 According to journalist Victor Frunză, the PNŢ and the National Liberal Party were already targeted for having backed attempts (during World War II) by the "Conducător" Marshal Ion Antonescu to sign a separate peace with the Allies ("see Romania during World War II").In late October 1946, the PNŢ entered into open conflict with the authorities; the first volley was to send a secret report to the Secretary General of the United Nations, heavily critical of government policies.The Communist press alleged that the National Peasants' Party had been organizing a wide network of armed resistance (groups cited in that context may have indeed existed as early as 1947, and probably merged into the resistance movement of the 1950s).