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The day after their arrival in the Capital, they contacted Vică Negulescu, whom
Teodorescu informed about Borobaru’s dispositions: The “Country’s Commandment”
should deal with the reorganization and those arrived from Austria with the information
service. For this last mission, he asked a contact, and Negulescu recommended Decebal-
Corneliu Andrei (friend with Costache Oprişan, head of FdC and with many contacts in the
Legionary Movement). Teodorescu and Andrei met after a few days, establishing a plan on
how to work and how to report a material: military, political, economic, social information
on important political men, on the activity of the Government and of the opposition, on the
militaries’ mood etc. A horizontal network had to be organized – throughout the country,
and a vertical one – on fields of activity. Every network head had to keep up contact with
Decebal-Corneliu Andrei, who communicated afterwards with Teodorescu 13 .
After Teodorescu’s arrival in Bucharest, Vică Negulescu called Nicolae Petraşcu and
Nistor Chioreanu from Sibiu, for deliberation. The meeting took place in Nelu Rusu’s
house. The discussions were adversarial, as Teodorescu could not prove he had an order
from Horia Sima for organizing the espionage service. Unlike the first arrival, in the
summer, Teodorescu really had no signal from Sima, only from Traian Borobaru (his
secretary), who worked with the Americans in Germany. However, in 1947, not even
Borobaru had regular contacts with Sima, who lived in Italy, hiding his identity.
Consequently, because of the intricate situation, Teodorescu was advised to work discreetly
and not to involve too much the Legionary Movement in the information activity 14 .
After the meeting, Petraşcu and Chioreanu left for Sibiu, and Eugen Teodorescu
remained in connection with Vică Negulescu, from the “Country’s Commandment”. He
did not have frequent meetings even with this one, for conspiracy. He was however in
permanent dialogue with Decebal-Corneliu Andrei, who, until mid-December, managed
to gather by himself a few informative notes, after the model required by Teodorescu at
his arrival in the country. They were transcribed with sympathetic ink and sent through
GhiŃă Stoia in Austria. Stoia crossed the border illegally, on the route of his arrival in the
country, being helped by Aurel Călin 15 . He arrived safely at Vienna, sending his
information to Salzburg, to Vasile Mailat, through Gogu Gheorghiu 16 .
On the other hand, the suspicion of the members of the “Country’s Commandment” as
regards Teodorescu’s action was maximal. This way, after GhiŃă Stoia’s departure
towards Austria, Vică Negulescu ordered Decebal-Corneliu Andrei to leave in Occident,
in order to contact Horia Sima. He managed to cross the Romanian-Hungarian border,
however he turned back for lack of money to continue his trip 17 .
Returned to Bucharest, Decebal-Corneliu Andrei continued his activity of information
collection. In early February 1948, from Austria to Romania, Dragoş Hoinic came,
clandestinely crossing the frontier, by Beba-Veche. He had received instructions for
Teodorescu from Gogu Gheorghiu, and sympathetic ink, as pills, from Vasile Mailat 18 .
Hoinic met Vică Negulescu and Decebal-Corneliu Andrei, in the latter’s house. A scandal
13
Ibidem, Fund Penal, file no. 335, vol. 1, f. 567-574.
14
Ibidem, f. 504-505.
15
Ibidem, f. 567-574.
16
Ibidem, loc. cit., vol. 2, f. 212-213.
17
Ibidem, loc. cit., file no. 431, vol. 1, f. 19-20.
18
Ibidem, loc. cit., file no. 335, vol. 2, f. 212-213.