▁work ▁at ▁a ▁clothes ▁iron ▁factory . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁with ▁Dest alin ization ▁in ▁full ▁swing , ▁both ▁Sm och in ă s ▁were ▁un cer emon iously ▁released . ▁Alexand ru ▁was ▁picked ▁up ▁from ▁his ▁place ▁of ▁ex ile , ▁and ▁dropped ▁back ▁to ▁Roman ia ▁as ▁a ▁released ▁prisoner ▁of ▁war , ▁with ▁no ▁papers ▁on ▁him . ▁( Since ▁this ▁rendered ▁him ▁effectively ▁a ▁non person , ▁he ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁support ▁himself ▁by ▁men ial ▁labor .) ▁Sm och in ă ▁Sr . ▁was ▁kept ▁under ▁tight ▁surve ill ance ▁by ▁the ▁Sec ur itate ▁secret ▁police , ▁whose ▁reports ▁summar ized ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁national ist ▁politics : ▁" before ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁he ▁edited ▁and ▁managed ▁various ▁publications ▁with ▁anti - S ov iet ▁content , ▁draft ed ▁and ▁printed ▁a ▁significant ▁number ▁of ▁anti - S ov iet ▁books ▁and ▁generated ▁large - scale ▁propag anda ▁efforts ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁Anton es cu ▁war ▁through ▁con ferences , ▁lect ures ▁and ▁by ▁other ▁means ." ▁Him self ▁a ▁former ▁prisoner , ▁P ân te a ▁was ▁being ▁press ured ▁into ▁becoming ▁a ▁Sec ur itate ▁inform ant ▁on ▁Trans n ist rian ▁activities ▁in ▁Buch ar est . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁Sec ur itate ▁agents ▁int im id ated ▁Sm och in ă ▁from ▁att ending ▁the ▁fun eral ▁of ▁former ▁B ess arab ian ▁dign it ary ▁Gr