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V I T R a L I I L U M I N I Ş I U M B R E VITRALII - LUMINI ŞI UMBRE, an VII, nr. 26, martie – mai 2016 5 V I T R A L I I L U M I N I Ş I U M B R E Publicaţie editată de Asociaţia Cadrelor Militare în Rezervă şi în Retragere din Serviciul Român de Informaţii DIRECTOR: Col. (r) Filip Teodorescu Contact: Bucureşti, str. Toamnei nr. 37, sector 2 Tel.: (0040)-21-2119957 [email protected] www.acmrr-sri.ro ©ACMRR-SRI Bucureşti 2016 ISSN 2067-2896 „VITRALII – LUMINI ŞI UMBRE” Consultanţi ştiinţifici Acad. Dinu C. Giurescu Prof. univ. dr. Ioan Scurtu Prof. univ. dr. Mihail M. Andreescu Prof. univ. dr. Gelu Neamțu Dr. ist. Alex Mihai Stoenescu 6 VITRALII - LUMINI ŞI UMBRE, an VII, nr. 26, martie – mai 2016 Conf. univ. dr. Aurel V. David Colegiul de redacţie Redactor şef: Paul Carpen Secretar de redacţie: Gl. bg. (r) Maria Ilie Membri: Gl. mr. (r) Dumitru Bădescu Col. (r) Mihai Constantinescu Col. (r) Hagop Hairabetian Gl. mr.(r) Marin Ioniţă Gl. bg. (r) Nechifor Ignat Gl. bg. (r) Vasile Mălureanu Col. (r) Gheorghe Trifu Responsabilitatea juridică pentru conţinutul materialelor publicate revine exclusiv autorilor acestora. Opiniile şi punctele de vedere exprimate de autori în cuprinsul revistei pot să nu corespundă integral cu cele ale ACMRR-SRI. Reproducerea sub orice formă a conţinutului acestei publicaţii este permisă cu menţionarea sursei şi a autorului. Manuscrisele nepublicate nu se restituie. VITRALII - LUMINI ŞI UMBRE, an VII, nr. 26, martie – mai 2016 7 C U P R I N S Serviciul Român de Informații la aniversare Mesaj de suflet ..................................................................................... 5 SRI la 26 de ani: câteva repere ale evoluției sale instituționale ........... 7 Gl. mr. (r) Dumitru Bădescu SRI – trecut, prezent și viitor ............................................................... 13 Dr. Mircea Frențiu, șeful Secţiei Chirurgie, Spitalul orășenesc Blaj Unirea tuturor românilor – un vis de veacuri Patrie și patriotism – abordare sociologică .......................................... 19 Col. (r) dr. Aurel V. David Lungul drum spre unirea românilor într-un singur stat ........................ 27 Prof. univ. dr. Mihail M. Andreescu Planuri și scenarii actuale vizând dezmembrarea României ................ 37 Col. (r) dr. Aurel V. David Avram Iancu, omorât a treia oară, la Sibiu .......................................... 45 Conf. univ. dr. Mihai Racovițan Societatea cultural-patriotică „Avram Iancu”, Sibiu Istoria îi scrie nemurirea ....................................................................... 49 Gheorghe Trifu Martie 1990 – cauze și consecințe Târgu Mureș - Martie 1990: Preliminarii ............................................. 50 Zeno Millea O etapă în războaiele politice și de imagine duse împotriva României: Târgu Mureș, martie 1990 .................................................. 62 Dorin Suciu Combaterea acțiunilor revizionist-separatiste, misiune legală și patriotică a serviciilor noastre secrete .................................................. 73 Gl. mr. (r) Victor Negulescu O noapte furtunoasă și nu numai... ....................................................... 77 Marian Teodorescu Memorie profesională Analiza și sinteza informațiilor la nivelul Direcției de Contraspionaj, 1960-1990 ............................................................................................ 83 Col. (r) Ion Șovu 8 VITRALII - LUMINI ŞI UMBRE, an VII, nr. 26, martie – mai 2016 Opoziția oamenilor de cultură față de regimul Ceaușescu ................... 89 4. Opoziția în celelalte țări comuniste din Europa de Est: URSS, Polonia Gl.bg. (r) Vasile Mălureanu Cum „am compromis Ministerul”......................................................... 101 Col. (r) Valeriu Dogaru O legendă informativă .......................................................................... 103 Col. (r) Grigore Niță Acțiunea „Suveica” .............................................................................. 105 Gl. bg. (r) Vasile Coifescu Atitudini Duplicitarul .......................................................................................... 109 Paul Carpen În somnul rațiunii se nasc monștrii nefericirilor noastre ...................... 112 Lt. Col. (r) Ion Șandru O părere... ............................................................................................. 116 Col. (r) Dumitru Zanfir O vorbă proastă, prea des repetată: „Românii au trădat ușor...” Oare? ..... 118 Ion Coja „Vitralii – Lumini și umbre”: o revistă pentru istorie .......................... 129 Dr. Ion Albu, Focșani În sprijinul culturii de securitate Manipularea .......................................................................................... 132 Gl. bg. (r) Ion Stoica Colțul mizantropului: Care-i treaba cu Statul Islamic .......................... 