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Part Three: Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Dracula of Being A Dick

Behind the Bastards

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Mao Zedong's Best Case Scenario in Romania

In 1971, Ceausescu goes on tour and as part of his plan to irritate the USSR, he visits China, North Korea, North Vietnam and Mongolia. He has just kind of backed or at least refused to like side with the USSR against China. And Mao is very grateful for this. So he gets this huge welcoming, these massive crowds and marches, you know, China's and then he played for three hours straight. But it's still like better than I guess doing nothing at all.

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