The Communist press alleged that the National Peasants' Party had been organizing a wide network of armed resistance (groups cited in that context may have indeed existed as early as 1947, and probably merged into the resistance movement of the 1950s). At the same time, the Communists press applauded the dissidence of various PNŢ leaders such as Anton Alexandrescu, Nicolae L. Lupu, and Victor Eftimiu.