Official Bulletin of the Socialist Republic of Romania: 117 oil: ix, 29, 36, 47, 275-276, 288 Old Catholics: 72 Old Church Slavonic: 67, 103 Old Kingdom. _See_ Kingdom of Romania Olt River: 31 Oltenia: 10, 11, 31, 95, 276 Oradea: 52 orchards and vineyards: 31, 32, 36, 254, 255, 257, 268 Ottoman Empire and the Turks: 9, 12, 13, 16, 32, 55, 63, 67, 72, 91 ownership (_see also_ private sector): 110, 113-114, 259, 260 PCR. _See_ Romanian Communist Party Paciurea, Dimitrie: 98 painting (_see also_ arts and the artists): 95-98 Pana, Gheorghe: 140 Pann, Anton: 101 party politics (_see also_ individual parties): 14, 17, 20, 22, 175; single party, 2, 5 pasture: 32, 33, 36, 254, 255, 257 Patrascanu, Lucretiu: 131, 134 Pauker, Ana: 22, 24, 25 peasantry (_see also_ folk culture, working class): 53, 58, 61, 62, 68, 74, 148, 153; history, 12, 13; revolt, 17 penal system: 201-202, 257; code, 194, 205-206, 222; institutions, 207-209 people's councils: 111, 114, 115, 116, 124, 125, 126, 196; Commission, 117 People's Democratic Front: 24, 127, 135 People's Republic of China (_see also_ Sino-Soviet issue): 1, 27, 157, 158, 164, 167, 168, 250 periodicals: 53, 176, 180-181, 182; library, 105, 107, 152 Peter, tsar of Russia: 2 petroleum: ix, 17, 20, 29, 37, 47, 276, 278 Petrosani: 276 Phanariots: 12-13, 15 Pioneers Organization: 77, 80, 198, 199, 201 pipelines: ix, 29, 47 Ploiesti: 37, 41, 44, 47, 216 Plowmans Front: 22, 23 Poland: xiv, 165, 172, 182, 224 police (_see also_ militia): ix, 24, 195, 196, 197, 198, 202, 203; secret, 3, 25, 193, 197 pope: 14, 67, 68, 70, 71 Popescu-Gopo: 103 population: vii, 3, 30, 35, 38-41, 74 ports (_see also_ individual ports): ix, 17, 48, 196, 217 president, office and functions: 117, 118, 161, 214 Presidium: 110, 112 press: ix, 23, 93, 139, 176; freedom, 16, 113, 153, 176 prices: 237-240, 249, 283 prime minister, office and functions: 110, 119, 120 private sector: 113-114, 230, 258, 268-269, 273, 280 professionals (_see also_ intelligentsia): 6; unions, 94 propaganda (_see also_ indoctrination): v, 92, 139, 141, 153, 175, 176, 184, 190 Prosecutor General: 112, 115, 116, 118, 122, 123-124, 202 Protestants (_see also_ religion): viii, 4, 5, 13, 53, 71-72 Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (VietCong): 163, 171 Prut River: 29, 30, 31, 33, 38, 46 publishing: 147, 175, 176, 177, 185-187 purges, political: 3, 24, 25, 77, 142, 156 Radescu, Nicolae, General: 22, 23 radio: ix, 54, 101, 175, 176, 177, 182-184, 191, 288 Radulescu, Ehade: 104 railways: ix, 16, 29, 43-45, 194, 196, 227 reform: 14, 16, 19, 132, 133, 153; economic, 8, 19, 231, 237, 248, 285; education, 73, 77-79; land, 16, 17, 18, 55, 58