Gheorghiu-Dej achieved greater independence for Romania from the Soviet Union by persuading Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to withdraw troops from Romania in April 1958.<unk> Gheorghiu-Dej achieved greater independence for Romania from the Soviet Union by persuading Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to withdraw troops from Romania in April 1958. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia<unk>Romania being the only Warsaw Pact country not to take part in the invasion<unk>the continuation of diplomatic relations with Israel after the Six-Day War of 1967 (again, the only Warsaw Pact country to do so), and the establishment of economic (1963) and diplomatic (1967) relations with West Germany. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>