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How High Security Was at the End of Ceauşescu's Regime. Accurate Figures, Presented First by CNSAS

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Security, the repression apparatus of the communist regime, officially called the State Security Department (DSS), had nearly 15,000 employees at the end of the 1980s, shows new documents published on Monday by the National Council for the Study of the Archives of the State (CNSAS). The original documents, dated 24 September 1988, are found in a file found at the office of the Chief of Security, General Iulian Vlad and shows the exact size of th…

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The National Council for the Study of the Archives of Security (CNSAS) announced on Monday, first, figures on the employees of Security - the information service that was consecrated through the terrorization of the population and the annihilation of the enemies of the regime. Article How Romanians worked in Security, the Romanian nightmare of the Ceauşescu era. Figures first revealed by CNSAS appear first in Romania TV.

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The National Council for the Study of the Archives of Security (CNSAS) published on Monday, first, a complete picture of the security dimension at the end of the communist regime. The repression apparatus of the communist regime had nearly 15,000 employees at the end of the 1980s, according to documents. The original documents, dated 24 September 1988, are found in a file from the Office of Iulian Vlad, ...

·Romania
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In the autumn of 1988, while Romania was suffocated by food shortages and international isolation, the apparatus of repression of the communist regime reached the organizational peak. Ultrasecret documents extracted from researchers of the National Council for the Study of Security Archives (CNSAS) from the cabinet file of the last head of security, Iulian Vlad, today create a clear picture of the state security department (DSS). On 24 September…

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Security, the repression apparatus of the communist regime, officially called the State Security Department (DSS), had nearly 15,000 employees at the end of the 1980s, shows new documents published on Monday by the National Council for the Study of the Archives of the State (CNSAS). The original documents, dated 24 September 1988, are found in a file found at the office of the Chief of Security, General Iulian Vlad and shows the exact size of th…

·Bucharest, Romania
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By September 1988, about a year before the collapse of the communist regime, the State Security Department (DSS) structures had reached a total of 14,629 employees. Information appears in secret documents.

How Many Were There?

The newly discovered 1988 documents of the last commander of the Securitate reveal in detail the exact number of Romanian political police, from wiretap officers to typists, and the county data thoroughly rewrites our entrenched stories about surveillance in Székelyland.

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Mediafax broke the news on Monday, September 14, 2026.
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