Romania’s forced collectivization campaign has produced only…

Romania’s forced collectivization campaign has produced only about 17 percent state ownership of Romania's land.

The authorities shift to a policy of slow collectivization and cooperativization, allowing peasants to retain their land but requiring delivery to the state of a portion of their output.

Large compulsory-delivery quotas have driven many peasants from the land to higher-paying jobs in industry.

The Soviet Union continues to formalize its domination of Romanian affairs through various devices: the Warsaw Treaty Organization (or Warsaw Pact), formed in 1955 to counteract the Western allies' North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and Soviet “advisers” throughout the Romanian party and government.

Integration into the Soviet sphere is evident in Romania's unstinting support of Soviet foreign policy.

Gheorghiu-Dej, who has gradually adopted economic and foreign policies that serve Romania's national interests rather than those of international socialism as defined by the Soviet leaders, again takes up the reins of government.

Despite its new policy of international cooperation, Romania joins the Warsaw Treaty Organization (Warsaw Pact) in 1955, which entails subordinating and integrating a portion of its military into the Soviet military machine.

(Romania will later refuse to allow Warsaw Pact maneuvers on its soil and limit its participation in military maneuvers elsewhere within the alliance.)