Romania had the strongest ties with the western world among communist bloc states, and as such access to some technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron

Romania had the strongest ties with the western world among communist bloc states, and as such access to some technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_industry_in_the_Socialist_Republic_of_Romania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_industry_in_the_So... The pacepa event you are referring to is when ceausescu was directed by the russians to “penetrate” texas instruments. Here is an article about it from 1987: https://apnews.com/article/e45f1f4ba20cfa8c6e400948177970ed https://apnews.com/article/e45f1f4ba20cfa8c6e400948177970ed