Middle East (_see also_ Israel): 46, 171, 276 migration, historical: 3, 11, 13, 50 military (_see also_ aid; armed forces): 7, 8, 118-119, 134, 198; foreign, 167, 171, 173; honours, 226; justice, viii, 122, 123, 205, 207-208, 222-223; personnel, 195, 213, 219-220; service, 7, 112, 211, 212; volunteers, 220 Military Achievement Exhibit: 224 militia: 194, 195-197, 200, 203, 204, 206, 221 minerals (_see also_ coal; iron; natural gas; oil): 36-37, 275 ministries and ministers (_see also_ Council of Ministers; individual ministries): 115, 119, 120, 133; economic, 231, 234, 282, 283 Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Industry and Waters: 243, 244, 259, 261, 262 Ministry of the Armed Forces: 7, 121, 145, 195, 208, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217; minister, 119, 121, 213-214 Ministry of Defense: 211 Ministry of Education: 75, 80-82, 84, 86 Ministry of Finance: 237, 241, 242, 243, 247 Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 162, 163; minister, 119 Ministry of Foreign Trade: 162, 163, 248 Ministry of Internal Affairs: ix, 145, 195, 196, 208, 217, 221; minister, 119, 121, 195 Ministry of Justice: 122, 123, 203, 207; minister, 122 Ministry of Technical Material Supply and Control of the Management of Fixed Assets: 236 Ministry of Transportation: 43, 46 Ministry of Youth Problems: 147; minister, 200 minority ethnic groups (_see also_ individual ethnic groups): vii, 3-4, 49-50, 54-55, 91, 135, 139, 149, 150-151, 166; education, 78, 88-89; rights, 111 missiles: 216 Mobutu, Joseph, president of Zaire: 172 Moldavia: vii, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 254; cultural, 95, 96, 99, 103, 104; history, 3, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 33, 37, 67, 74; population, 41, 54 monarchy, constitutional: 19, 23 mountains (_see also_ individual ranges): ix, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 41, 253, 254 _Munca_: 178 Muntenia: 31 music: 100-101, 184; education, 75, 83 Muslims (_see also_ Islam): 4 Mures-Magyar. _See_ Hungarian Autonomous Region National Bank of the Romanian Socialist Republic: viii, 242, 243, 245, 246 National Center for Cinematography: 189 National Democratic Front: 22, 23 National Peasant Party: 19, 22, 23 National Popular Party: 23 National Renaissance Party: 20 National Union of Agricultural Production Cooperatives: 133, 259 nationalism: 2, 3, 7, 9, 14, 25, 56, 67, 92, 97, 102, 104, 129, 130, 132, 154 nationalization: 24, 55, 58, 110, 244 natural gas: ix, 29, 30, 36, 37, 47, 275, 276, 278, 288 navy: ix, 7, 48, 211, 213, 214, 216, 221 Nazis: 9, 19, 20-21, 37, 54, 157, 168 Negruzzi, Constantine: 104, 105 news agencies: 175, 181-182 newspapers: 53, 54, 104, 175, 176, 177-180, 182 Niculescu-Mizil, Paul: 140 Nixon, Richard M., president of the U.S.A.: 159, 170 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): 8, 161, 171, 218 nuclear free zone: 167, 171 nuclear power: 279