Prof. Virgiliu Balamace ing. S. Pelekis K. Pitouli the lawyer Toli Hatzis Dim. Barba Two Aromanians of Albania and Bulgaria, Vasilis Vartolis and the Samarina-born writer , also endorsed the Manifesto. In Romania, it was co-signed by the Veria-born George Murnu, a professor at the University of Bucharest. Diamandi travelled to Bucharest shortly after he met Murnu, and together they attended a meeting with the then Leader (Conducător) of Romania Marshal Ion Antonescu, and the Foreign Minister Mihai Antonescu. The status of the Principality of Pindos was discussed. One option favoured by Diamandi was to put the Principality under the sovereignty of the Romanian Crown (as an associated "free state"). Another option was to link the principality to the ruling Italian House of Savoy. None of these options were to be realised. Refuge in Romania Towards the second year of the Italian occupation, guerilla actions broke out in the area, between the Greek Resistance supported by the Allied Forces and the Italo-German side. The chaos that ensued drove Diamandi to leave (either that or he was ordered back) to Romania. Diamandi was arrested by the Romanian Communist Secret Service ”Securitate” on 21 February 1948. He died in the Prefecture of Police in Bucharest some months later supposedly under torture by Soviet Agent Mihail Dulgheru. Matoussi escaped, first to Athens then to Romania too, while Rapoutikas was shot dead by one of the Greek factions involved in guerilla activities just outside Larissa (the Greeks then tied his corpse on the back a donkey and paraded him through the Aromanians villages of the Pindus – this was intended in order to scare the local populace and as a final proof that the Roman Legion had reached its end). Reception According to the German scholar Thede Kahl, Diamandi was for a while Kingdom of Romania's Consul in the Albanian port Vlorë just opposite across the strait of the Italian town of Otranto. Greek historians often do not mention him, while other scholars who give vague reference to him (such as or Mark Mazower) make sure that they clearly distance themselves from Diamandi hence bestowing upon him apelatives like "extremist" and "shameful". Alkiviadis Diamandi is given mention in 1995 by the British author Tim Salmon in his book about the Aromanians of Greece (see bibliography) as follows: A pro-Mussolini teacher called Dhiamantis who returned to Samarina during the Occupation and tried to set up