ig ore ▁C az ac li u , ▁but , ▁during ▁inter rog ations , ▁he ▁denied ▁knowledge ▁( or ▁fe igned ▁una war eness ) ▁of ▁a ▁plot ▁to ▁ent hr one ▁Constantin ▁Tom es cu ▁as ▁B ess arab ian ▁Metropolitan . ▁Sec ur itate ▁sources ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁B ess arab ian - Trans n ist rian ▁under ground ▁was ▁planning ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁measures ▁to ▁occur ▁after ▁the ▁future ▁" li ber ation ▁of ▁B ess arab ia ", ▁and ▁that ▁Sm och in ă ▁was ▁discuss ing ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁Chi ș in ă u . ▁According ▁to ▁other ▁such ▁reports , ▁Sm och in ă ▁was ▁fully ▁aware ▁of ▁being ▁followed ▁around ▁by ▁Sec ur itate ▁oper atives , ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁protect ▁his ▁friends ▁by ▁avoid ing ▁contact ▁with ▁them . ▁ ▁Final ▁activities ▁Al leg edly , ▁Nich ita ▁Sm och in ă ▁found ▁understanding ▁from ▁Roman ia ' s ▁new ▁national ▁commun ist ▁leader , ▁Nicola e ▁Ce au ș es cu . ▁He ▁claimed ▁that , ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁Ce au ș es cu ▁asked ▁him ▁to ▁retrieve ▁those ▁documents ▁which ▁showed ▁Anton es cu ' s ▁move ▁to ▁a ▁separate ▁peace ; ▁driven ▁by ▁a ▁Sec ur itate ▁guard ▁to ▁Car anse be ș , ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁alleg edly ▁buried ▁the ▁evidence ▁back ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁' 4 0 s , ▁Sm och in ă ▁only ▁recovered ▁three ▁empty ▁cr ates . ▁Ce au ș es cu