 The Romanian Kingdom's secret police, "Siguranţa Statului", had Chimet under surveillance from 1943 until the King Michael Coup of 1944.Chimet, unlike his friends, was not drawn into collaboration with the Romanian Communist Party, being apprehensive of communism in general and of Soviet influence in particular.He was a graduate of the Philology and Philosophy Department (1948), and of the Law Department (1957) of the University of Bucharest.