 Complete the following phrase:  Petrovicescu irritated Antonescu by upholding public acts of violent retribution, and this fall-out acquired importance by the close of 1940. In particular, the Conducător suspected his Legionnaire subordinate of having played a part in organizing the Jilava Massacre of November 1940, during which the political elite associated with Carols rule was mass murdered. On January 19, 1941, after the Nazi German Major Döring had been mysteriously assassinated in Bucharest, Simas faction publicly questioned Antonescus commitment to Romanias Axis allies, and the Conducător used the occasion to strip Petrovicescu of his cabinet office. The official explanation for his decision was that Petrovicescu had not taken the proper measures to secure the perimeter within nine hours of Dörings shooting. The next day, as Antonescu signaled his marginalization of the Guard, a large part of the country was gripped by a 