms their countries would have to take, no matter when or why they might withdraw. As far as Romania was concerned, the terms of surrender included, among others, demobilisation and disarmament, handing over war materials, amends etc, all of which were to be imposed by the three great powers and had been thought of 109  ACTA UNIVERSITATIS DANUBIUS Nr. 1/2