Habersack, Sabine - Puşcaş, Vasile - Ciubotă, Viorel (szerk.): Democraţia in Europa centrală şi de Sud-Est - Aspiraţie şi realitate (Secolele XIX-XX) (Satu Mare, 2001)
Teodor Pavel: Wold War I and Revolutionary Options in Central-Eastern Europe: the Project of the "Insurrection" of Romania at the End of the Year 1917
Dr. Teodor Pavel Previous sources reveal the fact that Rakovski was on the German- Austrian-Hungarian secret services payroll even from 1914; they financed his “pacifist” and antiwar action organized in Romania in the years of neutrality in order to hinder Romania's army coming closer Antanta who fought against the Central Powers21. This is a reason for which I. C. Brătianu ordered his arresting in August 1916. Rakovski was released from prison in Iassy by the bolschevized Russian soldiers with the occasion of the demonstration of Is' of May 1917. At the time that was considered to be a gesture of proletarian solidarization, but in reality the soldiers liberated him because they received orders from those who needed Rakovski to bring into operation their plan concerning Romania. By taking refuge in Russia, Rakovski put himself at the disposition of the enemies of the country whose citizen he was, becoming an advanced pawn in the carrying out the German-Bolschevic plan in Moldavia. From the archives of the former secret services of the Wilhelm of Germany it results that Rakovski visited two times, at short intervals, the capital of Sweden, Stockholm, between October 1917 and January 3rd 1918 (new style). The same sources specify without any doubt the motives of his visiting Sweden capital and the fact that Rakovski had official mandate of “plenipotentiary representative” of the government of the “People's Commisaries” from Petrograd22. In this quality, Rakovski discussed with the representatives of Berlin and Vienna the details of the application of the 21 See Z.A.B. Zeman (ed.), Germany and the Revolution In Russia. 1915-1918. Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Ministry. London, 1958, p. 85-86; P. A. Bonn, l.A.A. Deutschland 128, nr. 2; Geheim, Bd. 35, Fond Weltkrieg 1, Bd. 21 Report Busche to Auswärtiges Amt, Bucharest, from 5 July, 1915; George Cipăianu, La răscruce (At the Cross-Roads, Fall 1917- Spring 1918); Great Britain and Romania’s Making of a Separate Peace. Oradea, 1993, p. 79, Note 60. 22 P. A. Bonn, Fond Rumänien 16. Geheime Akten, R. 9821. Telegrama lui Max Wassermann către Fr. Wiesner, (The Telegram sent by Max Wassermann to Fr. Wiesner), Stockolm, 31 XII 1917, said: "Streng vertraulich. Im letzten Moment erfahre ich die ausserordentlich wichtige nachricht, dass Dr. Christian usgestattet Rakovski von der russischen Regierung zum Zivilkommissär in der Moldau ernannt worden ist ... Rakovski ist mit der Vollmacht, das revolutionäre Programm der russischen Regierung in lassy zur Durchführung zu bringen und dahin zu wirken, dass die macht der Dynastie und der gegenwärtigen Regierung autfört....Wie ich aber aus erste Quell weiss, ist seine Entsendung vom Rat der Volkskommissäre überAntrag des Revolutionären Zentralkommitees verfügt worden 94
