<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Ceaușescu" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nicolae Ceaușescu">Nicolae Ceaușescu</a>, leader of the Socialist Republic of Romania, publicly condemns the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mwAR8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a>-led <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia">Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia</a>, encouraging the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanians" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Romanians">Romanian</a> population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.