Following the Twentieth Party Congress in Moscow there were fears that Khrushchev might force the Romanian Party to rehabilitate Pauker and possibly install her as Romania's new leader.
Po XX. zjazde Komunistickej strany v Moskve existovali obavy, že by Chruščov mohol donútiť Komunistickú stranu Rumunska k rehabilitovaniu Paukerovej a jej možné dosadenie za nového rumunského vodcu.