Polish view  I am from Poland My view is this  The evidence of direct antiRomanian actions undertaken by the USSR in the s is abundant The convention of October   whereby the British Empire France Italy and Japan recognized Romanian sovereignty in Bessarabia was rejected as invalid by the USSR Moscow even denied the validity of that part of the convention that stipulated that upon Russian request the Council of the League of Nations could be empowered to arbitrate the RussoRomanian dispute over Bessarabia In short the Kremlin insisted that Romania was illegally occupying Bessarabia And it was because of this intransigent attitude that the Soviet Union refused to make any concessions Romanias attempts in the early s to seek accommodation with the USSR on all issues except the Bessarabian fell on deaf ears as the Kremlin encouraged revolutionary activities by Bolshevik elements in Bessarabia The establishment in October  of the Autonomous Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic as a focal point for eventual reincorporation of Bessarabia into the USSR indeed eliminated the possibility of peaceful resolution of RussoRomanian differences  The exact position of the USSR on these issues is unknown except for Moscows unwillingness to make any concessions to Bucharest on Bessarabian issues Recent tracts by Romanian historians have emphasized the support given by Romanian Communists to the democratic forces opposed to alteration of the status quo in Transylvania in  and subsequent years True as this may be there has been no evidence presented in support of any fundamental change in Moscows traditional antiRomanian positions with respect to Bessarabia in  and subsequent years  Whether the Kremlin envisaged this entire scenario in August  is uncertain But that this possible scenario was within the realm of Russias longrange plans for Romania and Eastern Europe cannot be doubted The Romanians were aware of Russian intentions throughout the interwar period and the Hungarians were also conscious of the potential advantages to be derived from Russias antiRomanian attitudes in an eventual resolution of the Transylvanian question And it is undeniable that the Romanians and the Hungarians remain aware of Russias interests in Transylvania forty years after the Vienna Diktat