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             * C h i n a   N e w s   D i g e s t *


		    (ND Canada Service)

                       -- Dec. 22 (I), 1989


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1. Hardline Leader Falls in Romania .................................. 25 

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1.  Hardline Leader Falls in Romania
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      The  wave of reform that has swept Eastern Europe is claim-
ing  another  victory.   This time, the government of Romania has
fallen, along with its hardline leader, Nicolae Ceausescu.

      Reports  from  Romania say that overthrown dictator Nicolae
Ceausescu,  and  his  wife  Elena,  has been arrested.  It is not
clear where they were arrested.

      Romania soldiers who opened fire on protesters on Thursday,
joined  the  demonstrators.   Protesters  in Bucharest climbed on
tanks, shouting "We are for freedom!"

      Diplomats  say  Corneliu  Manescu,  73,  the  head  of  the
National  Salvation  Front, which seized power in Romania, is one
of the leaders of the movement against Nicolae Ceausescu.

      The crisis in Romania and other developments in the Eastern
Europe  will top the agenda when a Soviet Communist Party delega-
tion begins a week long visit on to China on Saturday.

                   source:  from  Broadcast  News  in Canada
                           (Cable  TV  22  in Toronto area)
                            9:30  a.m.   December  22, 1989
			    via rzhu@violet.uwaterloo.ca	

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