In mid-December 1945 , the representatives of the three major Allied Powers — Andrey Vyshinsky from the Soviet Union , W. Averell Harriman from the United States , and Archibald Clerk-Kerr from the United Kingdom — visited the capital Bucharest and agreed for elections to be convened in May 1946 , on the basis of the Yalta Agreements . Nevertheless , the pro-Soviet Groza cabinet took the liberty to prolong the term , passing the required new electoral procedure on June 15
Yalta Agreements
Yalta Conference
1946 Romanian general election