 At the same time, the Communists press applauded the dissidence of various PNŢ leaders such as Anton Alexandrescu, Nicolae L. Lupu, and Victor Eftimiu.Several details of the Affair are still unclear.The offer to flee Romania was quickly discovered (as the government declared) or, as claimed by journalist Victor Frunză, had already been investigated, and, in the hope of discrediting the opposition party, partly facilitated by agents of Teohari Georgescu, Minister of the Interior.