137 Col. (r) Hagop Hairabetian Note de lectură ..................................................................................... 145 o Volumul „România între revoluție și lovitură de stat” – o excelentă analiză a manipulării maselor în decembrie 1989 (Paul Carpen) o Vasile Mălureanu: „Apărarea ordinii Constituționale – perspectiva unui ofițer de informații” (Maria Ilie) Pagini literare ........................................................................................... 151 o Paul Carpen, Emil Dreptate, Nicolae Ardeleanu, Constantin Matei, Gheorghe Presnescu Din activitatea ACMRR-SRI .................................................................... 155 Prezenţi în viaţa şi cultura cetăţii ....................................................... 157 Noi apariții editoriale .......................................................................... 157 VITRALII - LUMINI ŞI UMBRE, an VII, nr. 26, martie – mai 2016 9 UN MESAJ DE SUFLET Instituţiile, ca şi oamenii, trecând prin vreme, ajung la momente de bilanţ. Aniversarea nu este doar un moment de sărbătoare, ci şi unul de reflecţie, de evaluare şi proiecţie. Edificarea unei instituţii este un proces dificil, realizabil cu mari eforturi intelectuale, umane, materiale pe durata mai multor ani, decenii şi chiar secole. Este şi cazul serviciilor de informaţii din România. Embrionii serviciului de informaţii în arealul românesc sunt plasați de istorie în etapa formării entităţilor statale feudale. În sensul propriu-zis, de structuri statale cu atribuţii de protejare a intereselor naţionale, serviciile de informaţii româneşti au urmat la scurt timp Unirii Principatelor, dezvoltările ulterioare fiind asociate consolidării statului modern România. În tot acest interval, serviciile de informaţii româneşti cu vocaţie naţională sau departamentală au purtat diverse denumiri, dar au avut un numitor comun – patriotismul şi, subsecvent, servirea intereselor naţionale. Serviciul Român de Informaţii, de la a cărui constituire se împlinesc 26 de ani, este purtătorul tradiţiilor şi experienţei acumulate în toţi aceşti – nu puțini – ani. Deloc întâmplător, motto-ul aflat pe sigla S.R.I. este „Patria a priori”. Performanţele operaţionale ale Serviciului Român de Informaţii sunt astăzi recunoscute, atât în plan intern, cât şi în spaţiul euro-atlantic. An de an, de la apariţia sa, „Vitralii – Lumini şi umbre” a prezentat – inclusiv în acest număr al revistei – dezvoltările structurale, organizatorice, procesele de transformare instituţională, de profesionalizare a personalului, de deschidere spre societate în general şi spre mediile academice în particular, cu un accent aparte pe relația stat-cetățean. Parteneriatul stat-cetățean, asumat de către SRI ca obiectiv în „Viziunea strategică pentru perioada 2015 – 2019”, proces bazat 10 VITRALII - LUMINI ŞI UMBRE, an VII, nr. 26, martie – mai 2016 pe încrederea reciprocă, va fi, cu siguranță, de natură să consolideze climatul intern de securitate! Toate aceste evoluţii au fost posibile prin eforturile – depuse în condiţii nu întotdeauna favorabile – prin devotamentul, inteligenţa, perseverenţa şi tenacitatea cu care au acţionat oamenii ce compun acest Serviciu. Este – în egală măsură – meritul conducerilor succesive ale Serviciului care au păstrat instituţia în afara jocurilor politice, dar şi al fiecărui lucrător care şi-a asumat sistemul de valori legale, etice şi morale ale Serviciului. Mulţi dintre noi, cei aflaţi în rezervă, am trăit efectiv unele etape ale acestor transformări şi am contribuit la elaborarea şi implementarea lor. Cu încrederea fermă că Serviciul Român de Informaţii va continua să performeze, veteranii Serviciului vă adresează Dumneavoastră, cadrelor active de comandă şi execuţie, felicitări şi mulţumiri pentru reuşite şi succes în nobila misiune ce vă revine – protejarea şi promovarea intereselor României! La mulţi ani, SRI! Asociația Cadrelor Militare în Rezervă și în Retragere din Serviciul Român de Informații VITRALII - LUMINI ŞI UMBRE, an VII, nr. 26, martie – mai 2016 11 SRI LA 26 DE ANI CÂTEVA REPERE ALE EVOLUŢIEI SALE INSTITUŢIONALE În urmă cu 26 de ani, la data de 26 martie 1990, prin Decretul nr.181 al Consiliului Provizoriu de Uniune Naţională, se înfiinţează Serviciul Român de Informaţii „organ central al administraţiei de stat, având ca scop obţinerea de date şi informaţii referitoare la activitatea serviciilor de spionaj, a organizaţiilor extremist-teroriste, îndreptate împotriva României, a elementelor cu intenţii de a organiza şi desfăşura acţiuni de diversiune şi atentat, de subminare a economiei naţionale, de destabilizare a ordinii de drept”. Atunci când comparăm misiunea de bază a Serviciului Român de Informaţii la acel moment (1990) cu cea de astăzi (2016), avem
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