The Archive · 1940

Tense Situation in Rumania

Council of Ministers to Punish Those Responsible For Killings; Former High Officials Among Victims Bucharest, Nov, 28. remains of Captain Zelea Codreanu and 13 Iron Guard members killed with him to years ago, last night were placed on the aller of the Greek Orthodox cathedral here after one of red the greatest revenge mass executions in Rumanian history.

Bodies of the Legionaries (Iron Guards) were transported (0 the church after 64 former Rumanian political leaders had been executed early yesterday by other Iron Guards in the courtyard of the Jilava military prison, where Codreanu and his followers met death in 1938, Meanwhile, Iron Guard leaders issued a communique appealing to members throughout the country to maintain discipline, The Rumanian Council of Ministers announced that those responsible for the mass execu tions would be severely punished.

Amon the people executed were a former premier, several ministers state, generals, former police ffielals and others, who held office tunder the former Hing Carol, Neither Rumanian newspapers. nor radio stations issued accounts of the mass "execution, but officials requested morning newspapers Dublish communiques of the Council of Ministers.

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