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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 09, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ceausescu had plan to survive rebellion sex adviser reveals tuesday. January 9. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 Washington a executed romanian dictator Nicolas Caus Csc once drafted an elaborate plan to flee to China and direct a guerrilla War against anyone who tried to oust him. His former head of Security says. My Job would have been to take Mccau a Csc out of  Ion Paccia said. The flight to China was part of what Ceausescu called plan a which also called for the so Cuneate secret police to adopt civilian disguises Retreat to hid Den bunkers and wage a guerrilla War Paccia said in one of the few interviews he has Given since defecting in 1 978. Caus Csc s Refuge at that time was China where he was to live there As Long As need  Paccia said. He declined to disclose his address where he lives under an assumed name. Ceausescu. The last of the hard line Warsaw pact leaders to fall from Power. Kept close lies with officials in other conservative communist countries such As China and North Korea As Well As with islamic leaders in Iran. At the Lime of his . Paccia was a two Star general and acting head of romanian external intelligence in his Book. Red  he detailed Ceausescu s efforts to obtain Western technology for Moscow. The Book also chronicled the extravagant use of Power and wealth by Ceausescu and his wife. Ciena who were executed on Christmas Day after a secret trial. Paccia said he agreed to the interview because his daughter. Dana a Maccan. Her husband and two other relatives were being escorted to safely from Romania by . Rep. Frank a. Wolf. Rva. Pace a s daughter had been under virtual ouse arrest for a decade and a i arrested by the Saccu Rilatt during the upheaval he said. The contingency plan for Ceausescu to survive a rebellion As described by pack a. Resembled what was occurring in to mania until the fugitive Leader was Cap p h tured on dec. 23. Officials of the provisional romanian government said they executed the eau a ascus because Icv feared the soc ulale might Rescue them and because they wished to encourage pro Ceausescu forces to give up. Romanian television repeatedly broadcast footage of these Cret trial and the bodies of the executed Caus ascus to prove they were dead. By the time i Ocepa defected. Ceausescu had built Miles of secret tunnels link ing his downtown Palace to other build Ings and to two airports on the outskirts of Bucharest. The romanian capital. Romanian radio reported during the uprising that the occur state retreated into a Maze of secret tunnels from which it was launching attacks. As part of plan m. Paccia said. Romanian intelligence established Sale houses in West Germany and two Neutral countries Austria and Swit or lamp. To give Ceausescu the Means to wage a guerrilla War from  the Safe houses were occupied by romanian illegals romanian born agents who had documents saying they were natives of the countries in which they were living. They used burst transmitters to broadcast coded messages in Brief transmissions that Are hard for intelligence agencies to detect he said. There were a do in radio stations to illegally communicate with the Accuri Tate in Romania and Ceausescu in China he said Paccia cooperated with Western intelligence after he defected. He said most of the illegals had disappeared or were taken Inlo custody. Caus Csc s agents tried several times to kill Pace a after his defection and Thev harassed and repeatedly arrested and beat his daughter in Bucharest he said. The threats and harassment wors ened after radio free Europe broadcast Paccia s Book Over its romanian Lan Guage service he said. Needs More Wax i he Swiss Alps Haie own Hare must of the season Hul it did t Stop this Hardy sports inn from bouncing Down a Rocky Mountainside in Kander leg rites Mark end of year of mourning for Hirohito Tokyo a Japan s Imperial family and top government officials on sunday marked the first anniversary of emperor Ili Ohilo s death with ceremonies at the Imperial palate and the late Monarch s Tomb. The anniversary ended an official one year mourn ing period for the  household Permuting in the coming months the marriage of a Prince and the elaborate Coronation of i Hirohito s son. Emperor Akihito. Early sunday. Akihito and Empress Michion pre sided Over a quiet ceremony at an Imperial Palace chamber where by tradition an cup Cion s Pim is enshrined until his Tomb is completed. About 115 go cols. Including prime minister Rosinki Kaifu and leaders of parliament attended the rile during which Akihito read a Short prayer for Lus father s soul. The Empress dowager Nagako. Of. Did not attend because of hip and Back problems. Another ceremony was to have been held Bier in the afternoon at Hirohito s Tomb. Construction of the dome shaped mausoleum in suburban Tokyo was completed saturday at a reported Cost of is 8.5 million Hirohito died of cancer Jan. 7. 1989. At the age of 87. His 62-year reign was the longest in japanese history and covered a difficult period of Militarist adventurism defeat foreign occupation and rapid economic reconstruction. Under the postwar Constitution the emperor is a symbolic figurehead who performs mostly ceremonial functions. Akihito assumed the throne immediately after his father s death but his official Coronation will not be held until november. In a draft budget Lor the fiscal year beginning april i. The government earmarked $58 million for the enthronement and related ceremonies Prince Aya. Who at 24 is Akihito s youngest son. Will wed College sweetheart Kiko Kawashima on june 29. Aya is second in line to the chrysanthemum throne. Demonstrators walk Damn a Tokyo Street on saturday carrying banners protesting Japan s emperor system  
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