he arrived in galați, where he was sheltered by his brother, manole. when released, bodnăraș joined the "national" fraction of gheorghe gheorghiu-dej. the rest of the money he used to organize - for two years - a lime, cement and tile business, based in galați, which allowed him to trip freely through the country, although he was supervised by the intelligence service. in bucharest, bodnăraș used to get information from an agent named kendler, a timber trader who - at bodnaraș's order - paid 30,000 lei per month to colonel enache borcescu, member of the general staff of the army, for information on romanian and german troops movements. the common place of meetings between kendler and borcescu was a greek catholic church in bucharest (according to an interview made by dennis deletant with traian borcescu, on march 8, 1995). he also arrived to târgu jiu, where, simulating an "appendicitis cramps" attack, was hospitalized in the same hospital room with a "sick" patient gheorghiu-dej. there, the maneuvers for the annihilation of the rcp's secretariat led by ștefan foriș, were drafted; also, the alliance plans were made to create a national front and the decision on dej's escape was adopted.