 Tămădău affair

The Tămădău affair (, "Înscenarea de la Tămădău" - "the Tămădău frameup" - or "Fuga de la Tămădău" - "the Tămădău flight") was an incident that took place in Romania in the summer of 1947, the source of a political scandal and show trial.It was provoked when an important number of National Peasants' Party (PNŢ) leaders, including party vice president Ion Mihalache, had been offered a chance to flee Romania, where the Communist Party (PCR), the main force inside the Petru Groza government, already had a tight grip on power with backing from the Soviet Union ("see Soviet occupation of Romania").