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    3^rd August 1999

        Sirs,
    

We, Marilena & Doru Suciu-Arama, Romanian citizens temporarily residents in USA, being in position of former and rightful owners of some houses wrongfully nationalized in 1950 and uncompensated by Communist regime, we can affirm that until now, at nine years from ending of totalitarian communist regimes, the real restitution did not took place in Romania. We tried to obtain restitution of our properties acting in Court because there is not a Restitution Law  in our country. The results are discouraging.

Mr. Emil Constantinescu was elected  President of Romania three years ago and in this time Romanian Justice became even more corrupted than before. In these years and nowadays is occurring a transfer process of  wrongfully expropriated private properties from state management in private property of former communist party, security and present administration officials, Romanian Justice acting now like an instrument of accomplishment of this transfer. Our position like rightful owners become even worse than before.
    
For  yours  edification:
The house in Bucharest, sector 2, Bd. Ferdinand I #12, after a costly and long trial was giving back in 1994. One apartment was sold by communist regime in 1975 to tenant Victor Prodescu, a high rank communist official at this time. This apartment was not giving back. The houses in Bucharest, sector 1, Dionisie Lupu St. #64-66 was giving back after a costly and  long trial in 1996 but five apartments were abusive sold by the State Administration Agency to tenants, ulterior to Court Pronouncement. Now we have in progress five costly trials for cancellation of  these abuses.
The house in Bucharest, sector 5, Bd. Eroilor # 8, one family house, after six years of acting in Court,  we did not obtain the restitution, a new trial being in progress. Until 1989 this building was under direct administration of Communist Party Property Management Agency. Now this building is under property management of "LOCATO" a company in direct subordination of Romanian Government. The house is rented to an obscure company, very probably a covered activity of Romanian Security, now renamed SRI. In absence of a real restitution law and by political pressure this obvious trial is hindered.

We are asking for an immediate restitution of wrongfully expropriated private properties and an equitable compensation for losses. We hope in your help to persuade Romanian Parliament and Government to act to restitution of our properties and Romania to become a really democratic country, with a guarantied private property.
      

 Respectfully
    
Doru & Marilena Suciu-Arama
33-15 88Th St.  #B
JACKSON HEIGHTS NY 11372-1669
dsuciu@kepcopower.com