Romanian Officers Call for Purge
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BUCHAREST, Romania — Senior military officers demanded Tuesday that the armed forces be purged of all personnel involved in killing civilians during Romania’s December revolution.
Spokesmen for a group of 40 officers up to the rank of colonel said they had been negotiating a list of 13 demands at the headquarters of the governing National Salvation Front in Bucharest since Monday evening.
The officers also want a complete public account of the army’s role in the deaths of up to 700 civilians in clashes before the execution of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu Dec. 25.
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