rie i ▁magazine , ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁As ▁noted ▁by ▁critic ▁O vid ▁Cro hm ă ln ice anu , ▁the ▁latter ▁enter prise , ▁publishing ▁propag anda ▁aim ed ▁at ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁di as por a , ▁was ▁set ▁up ▁by ▁former ▁political ▁prisoners ▁C rain ic ▁and ▁George ▁I va ș cu , ▁with ▁Sec ur itate ▁agents ▁as ▁super vis ors . ▁According ▁to ▁Cro hm ă ln ice anu , ▁Cre v edia ▁and ▁others , ▁supposed ▁to ▁show ▁the ▁world ▁that ▁freedom ▁of ▁speech ▁existed ▁behind ▁the ▁Iron ▁Cur tain , ▁were ▁not ▁in ▁fact ▁" old ▁def enders ▁of ▁dem ocracy ", ▁but ▁" had ▁rather ▁filled ▁[ with ▁their ▁names ] ▁the ▁old ▁fasc ist ▁press ." ▁ ▁Following ▁relative ▁liberal ization ▁and ▁national ▁commun ism ▁under ▁Nicola e ▁Ce au ș es cu , ▁Cre v edia ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁eye ▁with ▁a ▁Lu ce af ăr ul ▁article ▁on ▁his ▁meet ings ▁with ▁Gib ▁Mih ă es cu ▁( 1 9 6 5 ), ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁self - selected ▁anth ology ▁Vers uri ▁(" Ver se ", ▁ 1 9 6 8 ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁with ▁V iz ires cu ▁and ▁Car ian opol , ▁alongside ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁en voy ▁Paul ▁Nic ules cu - M iz il , ▁he ▁attended ▁the ▁official ▁ban quet ▁mark ing ▁C rain ic ' s