European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. December 27, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 Ceausescu and wife reported executed from Page 1 poor country of More than $1 billion that they deposited in foreign Banks. The report did not make Clear whether the deaths occurred during the 11-Day uprising that toppled Ceausescu or Dur ing his entire tenure. Of what wonderful news an unidentified radio announcer said afterword of the execution was broadcast. The radio is controlled by the provisional government the National Salva Tion committee. The anti Christ died on Christmas Day the announcer said. The radio interrupted patriotic music to announce that the couple had been executed after having been convicted by a military tribunal of particularly grave crimes including subversion of Fth state theft of Public assets destruction of the National Economy and an attempt to escape. Today we removed the most hideous tyrant who soiled with blood the history of Romania an unidentified radio announcer said. Let s be Happy in the new  Ceausescu became the first Eastern european Leader to be executed since Imrch Nagy the Leader of Hungary s re Volt  soviet Rule was hanged in june 1958. The couple built a cult of  in Eastern Europe since the Days of Josef s Alin. His party hailed him As Genius of  just one month ago. In a lavish show of support for Ceausescu s rejection of the reforms sweeping Eastern Europe the communist party gave him another five year term. Ceausescu came to Power in 1965and built an autocratic stalinist regime but was once courted by the West Fortis refusal to slavishly follow the soviet line. In recent years his regime became isolated and was criticized for the forced destruction of ethnic villages and the draconian measures impose to pay off the nation s foreign debt. Ceausescu and his 72-year-old wife fled the presidential Palace by helicopter Friday. Their last Public appearance was at a government orchestrated rally thurs Day in Bucharest at which thousands of angry people jeered them and demanded their ouster. Ceausescu appeared startled and halted his speech. His troops later fired on the crowd. The Ceausescu a son Nicu an daughter Zoia Elena were paraded be fore to viewers after their arrests on Friday and sunday. On monday Ceausescu s die hard Security agents continued to Battle army patrols and snipers fired at civil ians venturing onto Bucharest streets. The Battles followed some of the fiercest fighting in Europe since world romanian tourists in the holy land for Christmas demonstrated outside their country s consulate on Christmas eve calling for the death of deposed president Nicolae Ceausescu. War ii. Heavy explosions could be heard near the hotel intercontinental and volleys of sniper fire were answered immediately with bursts of automatic weapons. There were widely conflicting report son the number of casualties claimed by the revolution. Hungarian radio named unspecified authoritative sources As saying that Between 70,000 and 80,000 people had died. Then it quoted Victor Ciobanu health minister under Ceausescu and now in opposition to him As denying casualties on that scale. While unable to provide Overall casualty figures Ciobanu told reporters that 500 people had died in Bucharest alone Over the past four Days and 2,000 were wounded. That was on the Low end of several estimates offered by officials and appeared to contradict figures Given by doctors operating on the wounded. There was no Way to independently verify the casualty figures. At Bucharest emergency Hospital doctors who had not slept in three Days said they had treated 2,000 civilian since thursday a fraction of the City total. By sunday afternoon 90 bodies had arrived at one of several morgues. Army troops scaled off wide areas of the Battle scarred capital in preparation for a building to building search for snipers. A member of the new National Sal vation committee said his transitional government was in control of Roma Nia but acknowledged that much remained to be done. Even myself i spent All night at the emergency Hospital Ion Grigorescu said lifting a cuff to show a Bandage and producing the sniper s Bullet that caught him in the leg As he went to the radio. By monday at least 12 nations including the United states had recognized the new leadership. Despite the turmoil the Celebration of Christmas dominated Bucharest with radio broadcasting mass and Christmas carols for the first time i decades and churches filled to Over  the Patria hic orthodox Cathedral in downtown Bucharest worshippers caught an agent of the Security police trying to sneak a hand grenade into Christmas mass after a woman started shouting we know this Man he s terrorist he was led away by soldiers armed with automatic  reports that foreigners had been fighting alongside Caus Csc elite troops appeared to be gaining some credence  at the emergency Hospital said they treated two men they identified Only As arabs and two More believed to be North koreans. One of the arabs admitted under sedation to being part of a 400-Man elite Ceausescu guard committed to holding out until death if needed for the de sense of Ceausescu said one of the Doc tors asking that he not be named. World moves quickly to Aid new government London a the world remembered Romania on Christmas Day with candles prayers food and medical Aid and Bucharest s new leadership received growing recognition As the legitimate government. The United states established Diplo Matic relations with the provisional government although it expressed re Gret that deposed Leader Nicolae Ceausescu had not been tried in Public be fore his apparent execution. Bucharest radio said Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed after a secret military trial. The United states government pledges its support to the new Roma Nian government As it struggles to achieve its announced democratic values said a White House statement. In Moscow a top foreign ministry official said the soviet Union effectively recognizes the revolutionary leadership and is in permanent Contact via its embassy in Bucharest. The Point at Issue today is humanitarian medical and food Aid said Vadim Perfilyeva a ministry spokesman. The United states and France said sat urday they would not oppose soviet bloc intervention to support romanians fight ing police units Loyal to Ceausescu. At least 13 nations have recognized the National salvation committee As the legitimate government. In addition to the soviet Union and the United Stales West Germany Poland Japan Sweden Thailand and Yugoslavia added their recognition to a list that already include France East Germany Norway Belgium and the Netherlands. At the Vatican Pope John Paul ii sought a special Blessing for Romania " he Noble land which is celebrating this Christmas in fear and trembling and in the Joy of having taken once More the path of Freedom around the world hundreds of groups were raising Relief Money for Romania and several nations announced new financial support. The Irish Republic said it was contributing $45,000 for medical and Relief supplies. The French health ministry said all1.200 Public hospitals in France Are being mobilized to gather and expedite humanitarian Aid to  a statement the ministry said people could go to any Hospital to do Nate Money or goods especially medi Cine canned food blankets and new  German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher said a military plane carrying 25 tons of Relief supplies had been dispatched to  military cargo planes carrying medical Aid and blood from the polished Cross and the defense ministry left Poland for Bucharest the official Pap news Agency  of poles lined up Over the Holiday weekend to donate blood and hundreds of doctors volunteered to travel to Bucharest to organize a polish Hospital. Polish news Media reported