 Complete the following phrase:  Despite Stalins death, the massive police apparatus headed by the Securitate created in 1949 and rapidly growing in numbers maintained a steady pace in its suppression ofclass enemies, until as late as 19621964. In 19621964, the party leadership approved a mass amnesty, extended to, among other prisoners, ca. 6,700 guilty of political crimes. This marked a toning down in the violence and scale of repression, after almost twenty years during which the Party had acted against political opposition and 