Conversation so far:
Can you tell me what exile is?
Exile is the expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
So what happened in the early part of Mircea Eliade's exile?
At signs that the Romanian communist regime was about to take hold, Eliade opted not to return to the country.

Question: What did they later do?
Self-contained rewrite: What did Mircea Eliade do after opting not to return to Romanian communist regime?