Seduced by Ceauşescu's "Independent" foreign policy, Western leaders were slow to turn against a regime that, by the late 1970s, had become increasingly arbitrary, capricious and harsh.
Forført af Ceauşescus «uafhængige» udenrikspolitik reagerede de vestlige lederne trægt mod det rumenske regime, som i slutningen af 1970'erne var blevet stadigt mere ustadig og tyrannisk.